- 2022 Press Releases
- Senator Agard Testifies In Favor of Prohibiting Unsolicited Lewd Images
- Sen. Smith: Celebrate 150 Years of Eau Claire
- Sen. Larson: Freedom to harm: GOP attempts to make selfishness a protected class
- Senator Agard Announces New Communications Director
- Sen. Larson: Legislative Leaders Release Package Aimed at Maintaining Wisconsin’s Education Workforce
- Sen. Agard: Introduces Legislation to Lower Rates of Suicide in Wisconsin
- Sen. Agard: State of the Tribes Address Provides a Shared Vision for Wisconsin
- Sen. Smith: The Opportunity to Do What's Right
- Sen. Agard: Sober Housing Legislation Seeks to Help Addiction in Wisconsin
- Sen. Agard: Natural Resources Board Falls Short of Needed Action on PFAS Standards
- Sen. Agard: Republicans Continue Undermining Our Democratic Principles
- Sen. Larson: GOP elections bills are real voter fraud
- Sen. Taylor: Statement On Russia’s Attack on Ukraine
- Sen. Agard: Clergy Mandatory Reporting Bill Would Bring Justice, Accountability
- Sen. Agard: Legislation Covers Cost of STI Home Testing
- Sen. Agard: Eight Months in, Gableman Investigation is Still a Sham
- Sen. Carpenter: The Gableman Report was a Waste of Time and Money
- Sen. Smith: Supporting Public Schools is “A Plus” for Our Kids
- Sen: Bewley: Wisconsin Legislative Democrats Introduce Hazard Pay for Frontline Workers
- Sen. Wirch: Thanks Governor Evers for Funding Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood, County Human Services Building
- Sen. Agard: Comments on Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision
- Sen. Smith: Reacts to Wisconsin Supreme Court Redistricting Decision
- Sen. Larson: With fairness off the table, Wisconsin’s gerrymander grows less extreme
- Sens. Larson, Smith, Johnson: GOP plan to dismantle public education would raise taxes by over $577 million
- Sen. Agard: Gableman Grift Must Be Put to an End
- Sen.Bewley: Hazardous Waste Clean Up Bill Passes Senate
- Sen. Ringhand: Announces Retirement
- Sen. Agard: Congratulates Senator Ringhand on a Great Career
- Sen. Smith: Let’s Draw the Line on Gerrymandering
- Sen. Carpenter: GOP refuses to hold Gableman accountable to the taxpayers
- Sen. Larson: Senate Republicans plot to dismantle public education, take the rest of the year off
- Sen. Taylor: Statement Against Milwaukee Public Schools Break Up
- Sen. Agard: Republicans Vote Against Comprehensive Solution to Address PFAS
- Sen. Taylor: Statement On Juvenile Facility Funding Bill
- Sen. Smith: Democrats Work to Make the Most Out of Republicans’ Missed Opportunities
- Sen. Agard: Reacts to Last Senate Session Day
- Sen. Wirch: Thanks Governor, Calls Out Republican Hypocrisy on Public Safety
- Sen. Smith: A Rural Blueprint for Our Future
- Sen. Agard: Announces Spring District Listening Sessions
- Sen. Taylor: Joins Washington D.C. Rally In Support of SCOTUS Nominee
- Sen. Wirch: Republicans Once Again Turn Their Back On Our Veterans
- Sen. Agard: Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Wisconsin Legislative Maps
- Sen. Smith: Civil Conversations: The Key for Change
- Sen. Smith: Reflecting on the Positive
- Sen. Smith: The Work for Wisconsin Must Continue
- Sen. Agard: Attorney General Kaul, Legislative Democrats Renew Commitment to Progressive Public Safety
- Sen. Agard: Congratulates Representative Hebl on Years of Public Service
- Sen. Agard: Denounces Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision on Legislative Maps
- Sen. Agard: To Testify Against Medical Marijuana Bill at Public Hearing
- Sen. Erpenbach: Republicans Pretend to Care About Legalizing Medical Marijuana
- Sen. Agard: Applaud SCERB Action on Universal Changing Stations in Wisconsin State Capitol
- Sen. Agard: Encourages Wisconsinites to Participate in Prescription Drug Take Back Day
- Sen. Agard: Slams SCOTUS Conservatives’ Intention to Overturn Roe v. Wade
- Reps. Snodgrass, Cabrera, Neubauer, Spreitzer; Sen. Carpenter: LGBTQ+ Legislative Democrats Celebrate Pride Month, Reflect on Missed Opportunities
- Sen. Agard: Legislative Democrats Call for Action on Gun Safety Reforms
- Sen. Agard: Statement on AG Opinion Regarding UW Nurses Collective Bargaining Rights
- Sen. Agard: Backs Governor Evers’ Special Session to Repeal Criminal Abortion Ban in Wisconsin
- Sen. Larson: Calls on GOP to Listen to Constituents, Protect Abortion Care in WI
- Sen. Agard: Responds to Proposed PFAS Standards, More Action Needed
- Sen. Agard Applauds Governor Evers’ Executive Order to Ban Price Gouging of Gas and Diesel
- Sen. Agard: Republicans Set to Reject Reproductive Rights for Wisconsinites
- Sen. Bewley: Senate Republicans refuse to protect Wisconsinites’ reproductive freedom
- Sen. Carpenter: The Do-Nothing Republican Legislature
- Sen. Roys: Women lose freedom to control their own bodies
- Sen. Agard: Reacts to SCOTUS Decision Overruling
- Sen. Larson: Statement on SCOTUS Overturning Roe v. Wade
- Sen. Bewley: Statement on Dobbs Decision
- Sen. Taylor: Says Congress Must Codify Roe
- Sen. Wirch: Statement on Supreme Court Ruling Overturning Roe v Wade
- Sen. Agard: : Statement on the Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising
- Sen. Agard: Applauds Governor Evers, AG Kaul Challenge to Wisconsin’s 1849 Criminal Abortion Ban
- Sen. Agard: Fred Prehn Must Go
- Sen. Agard: Stands with Attorney General Kaul to Celebrate Implementation of Sexual Assault Kit Legislation
- Sen. Larson: Reacts to SCOTUS ruling on EPA’s power to fight climate change
- Sen. Agard: Statement on Highland Park Shooter in Madison
- Sen. Carpenter: Wisconsin’s laws are not adequate to protect voters with disabilities
- Sen. Carpenter: It is Time For Split Ticket Primaries
- Sen. Carpenter: Congress Should Pass the Respect for Marriage Act Before It Is Too Late
- Sen. Agard Commends Gov. Evers, AG Kaul Lawsuit for PFAS Contamination in Wisconsin Water
- Sen. Agard: Vos, Gableman Hide Public Records, Wisconsinites Foot the Legal Bills
- Sen. Agard: Perpetrator of Election Fraud Must Be Held Accountable
- Sen. Carpenter: Don’t Reinvent the Wheel, Let DSPS Hire Staff
- 2021 Press Releases
- 2020
- Senator Schachtner Column: A Hope for Strong Communities this New Year
- Senator Smith Column: Let's Finish What We Started
- Senator Smith: Wisconsin Voters Deserve Fair Maps
- Senator Shilling Column: Democratic 2020 Vision
- Democratic Radio Address: It’s Time for Wisconsin to Move Forward on Medical Cannabis
- Senator Hansen: Statement on Retiring from the State Senate at the end of the current term
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Senator Hansen Retirement
- Senator Smith Column: Good Government Demands Redistricting Reform
- Sen. Smith: LEGISLATORS REQUEST PUBLIC HEARING FOR NON-PARTISAN REDISTRICTING REFORM LEGISLATION
- Sen. Erpenbach: Republicans Continue to Neglect Homeless Wisconsinites
- Sen. Shilling: Co-Authors Bill to Address Vaping Usage
- Sen. Shilling: Republicans Reject Closing the “Dark Store Loophole”
- SEN. SMITH: STATEMENT REGARDING REPUBLICAN’S REJECTION OF CRITICAL AMENDMENTS
- More Work to be Done for Wisconsin Communities
- Sen. Erpenbach: More Work to be Done for Wisconsin Communities
- Sen. Smith: Statement Regarding Gov. Evers’ State of the State Address
- Sen. Hansen: RESPONSE TO GOVERNOR’S STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS
- Sen. Larson: Named State Legislator of the Year by the readers of Shepherd Express
- Sen. Larson: State of the State Reaction
- Sen. Risser: Applauds Governor Evers’ State of the State Address
- Senator Erpenbach: Applauds Governor Evers’ Accomplishments and Vision for Wisconsin
- Sen. Smith: It’s Time to Prioritize Rural Prosperity
- Sen. Smith: Introduction of "Better Broadband" Bill Package
- Sen. Smith: Ranking Democrats on Agriculture Call for Action on Special Session
- Sen. Hansen: Bipartisan Bill to Address PFAS Contamination Introduced
- Sen. Erpenbach: It’s Time to Stand Up for our Agricultural and Rural Communities
- Sen. Erpenach: Democrats Find another Avenue to Provide Student Debt Relief
- Sen. Smith: Connect Wisconsin with Better Broadband
- Sen. Shilling: Co-Authors Buy American Act
- Sen. Shilling: Pushes for Angler and Hunting Access
- Sen. Hansen: Bart Starr Memorial Bridge Bill Gets Public Hearing
- Sen. Erpenbach: Democrats Propose Bill to Close the Ghost Gun Loophole
- Sen. Shilling: Democratic Leaders Back Education Special Session
- Sen. Erpenbach: Voucher Programs are a Costly Detriment to Wisconsin
- Sen. Smith: Pay Attention Before Your Car is Towed
- School Funding and Property Tax Relief in Jeopardy
- Student Debt Relief Clears First Hurdle
- Sen. Shilling: GOP Blocks K-12 Funding While Voting to Send More Youth to Prison
- Republicans Vote to Legalize Discrimination
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: “This Month, and Every Month, We Celebrate Black History”
- Sen. Hansen: Republicans Break Their Promise to Provide 2/3 Funding for Public Schools
- Sen. Erpenbach: Republicans chose to Increase Penalties Instead of Educational Opportunities
- Sen. Smith: Policymaking by the People, for the People
- How Partisan Gerrymandering Limits Access to Care
- Respect Wisconsin Women
- Sen. Smith: Local Transporation Grants to Improve Rural WI Roads
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Wisconsin Democrats Support Women’s Health Access
- Sen. Shilling: Expanding Medicaid Would Lead to a Healthier, Happier Wisconsin
- Logic behind Healthcare
- Sen. Erpenbach, Sen. Bewley, and Sen. Smith: Legislators Team with Governor on Flood Prevention and Resilience Plan
- Sen. Shilling: Preparation, not Panic: What you can do to prevent the spread of Coronavirus
- Sen. Ringhand: COVID-19 Pandemic Illustrates Importance of Paid Family Medical Leave
- Sen. Shilling: Why Filling out the 2020 Census Matters
- Sen. Larson: Announces Voter Protection Legislative Package
- Sen. Smith. Column: Take COVID-19 seriously.
- Sen. Wirch: Scammers Look to Cash in on Coronavirus
- Sen. Taylor: Praises access provided by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
- Sen. Hansen: Make sure your voice is heard! Request an absentee ballot now.
- Sen. Ringhand; Vote by mail. Absentee ballots available until April 2.
- Senator Shilling Reacts to Senator Risser Retirement
- Sen. Schachtner: We are Safer at Home
- Sen. Ringhand: Stay Safe, Stay Informed – Up to date COVID-19 information online
- Sen. Wirch: Amidst Coronavirus Crisis, Don’t Let Census Get Lost in the Shuffle
- Sen. Wirch: Businesses Looking to Give Back to Workers on Front Lines of COVID-19 Fight
- Sen. Hansen: Urges People Filing for Unemployment to File Online If Possible
- Sen. Smith: Stay Safer at Home
- Sen. Ringhand: Waive the waiting period for Unemployment Insurance
- Sen. Shilling: Will Not Seek Re-election
- SEN. JEFF SMITH: REPEAL THE ONE WEEK WAITING PERIOD
- Sen. Hansen: Governor Evers’ Decision to Protect Both Public Safety and the Integrity of Our Election
- Sen. Risser: Republicans Continue to Ignore Governor’s Calls for Special Sessions
- Sen. Smith: Column-Pandemic paycheck protection.
- Sen. Bewley: Responds to Senator Fitzgerald's public statements.
- Sen. Erpenbach: Republicans Prioritize Power over Wisconsin COVID-19 Relief
- Sen. Risser: Reaction to Senate’s Extraordinary Session
- Sen. Shilling: Senate Democrats Push for Stronger COVID-19 Response
- Sen. Smith: The work does not stop here
- Sen. Hansen: Today’s vote on Pandemic Legislation
- Senator Bewley: Statement On Covid-19 Legislation
- Sen. Schachtner: Statement on Coronavirus Relief Package
- Sen. Erpenbach: Senate Passes Bi-Partisan COVID-19 Response Bill
- Sen. Larson: Reacts to COVID-19 Legislation
- Republicans’ Push to End Safer at Home Order is Irresponsible and Dangerous
- Sen. Shilling: Shilling to Step Down as Democratic Leader
- Senator Hansen: Statement in Response to GOP Criticism of Governor Evers’ Badger Bounce Back Plan: The Virus Doesn’t Follow the Calendar or Municipal Boundaries
- Senator Shilling Column: Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary Reminds us to Cherish and Protect Wisconsin’s Environment
- Senator Bewley: Thanks Colleagues for Vote of Confidence
- Senator Ringhand: Serve as Assistant Leader for Senate Democrats
- Senator Smith Column: Connecting During Crisis
- Senator Hansen: Justice Roggensack’s comments show she is unfit to serve
- Senator Hansen: Statement in Response to Area Assembly GOP Press Conference on “Re-opening”
- Senator Smith Column: The Importance of Being Prepared
- Senator Bewley: Statement on Turning the Dial
- Senator Smith: Statement on Supreme Court Decision
- Senator Bewley: Statement on Supreme Court Decision
- Senator Hansen: Statement in Response to Supreme Court Decision
- Senator Ringhand: Statement on Supreme Court ruling
- Senator Shilling: Submits Senate Resignation
- Senator Smith Column: Disappointment and Opportunity
- Senator Smith: A Positive Step Forward to Support our Farmers
- Senator Hansen: Rep. Nygren and Republicans Are the Ones Responsible for Unemployment Chaos
- Senator Hansen: Republicans Knew of Problems with Unemployment Processing Since 2014 and Did Nothing
- Senator Smith: GOP Unemployment Blame Game Blows Up in Their Faces
- Senator Ringhand: Senate Hearing Highlights Republican Roadblocks to Unemployment
- Senator Bewley: Republicans Can’t Rewrite Their Own History
- Senator Smith Column: Be the Change We Need
- Senator Smith: Celebrate our Farmers During June Dairy Month
- Senator Smith Column: What We Can Learn From Dairy Month
- Senator Smith Column: The Movement America Has Been Waiting For
- Senator Smith Column: Aging in Rural Wisconsin
- Senator Bewley: Statement on the Madison Protest
- Senator Smith Column: Patriotism - Protecting the Health of Americans
- Senator Smith: Statement on 2-week Early Voting Limit Decision
- Senator Hansen: It’s Time to Take MA Expansion Funding
- Senator Smith Column: Student Debt and our Future
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on The People's Maps Commission
- Senator Smith: Statement on the People's Map Commission
- Senator Hansen: Statement in Response to Governor’s Announcement of People’s Map Commission
- Senator Hansen: Encourages People to Apply to Serve on Governor Evers’ People’s Map Commission
- Senator Smith: Statement on Supreme Court Ruling
- Senator Smith Column: A Trip Worth Taking Right Here
- Senator Smith: Statement on Creation of the Governor’s Task Force on Broadband Access
- Senator Bewley: Task Force on Broadband Step in the Right Direction
- Senator Erpenbach: Legislative Democrats Announce Unemployment Package
- Senator Bewley: Democrats Introduce Bill Package to Remove Barriers to Unemployment Insurance
- Senator Smith: Introduces Legislation to Help Republicans Solve Unemployment Crisis
- Senator Hansen: Democrats Announce Legislation to Help More Workers Receive Unemployment Insurance Benefits
- Senator Smith Column: Questions Remain Unanswered for Schools
- Senator Smith: Encourages Farmers to Apply in Second Round of Farm Support Program
- Senator Smith: Statement Regarding Overturning Executive Order #82 and Emergency Order #1
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on GOP Emergency
- Senator Hansen: Response to Senator Fitzgerald’s decision to Overturn the Governor’s Emergency Order
- Senator Smith Column: Legislature Must Act for Unemployed
- Senator Larson: For the sake of Wisconsin’s schools, state legislators urge U.S. Senate Delegation to pass the HEROES Act
- Senator Smith Column: Pass the Healthcare Heroes Act
- Senator Hansen: To No One’s Surprise Republicans and Corporate Polluters Oppose DNR Rule to Prevent PFAS from Polluting Our Water
- Senator Wirch: Wirch Named 2019-2020 “Friend of Public Health”
- Senator Smith: Sen. Smith’s Statement Regarding His Work on the Student Debt Task Force
- Senator Hansen: Hansen Calls on Gallagher and Johnson to Support Bi-partisan Legislation to Save Postal Service
- Senator Smith Column: Big Agenda for Small Farms
- Senator Erpenbach Column: It’s Well-Past Time for Wisconsin to Expand Medicaid
- Senator Wirch: Wirch Issues Statement on Police Shooting in Kenosha
- Senator Erpenbach: We Don’t Need a Taskforce
- Senator Smith: Sen. Smith Reacts to Evers’ Call for Special Session on Police Reform
- Senator Wirch: Wirch Statement
- Senator Johnson: Republicans Fail to Protect our Communities, Ignore Calls for Racial Justice
- Senator Smith Column: It’s Time to Act on Student Debt
- Senator Larson: The Human Cost of Obstruction
- Senator Carpenter: Statement on the Shooting of Jacob Blake, the Damage to Kenosha, and the Special Session
- Senator Taylor: Encourages Colleagues to Take Care of Business
- Senator Erpenbach: Now is Not the Time for Senate Recess
- Senator Bewley: Statement on Today’s Special Session
- Senator Wirch: Republicans Turn a Blind Eye to Justice Reform
- Senator Miller: Statement from Senator Mark Miller on the Special Session on Police Accountability and Transparency
- Senator Larson: launches statewide petition demanding the legislature reconvene to take action on Wisconsin’s multiple concurrent crises
- Senator Smith: Sen. Smith’s Statement on Policing Reform Special Session
- Senator Taylor: Sen. Taylor Frustrated at Doing Nothing…Again
- Senator Carpenter: The Legislature’s Lack of Action is Shameful
- Senator Smith Column: Repair Trust in Pursuit of Racial Equality
- Senator Smith Column: Frances Perkins’ New Deal
- Senator Smith: Congratulates Eau Claire as Recipient of Public Transit Grant
- Senator Hansen: Hansen Says Macco/Steffen Police Officer Bill Faces Major Hurdles in the State Senate
- Senator Smith Column: Housing Crisis in a Pandemic
- Senator Smith: Sen. Smith Congratulates Recipients of CDBG-PF Project Award
- Senator Larson: Senator Chris Larson Applauds Superintendent Stanford Taylor’s Vision for Wisconsin’s Public Schools
- Senator Hansen Statement: The Passing of Heidi Hussli
- Senator Smith Column: How “Doing Nothing” Works for Politicians
- Senator Larson : “Our senate chamber is not a prop.” - Senator Larson reaction to Sec. Pompeo’s Madison visit
- Senator Carpenter: Republican Senators Convene to Pass the Buck
- Senator Wirch: Wirch Applauds State Aid to Kenosha Businesses
- Senator Smith: Sen. Smith’s Statement on Broadband Expansion Grant Investment
- Senator Smith: STATE REPUBLICANS SHOW UP TO WORK FOR WASHINGTON BUT NOT WISCONSIN
- Senator Hansen: Hansen Encourages People to Participate in People's Maps Commission Public Hearing on October 1
- Senator Smith Column: Every Day, Every Farmer Counts
- Senator Hansen: Former U.S. Attorney General to Testify at People’s Maps Commission Hearing
- Senator Hansen: Hansen Calls on Area Republicans to Urge President Trump to Cancel Rally Amid COVID Crisis
- Senator Larson: Democratic colleagues release Pandemic School Stability Legislation
- Senator Wirch: Statement on Republican Court Challenge to Statewide Mask Order
- Senator Smith: STATEMENT ON INTRODUCTION OF PANDEMIC SCHOOL STABILITY PACKAGE
- Senator Smith Column: Safe and Secure Absentee Voting
- Senator Carpenter: It is Time for Scott Fitzgerald to Resign
- Senator Hansen: Calls on area Residents to Follow Governor’s Emergency Orders to Combat COVID-19
- Senator Bewley: Legislative Reference Bureau Sets The Record Straight - Emergency Order #3 is Enforceable
- Senator Carpenter: Public Hearing is Necessary before Striking down COVID Strategy
- Senator Ringhand Column: on COVID-19; It didn’t have to be this way
- Senator Ringhand: Statement on rejection of Republican’s mask lawsuit
- Senator Wirch: With No Plan of Their Own, GOP Looks to Handcuff Evers Options on Covid Pandemic
- Senator Larson: With no plan of their own, Republicans play politics with state’s COVID response
- Senator Carpenter: Matthew Shepard’s Story Continues to Haunt and Inspire Us after 22 Years
- Senator Smith Column: Who Will Care for You?
- Senator Smith: Statement on Broadband Connectors Pilot Program Cohort Selection
- Senator Smith: Sen. Smith Selected as Member of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force
- Senator Larson: Enough is enough: The time has come for all-virtual schooling
- Senator Erpenbach: Erpenbach Applauds DHS Change in Health Care Benefits Policy for Incarcerated Individuals
- Senator Smith Column: A Real Halloween Threat
- Senator Smith: “WE MUST ACT IMMEDIATELY” ON PANDEMIC SCHOOL STABILITY PACKAGE
- Senator Carpenter: Republican Health Committees: Missing in Action
- Senator Carpenter: “It’s called doing your job!”
- Senator Carpenter: Statement on Legislative Republicans’ Decision to Boycott Legislative Session
- Senator Ringhand: Statement on Dr. Birx visit to Wisconsin
- Senator Carpenter: Prescription Drug Task Force Recommendations a Great Step Forward for Wisconsin
- Senator Carpenter: Republicans Refuse to Work Across the Aisle
- Senator Erpenbach Column: Wisconsin Should Invest in Education, Not Foreign Corporations
- Senator Smith Column: Search for Truth During an Election
- Senator Smith Column: Raising Awareness of Domestic Violence
- Senator Ringhand: V.A. delays billing for health care copayments in January, 2021
- Senator Wirch: State GOP Seeks to Invalidate the Will of the People for Political Gain
- Senator Smith: SEN. JEFF SMITH ELECTED DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR
- Senator Bewley: Statement on Being Re-Elected as Senate Minority Leader
- Senator Ringhand elected Assistant Democratic Leader of State Senate
- Senator Wirch: Wirch Statement in Recognition of Veterans Day
- Senator Hansen: Seniors Should Not Believe Republican Scare Tactics about COVID Vaccine
- Senator Erpenbach: Erpenbach Responds to Vos Press Conference with No New Ideas
- Senator Bewley: Bewley Re-Appoints Johnson and Erpenbach to Joint Finance Committee
- Senator Wirch: Wirch Applauds IKEA’s Racial Workplace Equality Grants
- Senator Carpenter: Transgender Day of Remembrance, 2020
- Sen Bewley: Bewley and Hintz Call on Trump Administration to Extend National Guard Funding
- Senator Smith Column: Be Thankful for Each Other
- Senator Hansen: Republicans’ Continuing Failure to Address COVID
- Senator Smith: REPUBLICANS’ PROPOSAL IS A “RECIPE FOR DISASTER”
- Senator Erpenbach: Federal and State Action Needed on COVID Relief for Wisconsin
- Senator Larson: With Wisconsin in need of a lifeline, Assembly GOP created an obstacle course
- Senator Wirch: Wirch Calls Out Senate Republicans' Silence on Homelessness Legislation
- Senator Wirch: Wirch, Ohnstad and McGuire Issue Statement on Legislation to Clear Up Red Tape for Vaccine Distribution
- 2019
- Senator-elect Smith Column: Divided, but Not Broken Government
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Opportunity to move Wisconsin forward on drunk driving in 2019
- Senator Shilling: Welcome Governor Evers
- Senator Larson: The Inauguration of Governor Evers Signals a New Era for Wisconsin
- Senator Shilling: Welcome incoming Senator Smith
- Senator Smith: Statement on Swearing-In
- Senator Larson: It is an Honor to Serve the Milwaukee Area and the Seventh Senate District
- Senator Shilling: Lays out priorities for 2019-20 session
- Senator Smith: Announces New Staff, Social Media Sites and Website
- Senator Larson: Governor Evers State of the State - A New Way Forward
- Senator Shilling: Leader Praises Gov. Evers State of the State Address
- Senator Hansen: Statement in Response to Governor Evers’ State of the State Address
- Senator Smith: Statement Regarding Gov. Evers' First State of the State Address
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Democrats Welcome Gov. Evers State of the State Address"
- Democratic Members urge JFC Co-Chairs to hold vote on the ACA lawsuit
- Senator Smith Column: Walk the Talk for Bipartisanship
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Foxconn Fiasco
- Senator Taylor: Foxconn Played Walker and Republican Leadership
- Senator Erpenbach: Introduces Comprehensive Health Care Protection Bill
- Senator Shilling: Senate Democrats Tout Comprehensive Health Care Protection Bill
- Senator Carpenter: It’s Groundhog Day in the GOP Legislature
- Senator Bewley: Minong Native Joins Senator Bewley Staff
- Senator Smith: Walk the Talk for Bipartisanship
- Senator Carpenter: Sorry, Your "Pants on Fire"
- Senator Shilling: Homeowners Triumph under Gov. Evers
- Senator Shilling: Democrats Support Responsible Tax Relief for Wisconsin Families
- Senator Smith: Governor Evers' Middle Class Tax Cut is the Best Option
- Senator Hansen: Governor Evers is Standing up for Homeowners
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on the Republican Tax Plan
- Senator Risser: Introduces Bill to End Wildlife Killing Contests in Wisconsin
- Senator Erpenbach and Senator Johnson: JFC Democrats Reject Irresponsible GOP Spending Plan
- Senator Smith: Part One: Water is Life
- Senator Smith: Part Two: Water is Prosperity
- Senator Smith: Introduces Voter Protection Act as His First Bill
- Senator Shilling: Republicans jeopardize school funding with one-time spending gimmick
- Senator Taylor: Taylor Refutes GOP’s Censorship of Black History Honorees
- Senator Wirch: Statement on GOP Tax Plan
- Senator Ringhand: Statement regarding Republican tax scheme
- Senator Shilling: Kickapoo HS Student Participates in Wisconsin Senate Scholar Program
- Senator Erpenbach: Column - The GOP Spending Bill Hurts Wisconsin
- Senator Erpenbach: Applauds Gov. Evers’ Medical Marijuana Proposal
- Senator Smith: Weekly Column - Part Three: Water is Precious
- Senator Shilling: Shilling Backs Gov. Evers’ Medical Marijuana Push
- Senator Hansen: By Denying Federal MA Money Republicans are Hurting the People They Say They Represent
- Senator Shilling: Column- Close corporate loopholes and treat homeowners fairly
- Senator Erpenbach: Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Wisconsinites Support Medical Marijuana
- Sen. Taylor: Supports Increased Funding for Local Health Centers
- Senator Shilling: Shilling praises Gov. Evers Healthy Women, Healthy Babies Proposal
- Senator Erpenbach: Wisconsin is Ready for Medical Marijuana
- Senator Taylor: Wants Real Commitment to Fighting Homelessness
- Senator Hansen: Thanks Governor Evers’ for Putting Non-Partisan Redistricting Plan in Budget
- Senator Smith: Walking in Someone Else's Shoes
- Senator Hansen: Response to Governor Evers’ People’s Budget
- Senator Shilling: The People’s Budget is a Win for Wisconsin
- Smith: Statement Regarding Gov. Evers’ First Budget Address
- Senator Larson: Applauds Governor Evers’ Budget
- Senator Ringhand: State Senator Janis Ringhand statement regarding Governor Evers’ budget
- Senator Schachtner: Response to Budget Address
- Senator Schachtner: Completes Tour of All School Districts in Senate District 10
- Senator Smith: Statement Regarding Governor Evers’ Capital Budget Request for UW-Eau Claire’s Science Hall
- Senator Hansen: Governor Evers Capital Budget Supports Wisconsin Tourism and Economic Development in Green Bay
- Senator Erpenbach and Senator Johnson: JFC Democrats baffled by Republican objection to reducing childhood lead poisoning
- Senator Erpenbach: Thrilled about the $30 Million investment in the Alliant Energy Center
- Senator Shilling: La Farge HS Student Participates in Wisconsin Senate Scholar Program
- Senator Smith: First Glance at Governor Evers’ Budget
- Senator Smith: Celebrating Women’s History Month
- Senator Shilling: Schools Districts See Pathway to Success with Gov. Evers’ Education Budget
- Senator Taylor: Celebrates DNC Announcement
- Senator Smith: Rolls Back Harsh Penalties for Local Road Budgets
- Senator Larson: Statement regarding the horrendous white supremacist terrorist attack in New Zealand.
- Senator Smith: You be the Judge of the Budget at Our Listening Sessions
- Senator Shilling: GOP rejects funding for cancer research facility, veteran homes, and mental health facilities
- Senator Shilling: Shilling announces budget listening sessions
- Senator Taylor: Statement on MSDF Death
- Senator Hansen: Statement in Response to Court Decision Invalidating GOP's Lame Duck Laws
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on the motion to withdraw from the Affordable Care Act lawsuit
- Senator Shilling: Statement on ACA Lawsuit
- Senator Ringhand: Statement on Capital Budget.
- Senator Shilling: Senator Shilling and Representative Hintz Call on Legislature to Halt all Payments to Private Law Firms
- Senator Erpenbach: Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "It’s time to expand Medicaid and put Wisconsinites first"
- Senator Schachnter: Statement Following Withdrawal from ACA Lawsuit
- Senator Smith: The Budget Mosaic
- Senator Bewley: A Fresh Start
- Senator Shilling: Shilling Proposes Euchre as Official State Card Game
- Senator Hansen: Time to Rein in Predatory Hedge Funds
- Senator Bewley: Common Ground
- Senator Smith: Leaders or Followers?
- Senator Hansen: Sen. Hansen and Rep. Sinicki Announce Equal Pay Legislation
- Senator Johnson: Governor’s Budget Makes Critical Investments in our Public Schools
- Senator Hansen: Stuck and Hansen Reintroduce Papermaker Fund Bill
- Senator Erpenbach: Erpenbach Supports Evers’ Investments to Create a Healthier Wisconsin
- Senator Johnson: Weekly Democratic Radio Address: “Make Your Voice Heard”
- Senator Hansen: Temporary Waiver for SeniorCare Granted
- Senator Taylor: Proudly Supports Her Second Wave of Expungement Reform in Wisconsin
- Senator Johnson: Governor’s Budget Creates an Economy that Works for Everyone
- Senator Erpenbach: Senator Erpenbach supports Gov. Evers’ workforce development proposals
- Senator Smith: Senator Smith to Host Durand Budget Presentation and Listening Session
- Senator Smith: Paying Again Through Referendum
- Senator Smith: Statement Regarding Bill Introduction to Expedite Conservation Congress Actions
- Senator Smith: Passing the Baton
- Senator Shilling: Legislative Leaders to Host Medicaid Expansion Town Hall
- Senator Erpenbach: Announces Community Listening Sessions
- Senator Shillinh: Democrats Take Action to Extend SeniorCare
- Senator Miller: Weekly Democratic Radio Address- “Wisconsin Supports Key Provisions of Gov. Evers’ Budget”
- Senator Smith: Earth Day Should Be Every Day
- Senator Erpenbach: Senator Erpenbach and Representative Considine are happy to see DNR commitment to cleaning up Portage Canal
- Senator Taylor: Senator Taylor Acknowledges Clean Communities Week
- Senator Shilling: Remembering Wisconsin Workers
- Senator Taylor: Celebrates Arbor Day with Secretary Frostman
- Senator Taylor: Address Racist Images Involving UW-Oshkosh Students
- Senator Smith: Mental Health is Real Health
- Senator Shilling: Joins Local Leaders on Broadband Roundtable
- Senator Shilling: Viroqua Town Hall Attendees Express Support for Medicaid Expansion
- Senator Smith: AREA LEGISLATORS & BUILDING COMMISSION HIGHER EDUCATION CHAIR TO TOUR UW-EAU CLAIRE PHILLIPS SCIENCE HALL
- Senator Smith: LOCAL DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATORS DEMAND ACTION ON UW-EC PHILLIPS SCIENCE HALL
- Senator Smith: Valuing Our Voices
- Senator Hansen: Governor Evers’ MA Expansion Would Provide $92 Million in New Health Care Funding for Brown, Marinette and Oconto Counties
- Senator Erpenbach: Praises Governor Evers’ Healthy Women, Healthy Baby Initiatives
- JFC Democrats: Peoples Budget Needed After Eight Years of Neglect
- Senator Shilling: Shilling Celebrates Driftless Brewing Expansion
- Senator Smith: DHS Reports Establish Direct Impact of Medicaid Expansion on 31st Senate District
- JFC Democrats: Republicans Reject $1.6 Billion Investment for Wisconsin
- Senator Bewley: If You’ve Got Your Health, You’ve Got Everything
- Senator Shilling: Shilling Authors Bipartisan Legislation to Improve School Bus Safety
- Senator Shilling: Celebrates Syttende Mai Weekend
- JFC Democrats: GOP Block Democratic Efforts to Protect Drinking Water
- Senator Shilling: Senate GOP Refuse to Close the “Dark Store” Loophole
- Senator Bewley: LEGISLATURE PASSES BEWLEY BILL TO END TAX BREAKS FOR BUSINESSES THAT MOVE JOBS OUT OF WISCONSIN
- Senator Smith: STATEMENT REGARDING UW-EC SCIENCE BUILDING PROJECT
- Senator Hansen: Senate Republicans Once Again Show Their True Colors by Refusing to Close Dark Stores Loophole
- JFC Democrats Republicans Continue to Dismantle the ‘People’s Budget’
- Senator Smith: We Are All One Wisconsin
- Senator Hansen: Sen. Hansen & Rep. Crowley Unveil Automatic Voter Registration Bill with Governor Evers
- JFC Democrats: JFC Democrats Highlight Years of Damage to Wisconsin Prison System
- JFC Democrats: After Historic Republican Cuts, Democrats Propose Fully Funding Education
- Senator Hansen: State Legislators Introduce PFAS Standards
- JFC Democrats: Democrats Push Back Against Republican Plan to Underfund Schools
- Senator Shilling: GOP Budget Cuts Threaten School Success
- Senator Smith: Politics or the People’s Priorities?
- Senator Bewley: Doing Our Best to Never Forget
- JFC Democrats: GOP Throws Manure on Governor Evers’ Clean Water Initiatives
- Senator Shilling: Democratic Lawmakers Demand Action to Protect Wisconsin Farmers
- Senator Taylor: Statement on “Lunch Shaming” Bill
- Senator Taylor: 2018 Farm Bill Requires Wisconsin Updated Hemp Regulation
- Senator Taylor Sexual Contact by Law Enforcement Officer Bill Receives Diverse Support
- JFC Democrats: Highlight Impact of Special Education Cuts to Budget
- Senator Smith: Health, Science and Wisconsin
- JFC Democrats: Republicans Demonstrate Fiscal Irresponsibility on State Budget
- Senator Larson: It Is Time to Repeal Wisconsin’s Criminal Abortion Law
- Senator Shilling: Republicans Defy Wisconsin Voters
- Senator Shilling: Male GOP Politicians Dictate Women’s Health
- Senator Erpenbach: A day after gutting health care programs around the state, GOP criminalizes reproductive care
- Bewley: If At First You Don't Succeed, Try Again
- Senator Carpenter: “Thank you Governor Evers”
- Senator Hansen: Governor Evers’ Announcement of State Funding to Restore Shoreline at Bay Beach Park
- Senator Smith: UWEC SCIENCE BUILDING PROJECT ADVANCES IN BUDGET PROCESS
- Senator Shilling: GOP Neglect UW-La Crosse Student Success & Safety
- Senator Shilling: Shilling Meets with Future Farmers of America
- JFC Democrats: On Last Day of Budget Deliberations, JFC Democrats Lament Missed Opportunities
- Senator Shilling: Wisconsin Deserves Better than GOP Budget
- Senator Smith: Looking Inward for Juneteenth Day
- Senator Shilling: Shilling Commemorates Juneteenth
- Senator Shilling: Shilling Echoes Bipartisan Concerns with Fiscally Reckless Republican Budget
- Senator Taylor: Senator Taylor Reflects on Juneteenth Day
- Senator Erpenbach: The GOP Budget: Wisconsinites Pay More to Get Less
- Senator Hansen: Senator Hansen Commends Department of Health Services On Setting Strict Limits on PFAS and PFOA
- Senator Smith: Budget Vote This Week: Rhetoric or What’s Right
- Senator Taylor: Questions Supreme Court Decision
- Senator Shilling: GOP Budget Misses the Mark
- Senator Johnson: Republicans Block Historic Investments in Special Education Funding
- Senator Smith: STATEMENT REGARDING BUDGET VOTE
- Senator Erpenbach: Republican Budget Misses Mark
- Senator Hansen: Passage of Republican Budget
- Senator Taylor: Votes on Budget in Madison
- Senator Hansen: SUPREME COURT DECISION ON REDISTRICTING
- Senator Erpenbach: The Facts Behind the Republican Budget: A Story of Missed Opportunities
- Senator Shilling: Democratic Leaders on SCOTUS Gerrymandering Decision
- Senator Shilling: Sen. Shilling Column: Democratic Vision Prioritizes Future Success
- Senator Smith: STATEMENT REGARDING GOVERNOR EVERS’ BUDGET ACTION
- Senator Hansen: Governor Evers Makes the Best Out of a Budget full of Missed Opportunities
- JFC Democrats: Applaud Governor’s Efforts to Restore the People’s Budget
- Senator Shilling: Democratic Lawmakers Statement on Gov. Evers’ Budget Signing
- Senator Smith: Trust the Voters
- Senator Shilling: Health Coverage for Pre-existing Conditions in Jeopardy
- Senator Smith: Senator Smith and Rep. Emerson Announce Bus Tour Office Hours
- Senator Erpenbach: Weekly Democratic Radio Address- U.S.A, Equal Pay
- Senator Hansen: Introduces Redistricting Reform Bill
- Senator Hansen: Plans to introduce Bill Capping Insulin Costs
- Senator Taylor: Press Conference on Voting Rights for All Wisconsinites
- Senator Erpenbach: Republicans Abandon Small Family Farmers
- Senator Smith: Wisconsin Farmers Deserve Better
- Senator Shilling: Co-Authors Bipartisan Legislation to Combat Teen Dating Violence
- Senator Erpenbach: Governor’s leadership moves Wisconsin forward
- Senator Bewley: A Good Thing
- Senator Shilling: Momentum for Medicaid Expansion Continues
- Senator Smith: Questioning Our Economy
- Senator Erpenbach: Sen. Erpenbach and Rep. Riemer Introduce Medicaid Expansion Bill
- Senator Taylor: Legislators to Hold Press Conference on Child Victim’s Act
- Senator Smith: Senator Smith Advocates for CWD Solutions at The National Conference at State Legislators
- Senator Lena Taylor: Sen. Taylor , Rep. Chris Taylor, and Rep. Melissa Sargent Reintroduce Child Victims Act
- Senator Erpenbach: Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Just Say Yes to Medicaid Expansion
- Senator Patty Schachtner: Column- Clean Water a Deliberate Policy Choice
- Senator Smith: Legislators Gather for Nonpartisan Conference
- Senator Erpenbach: Democrats Give Republicans a Second Chance to Expand Health Care
- Senator Taylor: Realities of Anti-Shackling Bill Evoke Emotion
- Senator Taylor: Bill Outlawing Sexual Contact While In Custody Moves Forward
- Senator Shilling: Democrats Take Action to Improve Public Safety
- Senator Schachtner: The Time for Universal Background Checks is Now
- Sen. Smith: Politics Behind Gun Violence Inaction
- Senator Erpenbach: Area Democrats are Disappointed with the PSC Approval of the Transmission Line
- Senator Smith: Kiddos and Mental Health
- Sen. Taylor: Celebrating the Life of Quanita ‘Tay’ Jackson
- Senator Taylor: Sen. Taylor and Mothers Against Gun Violence Partner to Educate during National Life Insurance Month
- Senator Shilling: Republican Lame Duck Laws Continue to Obstruct State A.G.
- Senator Smith: America is Best When Labor is Strong
- Senator Shilling: Applauds Hughes as WEDC pick
- JFC Democrats: Republicans Cancel Last-Minute Meeting in another Display of Lame Duck Dysfunction
- Senator Smith: Sen. Smith's Statement Regarding JFC Action in Farmer Mental Health Funding
- Senator Smith: Encourages Hunters to Test and Properly Dispose of Deer this Hunting Season
- Senator Shilling: Healthy Herd, Healthy Hunt Initiative
- Senator Erpenbach: Wisconsin schools put students first, Legislature should do the same
- Senator Bewley: Healthy Forests
- Senator Smith: Have a Conversation for Democracy’s Sake
- Sen. Shilling: Praises Additional Assistant District Attorney Positions
- Sen. Shilling: What Will It Take To Act?
- Sen. Erpenbach: Middleton Legislators Echo Police Chief’s Call for Gun Safety
- Sen. Larson: Senator Larson and Smart Start Inc. to Provide IID at Bay View Bash
- Sen. Risser: Legislators Seek Debate on Death with Dignity
- Sen. Erpenbach: Sen. Erpenbach, Rep. Taylor, and Sen. Testin Introduce Bill to Legalize Medical Cannabis in Wisconsin
- Sen. Shilling: Backs Medical Cannabis Efforts
- Sen. Shilling: Students encouraged to apply for Wisconsin Senate Scholar Program
- Sen. Erpenbach: Area Democrats React to PSC Authorization of the Transmission Line
- Senator Smith: Raising Awareness About Domestic Violence
- Senator Shilling: Announces listening sessions
- Senator Taylor: Calls for Support of AB 30
- Senator Shilling: Hemp Bill Passes Senate with Shilling’s Support
- Senator Erpenbach: Senate Unanimously Passes Verona TID Bill
- Sen. Schachtner’s: Sexual Assault Legislation Passes Senate
- Sen. Smith: Recognizing Indigenous People’s Day
- Senator Shilling: Co-Authors Hmong Veteran Bill
- Sen. Shilling: Shilling Praises Family of Fallen Heroes Bill Signed into Law
- Senator Taylor: Statement on Passing of Congressman Elijah Cummings
- Sen. Shilling: Democratic Lawmakers Statements on Special Session to Tackle Gun Violence
- Sen. Erpenbach: Supports Governor Evers’ Call for Special Session
- Sen. Taylor: Calls for Focus on Violence Prevention
- Sen. Shilling: Democrats push Family Medical Leave Act protections
- Sen. Ringhand: Legislators Introduce Family Medical Leave Insurance Act
- Sen. Larson: Senator Larson Stands with Gov. Evers on Common-Sense Gun Safety Special Legislative Session
- SEN. SMITH INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO RESTORE CHIPPEWA VALLEY RTA
- Sen. Risser: Calls for Decriminalizing Marijuana
- Sen. Hansen: Having Trouble Affording Insulin? Senator Hansen Wants to Hear From You
- Sen. Larson: Continues to Support Legalization and Decriminalization of Marijuana
- Sen. Shilling: Co-Authors Child Care Tax Credit
- Sen. Shilling: Get covered, visit healthcare.gov
- Sen. Shilling: Republican Pettiness Threatens Family Farmers
- Sen. Shilling: Democratic Legislators Host West Salem Listening Session
- Sen. Smith: Broadband Expansion: Broadband for Those Who Need It Most
- Sen. Shilling: Republican Obstruction Escalates Insecurity for Family Farms
- Sen. Erpenbach: Republicans Put Politics before Farmers - Again
- Sen. Larson: In Rejecting Pfaff the Message was clear, Dissent Won’t be Allowed in Wisconsin
- Sen. Hansen: GOP Failure to Confirm Brad Pfaff as DATCP Secretary
- Sen. Smith: VINDICTIVE REPUBLICANS VOTE TO LIMIT GOVERNOR’S POWERS…AGAIN
- SEN. SMITH: STATEMENT REGARDING FORMER DATCP SECRETARY PFAFF
- Sen. Smith: VINDICTIVE REPUBLICANS VOTE TO LIMIT GOVERNOR’S POWERS…AGAIN
- Republican’s Fail to allow Debate on Gun Bills
- Sen. Shilling: Every Day of Inaction Is One Day Closer to a Preventable Mass Shooting
- Senator Erpenbach: Calls on Republicans to Take Action against Gun Violence
- Sen. Johnson: Republicans Fail to Prioritize the Safety of Wisconsinites
- Senate Confirms UW-L Student Appointment to Board of Regents
- Sen. Hansen: Response to Senate Republicans Adjourning Special Session without Debating Commonsense Legislation to Stem Gun Violence
- Sen. Shilling: Co-Authors Veteran Tax Credit Bill
- Sen. Smith: Preserving Wisconsin’s Hunting Heritage
- Sen. Shilling: GOP Adjourn for the Year with Unfinished Business
- Sen. Shilling: Hunter Safety Tips
- Sen. Smith: Stop the Spread of CWD
- Sen. Shilling: CWD Crisis Worsens as Republicans Turn a Blind Eye
- Senator Erpenbach: Attends Bill Signing Honoring Staff Sergeant Daniel D. Busch
- SEN. SMITH: STATEMENT REGARDING GOVERNOR EVERS’ VETO OF AB 249
- Sen. Erpenbach: Legislature comes together to honor Staff Sergeant Daniel D. Busch
- Sen. Shilling: Skyrocketing Cost of Insulin Impacting Children & Families
- Sen. Carpenter: “Thank You Governor Evers”
- Senator Erpenbach: Applauds Governor Evers for Signing the Verona TID Bill into Law
- Sen. Smith: What Are You Thankful For?
- Sen. Shilling: Joins Governor Evers for Telehealth Bill Signing
- Senator Erpenbach: Weekly Democratic Radio Address- Democrats Call for Action to Address Homelessness
- Sen. Shilling Co-Authors Bill to Boost Wisconsin Businesses
- Sen. Erpenbach: Homeless Wisconsinites Left out in the Cold by GOP
- What Will It Take to Close Lincoln Hills?
- Shilling statement on National Guard report
- Sen. Erpenbach: Erpenbach and Taylor Statement on Felzkowski/Bernier Medical Marijuana Proposal
- Sen. Bewley: Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Get Covered Today!
- Democrats Introduce Bills to Protect Property Taxpayers from Run Away Voucher Costs
- Senator Jeff Smith's Weekly Column - It's Cold Outside for Our Furry Friends
- Sen. Shilling Thanks Residents for their Civic Engagement
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Democratic Vision for 2020
- Sen. Shilling:Column- Fighting for America’s Dairyland
- Sen. Smith: I’m Here, Ready to Listen
- 2018
- Senator Vinehout Column: Looking Forward to 2018
- Senator Shilling: Gov. Walker’s hollow campaign gimmick
- Senator Taylor: Walker a Day Late and Dollar Short on Juvenile Corrections
- Senator Larson: Changes Needed at Lincoln Hills Now, Not After the Next Election
- Senator Erpenbach: Time to Work Smarter As We Fight Veteran Suicide
- Senator Shilling: Walker’s latest hypocrisy
- Senator Shilling: Smoggy future for clean air under GOP control
- Senator Shilling: Ads don’t reflect Governor’s priorities
- Senators Ringhand and Wirch: Legislation Would Eliminate Local Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Laws
- Senator Hansen: Governor Should Call Special Elections Voters in the 1st Senate District and 42nd Assembly District should be represented
- Senator Hansen: Governor’s Call for Special Session
- Senator Taylor: Walker Renews Call to Gut Services
- Senator Shilling and Rep. Hintz: Voters Deserve Representation for Special Session
- Senator Vinehout Column: How Haste Empowers the “Shadow Legislature”
- Senator Vinehout Column: Kicking Us When We Are Down
- Senator-elect Schachtner announces district swearing-in
- Senator Shilling: Senate Republicans throw elections into chaos
- Senator Ringhand: Senate Republicans Rigging State Elections and Ethics Panels
- Senator Johnson: Bipartisan ‘Green Alert’ Bill Passes State Senate
- Senator Larson: Remarks on Governor Walker’s ‘State of the State’
- Senator Hansen: State of the State Address
- Senator Bewley: Rural Schools, Students and Families Left Behind as GOP puts FoxConn First
- Senator Taylor: Statement on State of the State Address
- Senator Erpenbach Column: Economy a Challenge for Most of Wisconsin
- Senator Johnson: Special Session Bills Not the Way to Support Families
- Senator Shilling: Walker’s war on struggling families
- Senator Hansen: Republicans from White House to State House Are Failing Wisconsin’s Blue Collar workers
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on Governor Walker’s apparent 100 percent turnaround on transportation financing reform
- Senator Hansen: Stuck, Nelson, Hintz Call for State Action on Paper
- Senator Vinehout Column: Who is Working Under the Governor’s New “Wisconsin Works” Program?
- Senator Taylor: Walker’s Out-of-State Ad Campaign Fails to Prioritize Training, Access for Wisconsin Residents
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Celebrating Black History Month
- Taylor and Bipartisan Legislators Introduce Juvenile Corrections Bill
- Senator Erpenbach: AB 912/SB 769 rural economic development funds for WEDC
- Senator Taylor: Welfare Reform a Morally Cruel Campaign Distraction
- Senator Shilling: Republicans block school shooting precautions
- Senator Hansen: Republicans Pass Wetlands Destruction Bill
- Republicans Have Double-Standard When It Comes to Fraud
- Senator Erpenbach: Amendment Protects People with Preexisting Conditions
- Senator Bewley: The Way It Ought To Be
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Despite Flooding Risks, GOP Rolls Back Wetland Protections
- Senator Erpenbach: Introduces “Misty’s Law” Named for Black Lab Found Near Death in 2016
- Senator Shilling: The time for action on gun violence is now
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on Governor Walker’s announcement he plans to look into community gun safety measure
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Safe Schools, Safe Communities
- Senator Erpenbach: Local High School Students Inspire Legislation
- Senator Shilling: Gov. Walker fails to act on gun safety
- Senator Carpenter: “Governor Walker, Wisconsin Can Do Better Than This”
- Senate Republicans throw in the towel
- Senator Taylor: School Safety or Election Protection
- Senator Hansen: Families in 1st Senate District Had No Voice in School Safety Debate
- Senator Larson: Republicans Again Did Nothing to Address Gun Violence
- Senator Hansen: Republicans Continue to Ignore Needs of Wisconsin Families
- Senator Shilling: Wisconsin court upholds right to representation
- Senator Hansen: Court Decision calling for special elections
- Senator Shilling Column: Homeowners shouldn’t be left footing the bill
- Senator Shilling and Rep. Hintz: Republicans will do anything to hold onto power
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Legislative Session Comes To an End - Winners and Losers
- Senator Shilling and Rep. Hintz: Democracy Wins in Wisconsin
- Senator Shilling: Statement on the passing of Peg Lautenschlager
- Senator Bewley: Protecting Your Vote
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Lincoln Hills
- Weekly Democratic radio address: A better way for Wisconsin
- Senator Erpenbach Column: Disappointing Failure on Rural Economic Development Money
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Gov. Walker latest attack on families
- Senator Hansen: Equal Pay Day Governor Walker and Republicans Have Failed Wisconsin Women and Families
- Joint Finance Democrats: Keeping Our Elections Secure, With Help from the Feds
- Senator Shilling: Ryan departure leaves Foxconn future in question
- Senator Shilling: Walker’s latest attempt to boost lagging approval ratings
- Senator Shilling: Statement on the passing of Vel Phillips
- Senator Hansen: Walker and GOP Pull Bait and Switch on Taxpayers
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Prescription Drug Price Gouging
- Senator Shilling: Affordable Care Act is Working in Wisconsin
- Sen. Shilling Column: Protect Wisconsin’s Conservation Legacy
- Senator Erpenbach Column: June is Dairy Month Is Not Enough
- GOP to hungry children: “Let Them Eat Cake”
- Senator Schachtner: House GOP Farm Bill Threatens Food Security for Children, Vulnerable Adults
- Senator Hansen: No Place at the Table for Hungry Children as Long as the Republicans are in Charge
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Protect children, not corporate profits
- Senator Shilling: Planned Parenthood files lawsuit against Trump
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Teacher Appreciation Week
- Senator Shilling: Republican confusion threatens hemp industry
- Senator Shilling: Foxconn ties to Walker campaign exposed
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Stroke Awareness Month
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Observing Memorial Day
- Senator Shilling: Calls for action in wake of Sterling Brown arrest
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Celebrate June Dairy Month
- Senator Erpenbach Column: Time to Make Our Older Adults a Priority
- Senator Hansen: Michigan Approval of Back Forty Mine
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Suicide Awareness
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Recognizing Juneteenth Day
- Senator Johnson: Republicans Prioritize Foxconn over Local Roads
- Senator Shilling: GOP raids transportation fund for Foxconn (again)
- Senator Hansen: U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Redistricting
- Shilling Statement on GOP Election-Rigging Case
- Senator Miller: Statement on Gill v. Whitford
- Senator-elect Frostman announces district swearing-in
- Erpenbach Calls on Governor to End Support of “Zero Tolerance”
- Senator Schachtner Column: Suicide - A Tale of Access
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Keeping Families Together
- Sen. Shilling Column: Supporting Wisconsin Farmers
- Senator-elect Frostman district swearing-in
- Senator Hansen: Walker-Foxconn Bait and Switch
- Senator Shilling: Foxconn Folly Fueling Family Farmer Famine
- Senator Frostman: A new voice for the 1st Senate District
- Senator Shilling: Walker continues to ignore prison assault crisis
- Senator Frostman: Announces Senate office staff
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Celebrating Independence Day
- Shilling taps Frostman for influential position on Wisconsin’s Economic Development Board
- Senator Frostman: Appointed to Wisconsin Economic Development Board
- Senator Shilling: Can’t pay back $1 million loan? WEDC says ‘No worries’
- Senator Hansen: WEDC’s Continued Failure, Green Box Edition
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Water and the Environment
- Senator Shilling: Walker’s Foxconn Flop Tour Continues
- Senator Shilling: Wisconsin wages stuck in the past
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Just Fix It
- Senator Schachtner: Happy Birthday, Medicare and Medicaid!
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Need for Addiction Resources
- Senator Taylor: Scott Walker, Wisconsin’s Incarceration Governor
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Primary Election Reminder
- Senator Shilling: GOP is biggest barrier to school success
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Observing Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
- Weekly Democratic radio address: National Health Center Week
- Local Leaders Call for Fixing the Road Budget
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Back to School Week
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Back to school
- Senator Hansen: Governor Walker’s Plan Would Leave Vast Majority of Student Loan Holders Out in the Cold
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Supporting Families through a Child Care Tax Credit
- Senator Shilling: Wisconsin drivers to Gov. Walker: Just fix it!
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Governor’s False Claim on Pre-existing Conditions
- Senator Shilling: Wisconsin Budget Shock
- Senator Taylor: Supports Delay of Kavanaugh Final Confirmation
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Republican Corporate Bailout Plan
- Senator Vinehout: Legislative Audit Bureau: The Sentinels of State Government
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Photo ID for Voting Law Reminder
- Senator Shilling: Property Taxes Increase Under Walker
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Could-be Lame Ducks call lame session
- GOP’s Spooky Saga of Health Care Flip-Flops
- Senator Shilling: Wisconsin Lt. Governor puts health protections in jeopardy
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Democratic Vision for Wisconsin"
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Senate Democratic Leadership Election
- Senator Shilling: Appoints Erpenbach, Johnson to serve on Joint Finance Committee
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Happy Thanksgiving
- Senator Shilling: Election defeat leads to GOP temper tantrum
- Senator Taylor Recognizes Life and Legacy of President Bush
- Statement from Senator Hansen on GOP Power Grab
- JFC Democrats: Republicans desperate following November Election
- Senator Larson: Unprecedented Power Grab Will Break Wisconsin for Years to Come
- Senator Hansen: GOP Lame Duck Power Grab
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on Extraordinary Lame-Duck Power Grab
- Senator Shilling: Desperation: The Republican Legacy
- Senator Ringhand: Republican’s Holiday Gift to Wisconsin: An Assault on Democracy
- Senator Taylor: Believes GOP Are Taking Career Ending Votes
- Senator Larson: Op Ed on Republican sour grape session
- Senator Carpenter: Governor Walker and Republican Leaders Simply Don’t Get It
- Senator Larson: This Isn’t an Economic Development Strategy, This is an Extortion.
- Senator Larson: Governor Walker just sealed his legacy as the worst Governor in state history
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Lame Duck Bills
- Senator Vinehout Column: Conversations with Constituents
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Looking Ahead to 2019"
- Senator Shilling: Applauds Pfaff as Evers DATCP Secretary pickS
- 2017
- Sen. Larson Announces Committee Assignments for 2017-2018 Legislative Session
- Senate Dem Leader lays out priorities for 2017-18 session
- Senator Bewley: Announces Committee Assignments
- Senator Hansen: Hansen Seeking Sponsors for Redistricting Reform Bill
- Senator Vinehout Column: New DNR Report: Who Should Pay to Protect and Encourage Fish and Wildlife?
- Senator Erpenbach: Response to Governor Walker’s State of the State
- Senator Shilling: Rreacts to State of the State
- Senator Larson: Statement on the State of the State
- Senator Miller: Statement on State of the State
- Senator Vinehout Column: Statement on the Governor’s State of the State Address
- Senator Ringhand: Statement on Governor Walker’s speech
- Senator Hansen: Gov. Walker's comments attacking Higher Ed/Lower Debt Plan
- Senator Hansen: Response to Governor's State of the State
- Senator Miller: Introduces Water Sustainability Act
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Save Our SeniorCare"
- Senator Vinehout Column: School Visit to the “ARCTIC Zone” Prompts Thinking Anew about Education
- Senator Bewley: State Of The State Isn’t Found In Madison Speech
- Senator Shilling: Protect Seniors by extending SeniorCare
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Gov. Walker’s proposed work restrictions
- Senator Larson: Wisconsin Lawmakers Join Nationwide Effort to Safeguard Abortion Rights
- Senator Vinehout Column: Audits Raise Cautions about Pension Fund Management
- Senator Erpenbach: Republican Manufacturing and Agriculture Tax Credit costing millions more than expected – benefits just a few of the state’s wealthiest individuals
- Senator Shilling: Working families struggle as GOP tax breaks for millionaires skyrocket
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Protect Wisconsin's Natural Resources
- Senator Shilling: AUDIT - Wisconsin road crisis worsens
- Senator Shilling: Statement on GOP Election Rigging Lawsuit
- Senator Hansen: Response to Court Redistricting Ruling
- Senator Miller: Statement on U.S. District Court Decision
- Senator Bewley: More for Madison, Less for Northern Wisconsin
- Senator Shilling: Rural Schools Deserve Better
- Senator Bewley: A Drop In The Bucket
- Senator Larson: Calls on U.S. Senator Ron Johnson to Oppose DeVos Nomination
- Senator Shilling: Cost of child care skyrockets
- Senator Erpenbach Column: Wisconsin Roads Desperate for Leadership
- Senator Larson: Wisconsin Kids Still Shortchanged by Governor Walker
- Senator Bewley Column: A Blank Check
- Senator Vinehout Column: School Funding: It’s about More than Money
- Senator Vinehout Column: Increasing Funding for Voucher and Charter Schools Comes at a Big Cost
- Senator Shilling: Gov. Walker fails to submit balanced budget
- Senator Miller: We deserve better than alternative facts and alternative math
- Senator Ringhand: Statement on Governor’s Budget Address
- Senator Larson: Statement on Walker’s Budget Announcement
- Senator Vinehout: Statement on Governor’s Budget Address
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on Governor Walker’s state budget address
- Senator Hansen: Statement on Budget Address
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Wisconsin Biennial Budget
- Senator Bewley: A Proud Legacy to Build On
- Senator Erpenbach: Seasonal Unemployment Changes Hurting Businesses and Communities
- Senator Vinehout Column: A Few Budget Details that Didn’t Make Headlines
- Senator Larson: Proposes Fix to CBD Treatment Barriers
- Senator Hansen: According to Governor Walker Low Cost Loans for Corporations are Okay but Not for Student Loan Borrowers
- Legislators Unveil Equal Pay Proposals
- Hansen and Mason to Introduce Overtime Pay Legislation Bill would expand overtime pay to 80,000 middle class workers
- Senator Larson: Wisconsin Loses Strong Advocate for Wisconsin Workers
- Senator Hansen: Republicans Should Stop Playing Politics with Taxpayers’ Money and Adopt Non-partisan Redistricting Reform
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Walker’s Rough Roads Getting Worse
- Senator Vinehout Column: Audit Hearing Highlights Problems and Way Forward with Transportation
- Senator Shilling: Be Bold for Change
- Senator Shilling: GOP Agenda is Failing Wisconsin Families
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Respect and Promote Wisconsin’s Rural Traditions and Farm Products
- Senators Bewley and Shilling: What ever happened to the Gold Standard?
- Senator Erpenbach: Legislative Oversight Needed Now More than Ever for Veterans Care Fund
- Senator Shilling: Republicans renew effort to block lifesaving medical research
- Senator Vinehout Column: Broadband Expansion: Rural Wisconsin Needs the Real Deal
- Senator Shilling: Treat family like family
- Senator Ringhand: Legislators Introduce Family Medical Leave Insurance Act
- Democrats Unveil Legislative Agenda
- Senator Erpenbach Column: More Accountability Needed for Taxpayer Funds at King Nursing Home
- Senator Vinehout Column: Are Waters in Wisconsin Meeting Water Quality Standards?
- Voucher Operators will receive at least $1000 more per student than public schools
- Senator Shilling: Lawmakers fear Wisconsin impact of ACA repeal
- Senator Hansen: Introduce Legislation Requiring Presidential Candidates to Provide Copies of Their Tax Returns
- Senator Vinehout Column: Healthcare - What’s Next?
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Protect Access to Health Care
- Senator Shilling: Republicans propose “Permitless Carry” bill
- Senator Larson: Irresponsible Republican Bill Proposes Arming Teens
- Senator Larson: Legislators Introduce the Jail Death Transparency Act
- Senators Bewley and Miller: Misplaced Priorities - More general revenue for voucher schools than environment
- Senator Bewley Column: Opportunities to be Heard on the State Budget
- Senator Shilling: Democrats pass internet privacy protection
- Democrats pass internet privacy protection
- Senator Larson: Senate Democrats - Don’t Grant “Forever” Access to Wisconsin Groundwater
- Senator Shilling: Republicans Vote to Privatize Wisconsin Water
- Senator Miller: Statement on Privatizing Public Waters
- Senator Larson: GOP Demolishes Over 150 Years of Wisconsin Heritage
- Senator Hansen: Statement on Passage of Senate Bill 76: Another Corporate Giveaway
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Privatizing Public Waters
- Senators Bewley and Miller: Taxpayer Oversight of Voucher Spending Increases Proposed
- Senator Shilling: Local Water Contamination Raises Red Flags
- Senator Shilling Column: Expand economic opportunities with child care tax credits
- Senator Vinehout Column: Meth Addiction: the Growing Epidemic in our Neighborhood
- Senator Hansen: Legislators Unveil Proposals to Strengthen Equal Pay Law
- Senator Larson: We Are Stronger Together: Legislature Must Take a Stand Against Islamophobia and Hate After Brutal Attack
- Senator Bewley Column: Voters Deserve Say on Voucher Spending
- Senator Hansen: Call for Public Hearing on Bill Requiring Presidential Candidates to Release Tax Returns
- Senator Shilling: Presidential visit highlights Wisconsin economic challenges
- Senator Hansen: Introduces Resolution to Give People a Voice on Overturning Citizens United Decision
- Senator Larson: Hold Save Our Water Listening Session
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Drain the Special Interest Swamp in Madison, Not Our Lakes, Rivers and Streams
- Senator Bewley: Area Residents Shine in Spooner
- Senator Vinehout Column: High Capacity Well Proposal Makes Water Problems Worse
- Senator Shilling: Remembering Wisconsin Workers
- Senator Larson: Recognizing Workers’ Memorial Day
- Senator Vinehout Column: Youth in Government Day Engages Teens
- Senator Ringhand: Republican Legislative Leader Debunks Prevailing Wage Savings Claims
- Senator Shilling: Democratic leaders discouraged by limited response to opioid epidemic
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on passage of the HOPE agenda
- Senator Shilling: Democrats call for Joint Transportation Committee to break budget stalemate
- Weekly Democratic radio address: The Wisconsin Legislature Finally Scheduled A Bill To Create Some Jobs. For Europeans. Europeans Who Make Robots
- Senator Larson: Unveils the Community Schools Act
- Senator Shilling: Statement on U.S. House AHCA vote
- Senator Shilling: Student loan borrowers lose federal protections
- Senator Hansen: Democratic Legislators Call on Attorney General to Oppose Elimination of Rules Protecting Student Loan Holders
- Senator Larson: A “Thank You” to our Teachers on National Teacher Appreciation Day
- Senator Larson: GOP Delays Broadband, Denies Privacy
- Senator Shilling: Dem proposal to end Veteran Home fund raids rejected by GOP budget committee
- Senator Erpenbach: JFC Democrats Vote to Improve Veterans Home at King, Long Term Solution for Veterans Trust Fund
- WI Democrats Unveil Healthcare Protection Package
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Health Care Protection Package
- Senator Larson: Lock Your Doors, Protect Your Neighbors
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Wisconsin Health Care Protection Package
- Senator Bewley Column: Words Are Not Enough
- Senator Shilling: Dem Student Loan relief plan rejected by GOP
- Senator Hansen: GOP Joint Finance Committee Rejection of Student Loan Refinancing
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on another Republican budget that cuts UW classrooms
- Senator Hansen and Representative Genrich to Introduce Private Pension Plan Based on Wisconsin Retirement System
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on budget committee action on Medicaid and Department of Health Services
- Senator Shilling: GOP tries to hide another dismal jobs report
- Senator Bewley: Urges JFC to Listen to The Council On Forestry
- Senator Shilling: NRA-backed bill threatens school safety
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Giveaway Requires No Job Creation - Thousands of Manufacturing Jobs Lost
- Senator Vinehout: What Choices Would You Make?
- Senator Bewley Column: Tax Credit Pays Off For Job Cutters
- Senator Shilling: Is Wisconsin entering a recession?
- Senator Larson: Unveils Campaign Integrity Package
- Senator Shilling: Veterans denied right to Veterans Day
- Senator Erpenbach: Wisconsin First, Not Washington: Protection From Trump and the GOP Congress
- Senator Hansen: Senate Republicans Vote Against Protecting Consumers from Gas Station Card Skimmers
- Senator Larson: Senate GOP Okays Putting Health and Safety of Public at Risk
- Senator Larson: Rushed Voucher Bill Passes GOP-led Senate
- Senator Hansen: Senate Republicans Vote Against Giving Veterans the Day Off for Veterans
- Senators Bewley and Hansen: GOP Passes on chance to protect taxpayers and fully address opioid crisis
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Give Veterans the Day Off
- Senator Shilling: U.S. Supreme Court to hear GOP election rigging lawsuit
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Protect Access to Healthcare
- Senator Shilling: GOP poised to miss state budget deadline
- Senator Bewley: Some Things Are Worth Celebrating
- Senator Shiling: Gov. Walker proposes road delays, layoffs
- Senator Vinehout Column: Seeking Solutions for State Road Budget
- Weekly Democratic radio address: GOP Budget Still at Impasse
- Senator Shilling: GOP proposes wage cuts, more outsourcing
- Senator Hansen: Northeast Wisconsin Legislators Introduce Resolution Opposing UP Back 40 Mine Project
- Senator Shilling: Statement on limited opioid response
- Senator Shilling: Debt. Debt. And more Debt.
- Senator Erpenbach: Reaction to Senate Republican budget announcement
- Senator Shilling: GOP proposes school cuts, transportation debt to finance tax breaks for the wealthy
- Senator Shilling Column: GOP health care repeal still cruel
- Senator Vinehout Column: Health Care: Steps Toward the Future
- Senator Hansen: Statement on U.S. AG Session Green Bay Visit
- Senator Vinehout Column: Where Are the People?
- Senator Shilling: Republicans cut rural school aid, delay payments
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on Public Education in Joint Committee in Finance
- Senator Risser: Bill Will Require Department of Corrections to Report to Legislature on Alternatives to Solitary Confinement
- Senator Erpenbach Column: Possible Failure for a Successful Program: Historic Tax Credits
- Senator Larson: Republicans Again Shortchanging our Kids, Betraying our Values
- Senator Carpenter: Statement on Possible Zoo Interchange Delays
- Senator Ringhand: Dark Store Legislation Would Restore Property Tax Fairness in Wisconsin
- Senator Shilling: SeniorCare anniversary a reminder of program’s success
- Senators Bewley and Shilling: School aid payments delayed amid GOP budget fiasco
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Labor Day
- Senator Vinehout Column
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on Foxconn passage out of JFC
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on partisan passage of the Republican transportation budget
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Too little, way too late
- Senator Shilling: Gov. Walker’s economic depression
- Senator Hansen: Go Slow on Foxxconn
- Senator Vinehout Column: When “Up” is “Down”
- Senator Vinehout Column: Thank you, Wisconsin, for the Beautiful Gift
- Senator Carpenter: Carpenter Calls for Senate Public Hearing on Foxconn Legislation
- Sen. Shilling: Foxconn tax break could exceed $1 million per job
- Sen. Erpenbach: Looking at the FOXCONN Deal with a Wisconsin Perspective
- Sen. Bewley: Northwestern Wisconsin Shut Out of Broadband Grants
- Sen. Shilling: Stop outsourcing before expanding tax breaks
- Senator Shilling: Transportation Shutdown Begins in Wisconsin
- Senator Shilling: Is GOP anticipating a “Foxconn flop?”
- Senator Miller - Weekly Democratic radio address: The Foxconn Con
- Senator Miller: Statement on Foxconn
- Senator Janis Ringhand: Foxconn Deal is the Largest Taxpayer Giveaway to a Foreign Company in American History
- Senator Larson: Republicans Pass Massive Corporate Giveaway, Fail to Protect Wisconsin Taxpayers
- Senator Hansen: Foxconn Giveaway is Bad for Wisconsin Taxpayers
- Senator Shilling: GOP commits Wisconsin to $3 billion liability
- Senator Risser: Senate passes $3 billion Foxconn boondoggle, taxpayers foot the bill
- Senator Bewley Column: We’re Better than This: Foxconn Giveaway A Burden and An Embarrassment For Wisconsin
- Senators Bewley, Larson, Miller: Overdue Republican budget week puts Foxconn ahead of 850,000+ Wisconsin students
- Senator Larson: Democrats Call for Campaign Integrity to be Restored in State Budget
- Senator Shilling: School cuts. Road Delays. Corporate handouts.
- Senator Hansen: Statement of State Budget
- Senator Larson: GOP Passes $76 Billion Betrayal of our Values
- Senator Vinehout: Statement on Budget
- Senator Miller: Statement on 2017-19 Republican Budget
- Walker picks Foxconn over Wisconsin schools and roads
- Senator Shilling: Republicans prioritize NRA over working families
- Senator Carpenter: Asks Governor to Veto Transportation Pork
- Weekly Democratic radio address: The Thousand Year Veto
- Senator Bewley: Overdue State Budget devotes second lowest percentage to public school aids since 1995
- Senator Shilling: Statement on budget signing
- Senator Carpenter: Wrong Way Walker
- Senator Larson: Statement on the State of Education
- Senator Shilling: GOP healthcare proposal - from bad to worse
- Senator Vinehout Column: Two Worlds Apart: The Capitol and the Great River Road
- Senator Shilling: 1.4 trillion reasons to support student debt refinancing
- Senator Vinehout Column: Proposal to De-license Occupations Gains Steam in Senate
- Senate Democratic Radio Address: Stewardship Heritage Under Attack
- Senator Shilling: Statement on new health clinic in Milwaukee
- Senator Johnson: Statement on new health clinic in Milwaukee
- Senator Vinehout Column: Hemp: Its Time Has Come
- Senator Shilling: Audit highlights ongoing GOP neglect at King Veterans Home
- Senator Erpenbach: Respect Women Act Restores Women’s Medical Rights
- Senator Bewley: UW Barron falls victim to GOP budget cuts, again
- Senator Shilling: Respect Wisconsin Women
- Senator Shilling: Lives at risk as Trump sabotages health care
- Senator Vinehout Column: Audit Committee Focused on Protecting Veterans’ Care at King
- Senator Shilling: Foxconn gamble shrouded in secrecy
- Senator Shilling: Troubled jobs agency in disarray over Foxconn contract
- Senator Erpenbach: Statewide Tour Promoting Medical Marijuana Bills
- Senator Hansen: After WEDC Failure Legislative Review and Approval Should be Required for Contract with Foxconn
- Senator Erpenbach: Funding Elections Commission Staff Ensures Secure and Efficient Elections
- Senator Shilling: Audit of Walker jobs agency intensifies Foxconn concerns
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on Governor Walker action to increase reimbursement rates for mental health and substance abuse providers
- Senator Vinehout: WEDC’s History Raises Concerns about State’s Ability to Oversee Foxconn Deal
- Senator Carpenter: Let’s See The Foxconn Contract
- Senator Shilling: Walker jobs agency leaves taxpayers in the dark
- Senator Shilling Column: Expand Family Medical Leave
- Senator Vinehout Column: WEDC Admits They Are Not Following the Law
- Senator Carpenter: Introduces Bill to End Miller Park Tax
- Senator Larson: One Step Closer to Tackling Wisconsin’s Lead Crisis
- Senator Carpenter: WEDC — Ripe For Reform
- Senator Bewley: Encourages Families to Explore Health Options
- Senator Erpenbach: Enrollment Begins in ACA Marketplace Today
- Senator Erpenbach and Rep. Riemer: Past Time to Strengthen BadgerCare for Working Wisconsin Families
- Senator Shilling: GOP seek ban on lifesaving medical research
- Senator Erpenbach: ACA Healthcare Marketplace Helps More People in WI than Ever: Sign Up Now!
- Senator Carpenter: WEDC — Seeing Contract Today, A Good First Step, Taxpayer Protection Still Top Priority.
- Senator Vinehout Column: Speed and Secrecy Leaves the Public Out in the Cold
- Senator Shilling: Republicans to allow Acid Mining in Wisconsin
- Senator Miller: Danger
- Senator Larson: Convention of States Pushed Through by Senate GOP
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on Wisconsin Legislative repeal of “prove it safe” law for mining.
- Senator Carpenter: Top Ten Reasons Wisconsin Got Conned
- Senator Shilling: Troubled jobs agency finalizes $3 billion Foxconn contract
- Senators Bewley and Hansen Column: Counties and property taxpayers shouldn't be left to address opioid crisis on their own
- Senator Shilling: Gov. Walker’s re-election Hail Mary falls short
- Senator Shilling: Democrats stand with Veterans
- Senator Hansen: Made in America Act Receives Public Hearing
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Supporting Wisconsin Start-ups"
- Senator Ringhand: Statement on Foxconn earnings report
- Senator Shilling: Hunter Safety Tips
- Senator Hansen: Introduces Employee Ownership Reform Bill
- Senator Shilling: GOP tax plan hurts middle class
- Gov. Walker’s 111,000 jobs deficit
- Senator Hansen: To Introduce Bill to Provide More Permanent Funding for Veterans Trust Fund
- Senator Vinehout Column: Confusing Health Coverage Dominates Thanksgiving Conversations
- Senator Shilling & Rep. Hintz: Walker seeks federal approval to limit health coverage and continue cost-shift
- Senator Bewley & Rep. Goyke: Tax "Reform" Puts WI Housing and Jobs in Direct Peril
- Senator Shilling: Working families on losing end of GOP Tax Scam
- Senator Hansen: Real Incentives, Not Gimmicks will Keep and Attract Young Workers to Wisconsin
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: Dark Stores Dark Intentions
- Senator Vinehout Column: Free Tuition for Two-Year and Tech Colleges Means Freedom to Learn
- Senator Shilling: Another “Ho-Ho-Horrible” Jobs Report
- Senator Hansen to Introduce Bill Requiring Individual Locks on Gas Pumps
- Senator Carpenter: On Saint Nicholas Day Governor Walker Proves Himself a Grinch to Seniors
- Senator Erpenbach Column: Trickle Down Policies
- Senator Carpenter: Save Our SeniorCare!
- Senator Vinehout Column: Emergency Medical Workers in New Community Role
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Empty Seats
- Senator Shilling: Clean air at risk under Republican control
- Senator Erpenbach: Prison Safety and Population Increases Need Legislative Attention
- Senator Bewley Column: Building Commission Approves Project For Northern Wisconsin
- Senator Hansen: Democrats Call on Attorney General to Challenge FCC Decision to Repeal Obama Era Regulation that Protected Internet Equality
- Senator Shilling: Democrats fight to protect Net Neutrality
- Senator Shilling: GOP Tax Scam is the gift no one asked for
- Senator Taylor: House Republicans Advance Tax Plan, Continue Nationwide Push to Benefit Wealthy on the Backs of the Working Class
- Senator Erpenbach: Letter on BadgerCare Waiver
- Senator Shilling: Republicans Open the Flood Gates
- Senate GOP Calls for Yet Another Investigation into Organization They Dismantled Two Years Ago
- Senator Miller: Statement from Senator Mark Miller on the F-35 landing in Madison
- Senator Carpenter: Thanks DHS Secretary for SeniorCare Attempts, Looks Forward to 2018
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "A new year, and new opportunities"
- 2016
- Senator Shilling: Layoffs hit new high under Gov. Walker
- Senator Vinehout Column: Whose Property Rights Are Most Important?
- Senator Hansen: Call for Corrections Reform
- Senator Lassa Column: Great Indoor Getaways for Cold Winter Days
- Senator Shilling: Democrats propose Corrections Reform measures to improve public safety
- Senator Harris Dodd: Urges Committee Chair to Hold Public Hearing on Background Checks
- Senator Vinehout Column: Speed and Secrecy Kill Democracy
- Senator Shilling: Dems rebuffed by Gov. Walker on student loan debt
- Senator Hansen: Governor Fails Student Loan Holders
- Senator Shilling: Bipartisan bill strengthens child protections
- Senator Lassa: Bipartisan Novelty Lighter Bill Passes Senate
- Senator Lassa Column: Tax Credit Will Help Families with the High Cost of Care
- Senator Ringhand: Applauds State Senates Passage of SB 330
- Senator Lassa: USO, Notice Publication Bills Pass the Assembly
- Senator Shilling: Wisconsin ACT scores plummet
- Senator Hansen: Bi-Partisan WEDC Fraud Bill Receives Public Hearing
- Senator Shilling: Dems urge action to close health coverage gap
- Senator Lassa: Small Business Jobs Bills Get Hearing
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Dems go big and bold on student debt relief"
- Senator Shilling: Republican agenda features familiar ideas
- Senator Hansen Statement: Governor’s Opposition to Student Loan Refinancing Will Increase Brain Drain
- Senator Lassa Column: Time to Invest in Rural Broadband Access
- Senator Shilling: Statement on the State of the State
- Senator Harris Dodd: Statement on State of the State Address
- Senator Ringhand: Response to the State of the State Address
- Senator Lassa: Governor’s Proposals Too Little, Too Late
- Senator Hansen: Governor’s Plan Leaves 97% of Student Loan Holders at the Mercy of Wall Street
- Senator Shilling: Senate GOP ignores call for student loan debt relief
- Senator Risser: Senate GOP Continues Attack on Women’s Healthcare
- Senator Ringhand: Statement on Civil Service Changes
- Senator Hansen: GOP Elimination of Civil Service
- Senator Lassa: Children First, Public Notice Bills Advance
- Senator Shilling: Budget takes $100 million hit as GOP policies drive down family wages
- Senator Hansen: Wisconsin Economy Continues to Struggle Under GOP
- Senator Vinehout Column: Dismantling Civil Service Passes Senate Despite Disturbing Debate
- Senator Shilling: Democrats push Family Medical Leave Act protections
- Senator Lassa Column: New State Budget Numbers are a Reality Check
- Senator Shilling: Republican school cuts buck national trend
- Senator Lassa: Bill to Cut Veterans Services Being Rushed Through Legislature
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Dems propose bill to strengthen workplace flexibility"
- Senator Lassa: Two Workforce Bills Get Hearing
- Senator Risser: Bill Will Prohibit Sale and Purchase of Ivory
- Senator Vinehout Column: Farmers Seek Action and Answers at the Capitol
- Senator Shilling: Senate Republicans getting desperate
- Senator Lassa Column: As Other States Invest in Higher Ed, Wisconsin Lags Behind
- Senator Lassa: Governor Signs Official Notice Bill
- Senator Lassa Column: GOP Still Tampering with Our Democracy
- Senator Shilling: Applauds passage of “Safe at Home Bill”
- Senator Shilling: Senate Republicans attack voter rights again
- Senator Hansen: Resolution Reaffirming Children’s Outdoor Heritage Passes
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "GOP suppresses voter registration"
- Senator Lassa: Stevens Point Senior Becomes Senate Scholar
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Sec. Wall resignation
- Senator Vinehout Column: “This Land is Our Land” Or it used to be…"
- JFC Dems Decry Lack of Public Input Into FamilyCare 2.0
- Senator Shilling: Questions GOP obstruction on child abuse scandal
- Senator Shilling: Another session of Republican inaction on student loan debt
- Senator Shilling: Republicans break promise to public schools, push last-minute $14 million cut
- Senator Lassa Column: USO Wisconsin Month Celebrates 75 Years of Service
- Senator Hansen: Senate Passes Bi-partisan Kickboxing Bill
- Senator Shilling: ‘Height of Hypocrisy’ as GOP blocks Winnebago Co. Executive from holding office
- Senator Lassa: Stevens Point Junior Named As Senate Scholar
- Senator Hansen: Praises Public’s Role in Defeat of Controversial Water Bill
- Senator Shilling: Gov. Walker signs bills limiting birth control access
- Senator Vinehout Column: People Make a Difference Despite Haste at Capitol
- Senator Shilling: Lincoln Hills cover-up continues as GOP ignores crisis
- Senator Lassa Column: Fire Safety Bill A Casualty of Late Night Trick
- Senator Shilling: Applauds local solar investments
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Keeping children and communities safe"
- Senator Harris Dodd: Will Not Seek Re-election
- Shilling: Statement on Harris Dodd announcement
- Senator Shilling: Named a 2016 "Friend of Housing"
- Senator Vinehout Column: Budget Cuts to Education Cost All of Us
- Senator Shilling: Child abuse cover-up continues as GOP ignores reports
- Senator Lassa Column: Tax Credits Help Working Families, Seniors
- Senator Lassa: Bill to Help Local Small Business Becomes Law
- Senator Hansen: Senate Republicans Continue to Block Student Loan Refinancing
- Senator Shilling: Hate speech is not “irrelevant”
- Senator Lassa Column: Wisconsin Civil Air Patrol: 75 Years of Vigilance
- Senator Vinehout: Calls for Corrections Audit
- Senator Shilling: DOC audit needed to improve safety
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Celebrate open government with Sunshine Week 2016"
- Senator Lassa: Lawmakers Announce Launch of Children’s Caucus
- Senator Shilling: GOP all talk, no action on student loan debt
- Senator Shilling: Senate Republicans Call It Quits
- Senator Lassa Column: Sunshine Week Highlights Open Government Setbacks, Victories
- Senator Lassa: Lassa Bills Pass Legislature in Final Session
- Senator Hansen: Senate Republicans: “We Can’t Afford Our Own Affordability Plan”
- Senator Lassa: Legislative Republicans Go Home with Crucial Work Left Undone
- Senator Hansen: Senate Passes Resolution Honoring Rosemary Hinkfuss
- Senator Shilling: Leadership of Senators Bewley & Ringhand recognized with additional appointments
- Senator Vinehout Column: The Next Well that Goes Bad May be Yours
- Senator Shilling Column: Wisconsin is full of potential
- Senator Lassa Column: This Legislative Session Gets a Grade of “Incomplete”
- Senator Hansen: Bi-partisan Kickboxing Bill Signed into Law
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Early voting in Wisconsin has begun"
- Senator Hansen: Warning: Photocopying Driver’s License to Vote Absentee May Not Work
- Senator Lassa: Children First Bill Becomes Law
- Senator Lassa: Election Law Changes Require Preparation, Patience
- Senator Vinehout Column: The Voting Window is Quickly Closing
- Senator Lassa: Statement on Voter System Crash
- Senator Shilling: Voter System Crash Causes Statewide Concern
- Senator Vinehout Column: Spending the Weekend Watching Game Film
- Senator Lassa: Groundwater Presentation Set for April 12
- Senator Lassa Column: Children’s Caucus Looks to Improve Quality of Life for Kid
- Democratic Members JFC: Board of Regents Cancels Public Presentation on Campus Budget Cuts
- Senator Shilling: Dems question last-minute cancellation of UW budget presentations
- Senator Hansen: Decision to Scrap Public Briefing on Effect of Budget Cuts to Local UW Campuses
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Children’s Caucus Seeks Evidence-Based Solutions"
- Senator Vinehout Column: Like the County Fair? Love 4H? Big Changes Coming to UW Extension
- Senator Shilling: Unconstitutional Right-to-Work only part of the problem
- Senator Larson: Statement on "Right to Work" Court Ruling
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Right to Work ruling
- Senators Hansen and Bewley: Request Public Hearing on UW System Budget Cuts
- Senator Larson: The Numbers Don’t Lie: Wisconsin Loses Under GOP Failed Leadership
- Senator Shilling: Address Confidentiality Bill signed into law
- Senator Lassa: Groundwater Presentation Set for Tonight
- Senator Lassa: Lawmakers Hold First Children’s Caucus
- Senator Hansen: Statement on Equal Pay Day
- Senator Lassa Column: Shining a Spotlight on Child Sexual Abuse
- Senator Bewley: Talking With Fourth Graders
- Senator Lassa Column: More Treatment Options Needed for Alcohol Abuse
- Senator Lassa: Missing Children Bill Signed Into Law
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Celebrating Earth Day"
- Senator Lassa Column: WWBIC Model Shows the Way Forward for Job Creation
- Senator Lassa: Congratulates MREA on Tourism Grant
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Workers' Memorial Day"
- Senator Hansen: New Claims of Tax Dollars Being Given to Companies Engaged in Outsourcing Wisconsin Jobs:
- Senator Erpenbach Column: Federal Bill Gives WI Another Chance to Capitalize
- Senator Lassa Column: Teacher Appreciation and Wisconsin's Teacher Shortage
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Celebrate Mother's Day and Women's Health Week"
- Senator Vinehout Column: Recovery Court Celebrates Ten Years of Changing Lives
- Senator Shilling: Facing potential deficit, Walker borrows $101 million
- Senator Lassa Column: Time to Talk about Mental Health
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Celebrating Bike to Work Week"
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Smoke-free workplace law anniversary"
- $15 per hour minimum wage, strong worker protections and quality jobs a major victory for Wisconsin families
- Senator Larson: Statement on Milwaukee Bucks Labor Agreement
- Senator Erpenbach: Local Veteran to Veteran Counseling at Risk Again at the Hands of DVA
- Senator Shilling: Urges Governor, lawmakers to restore local veteran grants
- Senator Hansen: Funding Cuts to County Veterans Service Offices Jeopardize Veterans Health
- Senator Lassa: Urges Governor to Fund Veterans Services
- Senator Hansen: Republicans’ efforts to give themselves political tenure should not go unnoticed by the court
- Senator Lassa: New Evidence that Wisconsin’s Middle Class in Decline
- Senator Shilling: Visits local businesses, attends solar project groundbreaking
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Commemorating Memorial Day"
- Senator Lassa Column: Summer Lets Us Get Back to the Land
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Wisconsin Marriage Equality Anniversary"
- Senator Lassa Column: Wisconsin’s Conservation Laws Must Be Enforced
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on DHS withdraw of FamilyCare 2.0 Concept Paper from Joint Committee on Finance
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Celebrating June Dairy Month"
- Senator Bewley: Another Hit Coming For UW System Students
- Senator Hansen: Governor Walker, Legislative Republicans Failing Wisconsin College Students
- Senator Vinehout Column: Birth, Life and Death of a Bad Idea
- Senator Lassa Column: Family Care, IRIS Victory Shows That Citizen Action Still Works
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Reflections of Freedom on Juneteenth Day"
- Senator Vinehout Column: Don’t Click on that Email from the IRS!
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Advancing LGBTQ Rights"
- Sen. Bewley: GOP Shortchanges 854,000 Students to Benefit Voucher Operators
- Sen. Shilling: Memo highlights drastic Republican school cuts
- Sen. Erpenbach: Statement on the US Supreme Court decision to reject admitting privileges and clinic shutdown laws
- Sen. Larson: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling a Victory for Women and Families
- Senator Vinehout Column: Delight in the Sun!
- Sen. Shilling: Unconstitutional GOP abortion restrictions rejected
- Sen. Dave Hansen: Tax Breaks for the Top 1%, Cuts in Support for Middle Class Families
- Sen. Shilling: Democrats encouraged by infrastructure discussion
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Celebrating Our Independence"
- Sen. Ringhand: It’s Time to Invest in Our Transportation System
- Sen. Bewley: Manufacturers Tax Credit Equals Fewer New Job
- Sen. Shilling: Dems call for restoration of health rights
- Sen. Erpenbach: Urges repeal of unconstitutional Wisconsin laws
- Sen. Erpenbach: Veterans Services Best Delivered in Counties with Direct Veteran-to-Veteran Support
- Sen. Hansen: Requests Independent Review of Green Bay Correctional Institution
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Wisconsin transportation shortfall: Just fix it"
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Preserving Our Shared Resources"
- Sen. Shilling: Democrats oppose veteran service cuts
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Your Local County Fair, More Than Just a Fun Time"
- Sen. Shilling: Applauds ruling in voter rights case
- Sen. Lassa column: Fighting the Brutal, Invisible Crime of Human Trafficking
- Sen. Lassa column: State Bee Population Hit Hard
- Sen. Lassa column: Fun Ways to Prevent Summer Slide
- Sen. Lassa column: There is Help for PTSD
- Sen. Lassa column: Childhood Poverty Can Do Permanent Harm to the Brain
- Sen. Lassa column: On Education, GOP Actions Speak Louder than Words
- Sen. Lassa column: Huge Tax Giveaway Benefits Mostly Millionaires
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Celebrate the Wisconsin State Fair"
- Sen. Lassa column: Purple Heart Reminds Us of the Sacrifices Made for Freedom
- Sen. Bewley: More For Millionaires, Less For Our Schools
- Sen. Shilling: School funding remains below 2010 levels
- Sen. Erpenbach: Wisconsin Schools Funded Below 2010 Levels
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Caring for our Senior Citizens"
- Sen. Lassa column: Wisconsin 49th in Internet Speed
- Sen. Ringhand: Walker Administration planning to raid $18.6 million from veteran nursing homes
- Sen. Lassa column: Public Schools Still Reeling from Funding Cuts
- Sen. Hansen: Governor continues to ignore 1 million Wisconsin residents with student loans
- Sen. Erpenbach: Veteran’s Nursing Homes Should Not Be Shortchanged
- Sen. Shilling and Rep. Barca: Democrats Call on GOP to Halt Vet Home Raids
- Sen. Lassa: Treatment of Veterans at King is Shameful
- Sen. Hansen: Joins Call for Federal Investigation of Mismanagement of King Veterans Home
- Sen. Bewley: Tax Breaks For Millionaires and Tax Increases For Local Property Owners
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Explore our National Parks"
- Sen. Risser: Statement on Federal Court Action on Early Voting
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Celebrate Labor Day"
- Sen. Ringhand: Immediate Action Needed at the King Home for Veterans
- Sen. Lassa column: On Women’s Equality Day, the Struggle for Voting Rights Goes On
- Sen. Lassa Calls for Federal Investigation at King
- Sen. Hansen: New Amber Lights Rule Will Make Getting On and Off the School Bus Safer
- Sen. Erpenbach: Vows to Again Seek Legislative Accountability for Veterans Budget
- Sen. Lassa column: Bill Would Ease the Burden of Student Debt
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Wisconsin Students Head Back-to-School"
- Sen. Risser and Rep. Hesselbein: Welcome GOP support for Right to Try
- Sen. Vinehout column: Looking for answers
- Sen. Vinehout column: Who will be my teacher?
- Sen. Vinehout column: Finding Help for Flooded Families and Farms
- Sen. Carpenter: Republicans Finally Facing Consequences of Election Law Overreach
- Sen. Vinehout column: Where Did All that Money Go?
- Sen. Shilling: Statement on Gov. Walker’s Dept. of Transportation budget proposal
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Student loan debt relief"
- Sen. Larson: Statement on the State of Education Address
- Sen. Bewley: Announces Bill to Increase Local Road Aids
- Sen. Erpenbach: Illegal Coordination Highlighted in Guardian story
- Sen. Lassa column: Time to Take Action on Charges of Neglected Veterans
- Sen. Ringhand column: Higher Ed/Lower Debt Would Be a Win-Win for Wisconsi
- Sen. Lassa column: Suicide Impacts Our Entire Community
- Sen. Erpenbach: Action Needed Now for Residents at King Home for Veterans
- Sen. Bewley column: Budget Cuts Felt in Our Public Schools
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day"
- Sen. Lassa: Expand Probe of Veterans Homes
- Sen. Ringhand column: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Our Financial Watchdog
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Investing in our rural communities"
- Sen. Lassa column: DATCP Halts Successful Local Food Programs
- Sen. Bewley column: It’s Long Past Time To Fix It
- Sen. Larson: Community Action to Invest in Education
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Honoring our commitment to veterans"
- Sen. Lassa column: It’s Time to Fix Wisconsin’s Roads
- Sen. Lassa column: Domestic Violence is a Silent Epidemic
- WCSEA Names Lassa Legislator of the Year
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Celebrate Farm to School Month"
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Make your voice heard"
- Sen. Lassa column: To Continue as a Manufacturing Leader, Wisconsin Needs Skilled Workers
- Sen. Lassa column: Businesses Win by Focusing on Workers’ Abilities, Not Limits
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "You have a choice"
- Sen. Lassa column: Higher Fuel Prices Call for a Home Heating Checkup
- Sen. Lassa column: A Great Hunt is a Safe Hunt
- Sen. Larson - Statement on the Department of Instruction Budget Proposal
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Have a safe and successful hunting season"
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Republican Gerrymandering
- Senator Larson: Statement on Redistricting Ruling
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Senate Democratic Leadership Election
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Expanding Workplace Flexibility"
- Sen. Shilling appoints Taylor, Erpenbach to serve on Joint Finance Committee
- Senator Vinehout Column: New Transportation Ideas Needed to Handle More Intense Storms
- Statement by Senator Mark Miller
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Giving Back This Holiday Season"
- Senator Bewley Column: Building a Better Future For Northern Wisconsin
- Senator Vinehout Column: Looking Back on 2016
- Sen. Shilling: Gov. Walker and President-elect Trump put polluters and special interests ahead of Wisconsin families
- Senator Chris Larson: Echoes Congresswoman Moore’s Call for Investigation
- Senator Shilling: Statement on GOP Election Rigging Lawsuit
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Looking Ahead to 2017"
- BEWLEY, MILROY ANTICIPATE NORTHERN PERSPECTIVE AT D.O.T.
- 2015
- Senator Miller: Yet Another Distraction
- Senator Lassa: “Skills Gap” Bill Gets Senate Hearing
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on Senate Health and Human Services Committee Abortion Ban Vote
- Senator Shilling: Badger State ranks dead last in Midwest job growth
- Senator Erpenbach: Anything Less Than Removal is a Failure
- Senator Erpenbach: Governor Walker’s continued absence and the resulting infighting between Legislative Republicans
- Senator Carpenter: Don't Cut Local Road Aids Funding
- Senator Lassa Column: Attack on Family Medical Leave Could be Slipped into State Budget
- Senator Erpenbach Column: Walker’s WEDC Needs Additional Accountability for Taxpayers
- Senator Ringhand Column: Republicans Should Work With Democrats to Solve Transportation Funding Crisis
- Senator Shilling: Dems renew call for WEDC investigation as GOP remains silent
- Joint: Statement on Wisconsin employee contracts
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Invest in students, not special interests"
- Senator Carpenter: Wisconsin Should Ban Powdered Alcohol
- Senator Carpenter: Remembering the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
- Senator Carpenter: Welcomes News of Pope Francis Visit to United States
- Senator Carpenter: Gov. Walker’s Cuts & Changes to SeniorCare Must Be Reversed
- Senator Carpenter: Wisconsin’s Presidential Primary Should be on February 16, 2016
- Senator Carpenter: Federal Ruling Gives Urgency for Wisconsin to Ban Powdered Alcohol
- Senator Carpenter: Bi-Partisan Bill Introduced to Help Protect Domestic Abuse Victims
- Senator Carpenter: Walker Must Repay Taxpayers for Political Junkets by April 15th
- Senator Carpenter: Public Hearing in Downtown Milwaukee on Arena Deal Needed
- Senator Carpenter: Sticking it to Milwaukee again
- Senator Carpenter: Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Protect Domestic Abuse Victims
- Senator Carpenter: Statement on Passing of Alderman Joe Dudzik
- Senator Carpenter: Carpenter Repeats Call for Transportation Budget Vote Separate
- Senator Carpenter: Laurel & Hardy Would Recognize This Bad “Big Business” State Budget Deal
- Senator Carpenter: Bucks Arena Plan – What Did We Just Vote on Today
- Senator Shilling: Statement on King v. Burwell decision
- Senator Erpenbach: US Supreme Court Affirming ObamaCare
- Senator Erpenbach: As Crisis Budget Deepens, Republicans Unable to Govern
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on the passage of Senate Bill 179 – Abortion Ban
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on SB 179/AB 237 Abortion Ban
- Senator Erpenbach: Dismantling K-12 Education in Wisconsin
- JFC Dems: Republicans Make $360 Million Mistake
- Senator Erpenbach: Democrats propose millions in K12 public school funding while republicans throw scraps
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on Republican’s 29 page education omnibus motion
- Senator Erpenbach: Motion to Require Audit of DOA Info Tech Funds
- Senator Erpenbach: Motion in Finance to Support WI Cancer Reporting System
- Senator Erpenbach: Bill to prohibit DOC from setting costly overtime policies
- Senator Erpenbach: Local ADRC’s Deserve Legislative Support
- JFC Dems: Letter excerpts DOA, WEDC, WHEDA, DOT, and Governor's Office
- Senator Erpenbach: Leave IRIS Alone
- Senator Erpenbach: Questions $345 Million in Giveaway of Fed Funds
- Senator Erpenbach: Day Three of GOP Budget Crisis Briefings
- Senator Erpenbach: Day Two of GOP Budget Crisis Briefings
- Senator Erpenbach: Agency testimony begins on Gov. Walker’s $2.2 billion deficit plan
- Senator Shilling: Statement on budget signing
- Senator Shilling: GOP renews effort to limit public transparency ahead of Walker announcement
- Senator Erpenbach: Insufficient Staffing and Forced Overtime at Correctional Institutions
- Senator Erpenbach: SeniorCare Must Stay for WI Senior Citizens
- Senator Hansen: State on Budget Passage
- Senator Miller: Statement Regarding Passage of 2015-17 Budget
- Senator Erpenbach: Don’t Mess With Local Government Property Insurance Fund
- Senator Erpenbach:Democrats call for more public hearings on budget
- Senator Larson: Statement on Passage of Republican’s Backwards Budget
- Senator Ringhand: Statement on Passage of the State Budget
- Senator Erpenbach: Citizen Boards Gutted in Governor’s Budget
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on Governor Walker budget
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on the passage of the 2015-2017 Wisconsin State Budget in the Senate
- Senator Lassa: Budget Will Hurt Middle Class Families
- Senator Erpenbach: Sunshine Needed for Elections in Wisconsin
- Senator Erpenbach: 2015 Budget Listening Sessions Announced
- Senator Vinehout: Statement on Budget
- Senator Shilling: Statement on budget debate
- Senator Erpenbach: Sworn in as State Senator
- Senator Larson: Statement on Budget Secrecy
- Senator Shilling: Statement on open government changes
- Senator Hansen: GOP destruction of open records law
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on tragic open records changes inserted into budget at 11th hour
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Celebrate America, Support Our Troops"
- Senator Lassa: Bill Would Expand Overtime Pay
- Senator Ringhand: Statement on Transportation Budget “Deal”
- Senator Shilling: Legislative Republicans deal one-two punch to Wisconsin communities
- Senator Lassa: USO Wisconsin Helps Those Who Defend Our Freedom
- Senator Hansen: Time to Pass Re-Districting
- Senator Shilling: School advocates rally to restore K-12 funding cuts
- Senator Bewley: Changes to Well Woman Program Not Necessarily for the Better
- Senator Larson: Statement on the Assembly Republicans' arena proposal
- Senator Vinehout: Four (Not so Easy) Ways to Balance the Transportation Budget
- Senator Ringhand: Statement Regarding U.S. Supreme Decision to Confirm Equal Protection of the Law for All Americans
- Senator Bewley: Good News
- Senator Risser: Statement on Supreme Court Rulings
- Senator Miller: Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Marriage Equality
- Senator Larson: Statement on affirmation of marriage equality for all
- Senator Shilling: Statement on marriage equality ruling
- Senator Harris Dodd: Statement on King v. Burwell Decision
- Senator Ringhand: Statement on the U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Uphold the Affordable Care Act
- State Capitol Update – A recap of this week’s votes “Under the Dome”
- Senator Shilling: Statement on parent-led school advocacy
- Senator Shilling: Republicans pass dangerous abortion ban
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Making higher education more affordable"
- Senator Shilling: Democrats support transportation investments
- Senator Shilling column: Celebrate June Dairy Month
- Senator Vinehout colulmn: Governor Walker’s Vetoes Remove Legislative Oversight
- Senator Shilling: Dogged by scandals at home, Gov. Walker sets his sights on D.C.
- Senator Risser: Statement on Supreme Court Rulings
- Senator Lassa Column: GOP “No” Votes Show Just How Bad the Budget Really Is
- Senator Larson: Statement on passage of arena deal for milwaukee
- Senator Shilling column: Leverage investments to spur job growth
- Senator Ringhand: Statement on keeping the Bucks in Wisconsin
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Prioritize Wisconsin values"
- State Capitol Update – A recap of this week’s votes “Under the Dome”
- Senator Bewley: Lighthouse transfer a reason to celebrate
- State Capitol Update – A recap of this week’s votes “Under the Dome”
- Weekly Democratic radio address: Help Wisconsin families get ahead
- Senator Taylor: GOP Takes Additional Step to Amend State Constitution
- Senator Taylor: Unnecessary Rush to Amend State Constitution
- Senator Hansen: Sen. Hansen, Rep. Mason to Introduce “Higher Ed, Lower Debt” Act
- Senator Taylor: Milwaukee Missing in Governor’s Comeback
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Save lives by investing in OWI treatment and prevention efforts"
- Senator Bewley: Republicans Put the Ball in Wrong Basket
- Senator Vinehout: Art Mirrors our Environment
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Protect our Communities"
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Protecting Wisconsin's outdoor heritage"
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Protecting Wisconsin Families and Seniors"
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Make your voice heard"
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Expand access to retirement security"
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "The Wisconsin Idea is under threat"
- Senator Lassa: Success, Concerns Detailed in New “Kids Count” Report
- Senator Shilling: Walker jobs agency “in disarray”
- Senator Vinehout Column: Medicare and Medicaid Turn 50: Born from Compromise, Continuing in Controversy
- Senator Lassa Column: In Summertime, Local Food Choices Abound
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Celebrating five years of a smoke-free Wisconsin"
- Senator Lassa: Gudex-Hutton Bill Removes Legislative Oversight of WEDC
- Senator Vinehout Column: County Fairs: Time for Creativity and Critters, Friends and Family
- Senator Lassa: Troubling Pattern Emerging of Challenges to Open Government
- Senator Lassa: Novelty Lighter Bill gets hearing
- Senator Vinehout Column: Should Tax Dollars Go to Companies Just to “Create Jobs”?
- Senator Hansen: Call for Passage of Non-Partisan Re-Districting Bill
- Senator Lassa Column: Back-to-School Preparations Should Include Immunization
- Senator Shilling: UW-L drives local economic development
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Park cuts a result of lagging economy"
- Senator Lassa: Statement on WEDC Secretary Retirement
- Senator Risser: Bill Would Ban the Use of Tanning Facilities by Minors
- Senator Lassa Column: Making a Will Now Can Prevent Confusion, Conflict Later
- Senator Vinehout: Health Still a Top Political Issue
- Senator Hansen: Rep. Shankland, Sen. Hansen Unveil Proposal to Protect Wisconsin Taxpayers
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Gov. Walker's proposal to restrict health care access
- Senator Erpenbach: Governor Walker plan to repeal health care coverage for 16 million Americans, 200,000 from Wisconsin.
- Senator Vinehout Column: Lack of Rural Broadband Frustrates Fairgoers
- Senators Hansen and Bewley: Call for Public Hearing on Secret Plan to Merge UW Campuses and Tech Colleges
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Taxpayer Protection Act"
- Senator Shilling Column: Some Food for Thought
- Senator Lassa: Statement on Tribune Building Grant
- Senator Vinehout Column: Teacher Shortage: Who Will Teach the Children?
- Senator Shilling: $1.1 Billion and Counting... GOP vouchers undermine public education in Wisconsin
- Senator Lassa: Bill to Help Local Small Business Passes Committee
- Senate Democrats: Sen. Risser appointed to serve on Educational Communications Board
- Senator Vinehout Column: Audit Shows Riders Received Poor Services
- Senator Bewley Column: Time to Pull the Plug on Failed WEDC
- Senator Shilling: GOP shuns accountability, opts for further voucher expansion
- Senator Lassa: Governor’s Words on Workforce Development Don’t Match his Deeds
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Changes needed to improve accountability at WEDC"
- Senator Harris Dodd: Introduces Lethal Violence Protective Orders
- Senator Shilling: GOP seeks to shield political corruption
- Senator Vinehout Column: WEDC Leaders Missed Opportunity to Apologize and Reform
- Senator Shilling: Release of 2015-16 State Blue Books
- Senator Shilling: Protect Wisconsin students; Pass voucher school accountability
- Senator Shilling: Statement on WI Dept. of Economic Opportunity proposal
- Senator Lassa: Novelty Lighter Bill Passes Committee
- Senator Shilling: Wisconsin schools remain resilient
- Senator Ringhand: In Wisconsin, Every Day is Voter Registration Day
- Senator Vinehout Column: Strong Consumer Protections Rely on You and Your Neighbors
- Senator Lassa Column: : A New Model for Growing Family-Supporting Jobs in Wisconsin
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Gov. Walker Announcement
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on Health and Human Services Committee Meeting
- Senator Shilling: Republicans fail to learn from Gov. Walker’s mistakes
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Protect Access to Birth Control"
- Senator Shilling: Republicans propose return to Political Patronage
- Senator Ringhand Column: Working Toward a Long-Term Transportation Solution
- Senator Vinehout Column: Audit Bureau Turns 50, Receives National Recognition and Calls for its Demise
- Senator Risser: Bills Would End Hunting and Trapping in State Parks
- Senator Bewley: It’s Time to Stop Wreaking Havoc and Do the Right Thing
- Senator Lassa Column: Targeting Wisconsin’s Clean Government Laws
- Senator Lassa: Three Bills Receive Hearings
- Senator Shilling: Calls for Special Session on Transportation Funding
- Senator Ringhand: Medical Leave Reform Would Give Families More Flexibility
- Senator Hansen: Higher Ed Lower Debt Bill to Receive a Public Hearing
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on the death of constituent and change agent for working families Marty Beil
- Senator Shilling: Statement on the passing of Marty Beil
- Senator Vinehout: How Dismantling Civil Service is happening in Wisconsin One Step at a Time
- Senator Shilling: Badger Blueprint lays out legislative priorities
- Senator Lassa: Joins Senate Dems To Introduce “Badger Blueprint”
- Senator Lassa: Students’ Tenacity on Novelty Lighter Bill May be Rewarded
- Senator Shilling: Legislative Republicans propose dismantling of Accountability Board
- Senator Shilling: Democrats drive effort on student loan debt relief
- Senator Lassa: Measures would help veterans and military personnel get college credit for experience
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Badger Blueprint will grow Wisconsin"
- Senator Shilling column: Senate Democrats’ Badger Blueprint Focuses on Growth, Innovation and Opportunity
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Supreme Court Appointment
- Senator Shilling: Southwest WI road projects face costly delays due to GOP budget cuts
- Senator Vinehout:
- Senator Hansen: Walker Travel Bills Provide Reason for Taxpayer Protection Act
- Senator Lassa: Statement on Bill to Repeal Government Accountability Board
- Senator Harris Dodd: Legislative Democrats Ask for Increased Funding for Transitional Jobs
- Senator Shilling: Republicans fail to address middle class issues
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on vote in Senate Health and Human Services committee affecting biomedical research
- Senator Lassa Column: Badger Blueprint Offers a New Direction for Our State
- Senator Harris Dodd: Curbing Gun Violence Means a Multi-Faceted Approach
- Senator Risser: GOP Bill to Shield Public Officials from Investigations for Crimes in Public Office Passes Senate
- Senator Lassa: Statement on Bill to Shield Public Officials from Corruption Probes
- Senator Shilling: Corruption has a new ally
- Senator Miller: Statement on Passage of John Doe
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on Republican John Doe bill in the Senate
- Senator Lassa: Badger Blueprint Builds on Wisconsin’s Spirit of Innovation
- Senator Lassa: USO Wisconsin Month Passes Senate
- Senator Ringhand: Formally requests the release of transportation funding
- Senator Shilling: GOP Pushes Bills to Hide Political Corruption and Allow More Money in Politics
- Senator Vinhout Column: Vos Bill opens the door on “dark money” in campaigns
- Senator Hansen: Stop Republican efforts to eliminate transparency and flood campaigns with secret money
- Senator Hansen: Introduce WEDC Anti-Fraud Legislation
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Restore Local Control"
- Senator Harris Dodd: Responds to Bill Criminalizing Parents
- Senator Lassa: Novelty Lighter Bill passes Senate Committee
- Senator Bewley: A Level Playing Field
- Senator Shilling: Gov. Walker signs bill limiting John Doe investigations
- Senator Vinehout Column: Don’t Kill the Referees
- Senator Lassa Column: Badger Blueprint Restores Opportunity for Middle Class
- Senator Erpenbach: Changing the Policing of Politicians Forever
- Senator Shilling: Layoffs skyrocket while Republicans attack open government
- Senator Erpenbach: Bill Targeting Mental Health Gap for Veterans Most in Need
- Senator Shilling Column: Open, clean government is good for everyone in Wisconsin
- Senator Hansen: State Goes from 4th to 3rd Highest in Nation for Student Loan Debt
- Senator Ringhand: Changes to Ethics and Election Laws Indicative of One-Party Rule
- Senator Harris Dodd and Senator Taylor: Speak Out Against Expanded Strip Search Bill
- Senator Vinehout Column: Canada and Wisconsin: Friends and Partners
- Senator Shilling: Get covered, visit healthcare.gov
- Senator Hansen: People’s Business Being Held Hostage by GOP’s Political Ambitions
- Senator Lassa Column: Taking Revenge on Good Government
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Extraordinary Session
- Senator Shilling: Senate Republicans Unwilling to Lead
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on the closing of Oscar Mayer in Madison
- Senator Miller: Statement on Closure of Oscar Mayer Plant in Madison
- Senator Ringhand: Statement on the Joint Committee on Finance action today
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Keeping Wisconsin roads safe"
- Senator Erpenbach: Veterans in Need Should Have Opportunities for Mental Health Care
- Senator Lassa: Bipartisan Sexual Assault Bill Passes Senate
- Senator Lassa: Statement on Campaign Finance, GAB bills
- Senator Shilling: Layoffs mount as GOP attacks government accountability
- Senator Bewley: Extraordinary Session Protects Politicians, Ignores the Public
- Senator Miller: GAB Obituary
- Senator Larson: GOP Leaders Opening the Floodgates for Corruption, Collusion, and Corporate Cash
- Senator Erpenbach: Statement on passage of dismantling of GAB and campaign finance deform bills
- Senator Vinehout Column: Friday Night in Madison
- Senator Shilling: Call for rail safety improvements
- Senator Hansen: Call on GOP Presidential Hopefuls to Address Student Loan Debt Crisis
- Senator Larson: Ensuring Wisconsin Workers Receive Fair Wages
- Senator Lassa Column: “Stand Down” Event Spotlights Help for Veterans
- Senator Shilling: Holiday Mail for Heroes
- Senator Hansen: WEDC Anti-Corporate Fraud Legislation
- Senator Bewley: Bill for Retired Law Enforcement Officers Signed into Law
- Senator Lassa: Bipartisan Sexual Assault Bill Passes Assembly
- Senator Vinehout Column: Wisconsin Report Card Provides Info on Progress, Problems
- Senator Ringhand Column: The Commission on Government Reform, Efficiency and Performance
- Senator Lassa Column: Preserving Wisconsin’s Hunting Heritage
- Weekly Democratic Radio Address: "Have a successful hunting season!"
- Senator Erpenbach: Patients Reproductive Health Care Act Announced
- Senator Hansen: Enough is Enough - There is no way to fix WEDC—Shut it Down
- Senator Shilling: Republican WEDC illegally gave out $21 million in taxpayer dollars
- Senator Vinehout Column: Enjoying Thanksgiving on the Farm
- Senator Hansen: Call for Committee Vote on Higher Ed Lower Debt Bill
- Senator Larson: Statement on Drunk Driving Prevention Act
- Senator Lassa: GROW Wisconsin Bill Would Attract Skilled Employees to Rural Communities
- Senator Lassa Column: GROW Wisconsin Addresses Rural Workforce Shortage
- Senator Vinehout Column: Changes for Work and Workers In the “Gig Economy”
- Hansen and Genrich introduce Groundwater Protection Bill
- Senator Lassa Column: Remember the Troops and their Families at the Holidays
- Senator Hansen: Johnson Controls Just Latest Example of Need for Bill Banning Outsourcing
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Giving Back This Holiday Season"
- Senator Vinehout Column: What to Do About Those Pesky Unwanted Calls
- Senator Hansen: Private Pension Bill to Receive Public Hearing
- Senator Shilling: Statement on investigation into Gov. Walker's Dept. of Corrections
- Senator Lassa Column: Be a Wise Giver during the Holidays
- Senator Erpenbach Column: It’s that Time of Year: Consumers Beware!
- Senator Shilling: Workers hopeful as Dem bill to improve retirement security advances
- Senator Hansen: Private Pension Plan Receives Senate Hearing
- Senator Bewley Column: Over the River and Through the Woods
- Senator Hansen: Months Have Passed Since Governor Walker Said He Would Repay Taxpayers
- Senator Vinehout Column: Seniors React: Don’t Take My Home Phone Away!
- Senator Shilling: Wisconsin eligible for $1 billion in taxpayer savings
- Senator Erpenbach: Walker Policy to Cost WI Taxpayers $1.07 Billion in Next Six Years
- Senator Lassa: Workforce Focus will Use Debt Relief to Build Skilled Workforce
- Senator Shilling: Intimidated by public opposition, Gov. Walker signs political corruption bills in private
- Senator Lassa: Governor Signs Bipartisan Sexual Assault Bill
- Senator Ringhand Column: Looking Forward to 2016
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Bills address looming workforce crisis"
- Senator Shilling: What will it take to get Republican leaders to intervene?
- Senator Shilling: Statement on Latest Open Record Scandal
- Senator Vinehout Column: Looking Back on 2015
- Senator Hansen: Feds Extend SeniorCare Through 2018
- Senator Lassa Column: New UI Rules Hurt Seasonal Workers, Employers
- Senator Vinehout Column: Looking Forward to the Challenges of 2016
- Senator Lassa Column: New Year Resolutions for a Better Wisconsin
- Weekly Democratic radio address: "Looking forward to 2016"
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State Capitol
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Madison, WI 53707
State Capitol
PO Box 7882
Madison, WI 53707