December 5, 2023

(Testimony of Nick Ramos, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, supporting AB 551/SB 571 before the State Senate Committee on Universities and Revenue on December 5.)

December 4, 2023

Two GOP bills that would require the state to set a specific numerical wolf population goal in future grey wolf management plans are pitting agriculture and pro-hunting interests against some conservation and animal welfare groups.

November 29, 2023

A southeastern Wisconsin group has launched a second round of broadcast ads against Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos telling him to speed up the impeachment process against the state’s top elections official.

November 21, 2023

MADISON, MILWAUKEE, GREEN BAY, EAU CLAIRE WI – The Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition, ACLU-WI, the Wisconsin Working Families Party, Souls to the Polls, SEIU-WI, and Power to the Polls-WI are rallying Wisconsin voters in Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Eau Claire on the first day of oral arguments for Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission (redistricting lawsuit).

November 16, 2023

Alcohol, convenience store, and service station interests are backing a bill on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’s desk that would make sweeping changes to state alcohol and tobacco licensing and regulation.

November 15, 2023

The Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition, ACLU-WI, the Wisconsin Working Families Party, Souls to the Polls, SEIU-WI, and Power to the Polls-WI will rally Wisconsin voters in Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Eau Claire on Tuesday, November 21st, the first day of oral arguments for Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission (redistricting lawsuit).

November 7, 2023

A southeastern Wisconsin group has spent more than $100,000 on broadcast and newspaper ads threatening to boot GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos unless he revs up the impeachment process against the state’s top elections official.

October 23, 2023

Children ages 14 and 15 would no longer need parental permission or a state work permit to get a job in Wisconsin under a GOP bill moving through the legislature.

October 19, 2023

(Testimony of Nick Ramos, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, in opposition to SB 488/AB 415. Delivered at the Joint Public Hearing held by the State Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection on October 19.)

October 18, 2023

MADISON WI – Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition members will travel from across the state to give testimony in opposition to Senate Bill 488 and Assembly Bill 415, the fast-tracked legislative redistricting proposal finally receiving a public hearing before the State Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection.

October 17, 2023

An outside electioneering group has dropped more than a half a million dollars on broadcast and digital ads to oppose the threatened impeachment of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz.

October 12, 2023

Real estate interests are backing a Republican bill that would hamstring the ability of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to test for and clean up pollution caused by PFAS chemicals.

September 27, 2023

An outside electioneering group that has spent millions of dollars to support Democratic candidates has doled out a third of a million dollars on broadcast ads to oppose the threatened impeachment of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz.

September 25, 2023

GOP lawmakers, who control the legislature, have introduced a bill that would remove Wisconsin from a nonpartisan national organization that has allowed the state to catch numerous cases of voter fraud.

September 13, 2023

MADISON - The Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition, a coalition of pro-democracy organizations dedicated to promoting fair and nonpartisan redistricting, actively advocates for a more transparent and inclusive redistricting process. We have consistently called for bipartisan cooperation and public involvement to ensure that the electoral maps are drawn in a fair and impartial manner.

September 12, 2023

A Washington, D.C.-based group of conservatives and Republicans, created to oppose the reelection of Donald Trump, said Tuesday it will sponsor a six-figure ad campaign to oppose the threatened impeachment of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz.

August 31, 2023

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers raised nearly $5 of every $10 in individual contributions during the first six months of 2023 from outside the state, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign review found.

August 17, 2023

The state Democratic Party of Wisconsin raised nearly five times more than the state GOP during the first six months of 2023.

August 15, 2023

Four fundraising committees used by legislative leaders to attract individual, political action committee (PAC), and corporate contributions from special interests raised and saved record amounts in the first six months of 2023.

August 3, 2023

The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Board of Directors is excited to announce that Nicholas (Nick) Ramos will become the organization’s next Executive Director, effective August 21, 2023.

August 1, 2023

Republicans who control the state Assembly and Senate had six times more cash in their campaign accounts than Democrats after the first six months of 2023.

July 26, 2023

Two Republican legislative campaign committees and the state GOP accepted nearly six times more in corporate contributions than their Democratic counterparts during the first half of 2023.

July 18, 2023

Candidates and special interest groups spent a record-smashing $51.06 million in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign review found.

June 27, 2023

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) and other powerful school voucher backers won big in an agreement between Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the GOP-controlled legislature that sharply increased funding in the state school voucher programs.

June 6, 2023

(Testimony of Matthew Rothschild, Executive Director, to the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections in oppostion to Assembly Bill 299.)