WisDems Latest News

ICYMI: Wisconsin DOJ helps secure final approval in $700M Google settlement MADISON, Wis. — This week, new reporting from WEAU details how Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul played a key role in securing the final approval of a $700M settlement with Google over an antitrust lawsuit. The settlement gives consumers relief after being taken advantage […]

ROUND UP: Gas Prices Reach Unprecedented Highs Across Wisconsin MADISON, Wis. —  Now nearing three months into Trump’s and Republican’s illegal war with Iran, and with no end in sight, the cost of gas is crushing Wisconsinites like never before.  Diesel prices reached record highs this week averaging at $5.62 a gallon—almost doubling the average […]

Derrick Van Orden Cheered On Abortion Restrictions MADISON, Wis. — Women in Wisconsin have not forgotten how following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, they were immediately subjected to an 1849 abortion ban — a decision Derrick Van Orden emphatically cheered. This ban forced many Wisconsinites to cross state lines just to access basic healthcare, […]

ICYMI: Tom Tiffany Hasn’t Shown He Cares About Wisconsin  MADISON, Wis. — A recent letter to the editor held GOP candidate for governor Tom Tiffany accountable for his record of failing Wisconsinites and making life more unaffordable for working people. The letter highlights Tiffany’s vote jeopardizing healthcare for tens of thousands of Wisconsinites while he […]

WisDems Chair Statement on Retirement of Jessie Rodriguez MADISON, Wis. — After the 15th legislative Republican retirement announcement from Rep. Jessie Rodriguez, and on the heels of massive wins for Midwest Democrats in Michigan on Tuesday, WisDems Chair Devin Remiker released the following statement: “Rodriguez is joining fourteen of her Republican colleagues in retirement, seeing […]

WHINE WEDNESDAY: Van Orden’s Twitter Use Wrapped Welcome to Whine Wednesday with Derrick Van Orden, America’s fiercest keyboard warrior. We comb through the hundreds of tweets DVO posts during a week so you don’t have to. Grab a glass and join us for Whine Wednesday! MADISON, Wis. — Van Orden has had quite the head-spinning […]

GOP Candidate for Governor Tom Tiffany Voted Against Protecting Abortion Access Across State Lines MADISON, Wis. — After Roe v. Wade was overturned, triggering Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban, Congressman Tom Tiffany voted against a bipartisan bill to protect Wisconsin women’s ability to cross state lines to obtain legal abortions and shield the state-to-state transportation of […]

Round Up: Farmers and Schools Hurt by Skyrocketing Gas Prices Thanks to Tiffany’s Costly Agenda MADISON, Wis. — Fuel prices in Wisconsin continue to rise and diesel prices have reached a new record high this week as a result of GOP candidate for governor Tom Tiffany’s rubber stamp of the illegal war in Iran. In […]

ICYMI: WisDems Chair Talks April Election, Midterms MADISON, Wis. — Over the weekend, WisDems’ Chair Devin Remiker spoke with For the Record about Democratic success in the April election and how the record-breaking swings in historically Republican strongholds will lead to success in November’s midterms. Remiker emphasized that Democrats across the state are “all hands […]