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Democratic Party of Wisconsin on 13.5 Million Jobs Created Under President Biden MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the U.S. economy added 187,000 jobs in August, bringing the total jobs created under President Biden’s leadership to nearly 13.5 million. “Today’s […]

ICYMI: The Death of Child Care in Wisconsin MADISON, Wis. — Today, 19th News profiled how the closure of a child care center in Lancaster, Wisconsin reverberated throughout the rural community, creating a crisis in care that will be felt across Wisconsin without continued funding for the Child Care Counts program. Gov. Evers called a […]

Democratic Party of Wisconsin Welcomes First Lady Jill Biden to Wisconsin MADISON, Wis. —Democratic Party of Wisconsin Executive Director Devin Remiker issued the following statement welcoming First Lady Jill Biden to Wisconsin ahead of her visit today: “As someone who recently lost a loved one to cancer, I know firsthand how critical early detection and […]

BREAKING: Biden-Harris Administration Announces First Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced the first ten drugs selected for Medicare drug price negotiation under President Biden, Senator Baldwin, and Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act. This provision now allows Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug costs, dealing a blow to Big […]

Wisconsin Democrats on GOP Primary Debate MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler issued the following statement on tonight’s GOP primary debate in Milwaukee: “Tonight, the GOP’s clown car of candidates leapfrogged each other to the MAGA fringe. Apparently none of them got the memo that, here in Wisconsin, MAGA extremism falls […]

ICYMI: Inflation Reduction Act Supports “Big Bidenomics Boom Going On in the Badger State” MADISON, Wis. — Today, WPR reported how the Inflation Reduction Act is growing the clean energy economy in Wisconsin, bringing good-paying jobs to the state while supporting the transition to clean energy. In the year since President Biden signed the historic […]

WATCH: Chair Wikler Calls Out Contrast Between Biden-Harris Job Growth, Trump-Walker’s Foxconn Failure MADISON, Wis. —Yesterday, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler called out the stark contrast between the failed Trump-Walker era in Wisconsin, and the historic job growth and record low unemployment enjoyed by the Badger State under President Biden and Governor Evers. […]

WisDems Mark One Year Anniversary of Inflation Reduction Act MADISON, Wis.— Today, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler, state Rep. Alex Joers, and Kevin Gundlach, the President of the South Central Federation of Labor, held a press call on the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act. From bringing down the cost of health care […]

ONE YEAR LATER: Democratic Party of Wisconsin on the Inflation Reduction Act MADISON, Wis. —On the first anniversary of President Biden signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Executive Director Devin Remiker released the following statement: “Last year, President Biden and Senator Baldwin took on Big Pharma and ultra-wealthy special interests […]