by Alanna Conley | Jan 28, 2020 | Newsroom
by Stella Porter, WSAW WAUSAU, Wis. – Governor Tony Evers visited the Marathon County Public Library in Wausau Monday to talk about the executive order he signed, creating a non-partisan commission to redraw legislative maps next year for the legislature to...
by Alanna Conley | Jan 28, 2020 | Newsroom
MADISON, Wis. (WPR) – Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order Monday creating what he calls a nonpartisan redistricting commission in Wisconsin, but it’s unclear how the commission will affect the state’s next set of legislative maps. Read more here....
by Mary McCarthy | Jul 30, 2019 | Newsroom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 30, 2019Contact: Mary McCarthy815-236-2845 NON-DENIAL MEANS WISCONSIN SHOULD BE WORRIEDSpeaker and Majority Leader careful not to actually deny their desire to rig 2021 map-drawing MILWAUKEE—After a news report yesterday morning in the...
by Jacob Malinowski | Jul 17, 2019 | Newsroom
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday worked to generate momentum for a bill calling for civil servants to draw legislative district boundaries, insisting it’s the right time to pass the measure after the U.S. Supreme Court killed a lawsuit challenging...
by Jacob Malinowski | Jul 17, 2019 | Newsroom
MADISON – Opponents of gerrymandering vowed to put nonpartisan redistricting on the front burner. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/16/gerrymandering-opponents-vow-pressure-wisconsin-lawmakers/1744393001/
by Jacob Malinowski | Jul 17, 2019 | Newsroom
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided federal courts can’t stop partisan gerrymandering, Wisconsin advocates for a nonpartisan approach to drawing legislative districts are stepping up their campaign for legislation to change the system....