by Holly Bland | Dec 21, 2020 | Newsroom
“Jurisdictions representing about 80% of WI residents have passed referendums or resolutions in favor of fair maps.” By Laura Schulte When Republicans won the Legislature and governor’s office in 2010, the party was in the driver’s seat for a vital function: Redrawing...
by Holly Bland | Dec 21, 2020 | Newsroom
State legislatures across the country will undergo a deeply partisan process of drawing district lines using the new census data starting next year. BY MARK SULLIVAN On election night (and throughout election week) most of us were very tuned in to the big national...
by Holly Bland | Dec 15, 2020 | Newsroom
Democrats lost big in state elections which could cost them when new political maps are drawn by Alvin Chang and Sam Levine While the world focused on the election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in November, some of the most consequential contests were in state...
by Holly Bland | Dec 15, 2020 | Newsroom
By Vivian Creekmore We assume that our Republican leaders are intelligent, educated and informed. Should we assume that when they share disinformation, they are lying? They know enough about medical science and research to understand how the COVID-19 crisis needs to...
by Holly Bland | Dec 11, 2020 | Newsroom
An end-around the governor? A recall of state Supreme Court justices? Primary challenges? How far will the parties go to defend, or break, Wisconsin’s gerrymandered districts? By Peter Cameron The veto is intact. Now that the election is over, it’s time to move on to...
by Holly Bland | Nov 25, 2020 | Newsroom
By John Hart The gerrymandering of Wisconsin legislative district lines has again produced the anti-democratic result that was intended by former Gov. Scott Walker and Republican legislative leaders when they drew maps that would thwart the will of the people. This...
