MADISON, Wisconsin, April 17 -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Republican members of the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) refused to convene today for a special meeting called by Governor Tony Evers to release $140 million in funds to address clean water access across the state and close gaps in healthcare access for patients suffering under hospital closures in western Wisconsin.   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The American Constitution Society issued the following news release: The American Constitution Society is pleased to announce Miriam Seifter, Professor of Law, Co-Director of the State Democracy Research Initiative, and Rowe Faculty Fellow in Regulatory Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School, has been selected to receive the 2024 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholar Award (https://www.acslaw.org/get-involved/awards-and-competitions/ruth-bader-ginsburg-scholar-award/). The  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 17 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is excoriating a theocratic bill signed into law in Tennessee that makes a version of the bible an "official state book." House Bill 1828, which was signed today by Gov. Bill Lee, will add the "Aitken Bible" (among other documents) as an official state book of Tennessee. The Aitken Bible plays an important role in Christian nationalist r  more