🎓 First Speech Highlight:
Rep. Angela Stroud (D-Ashland)

@repstroud.bsky.social knows that when we put prioritize our students over partisanship, we’re all better off.

"When told that a Head Start program in Waukesha was shut down because of the federal funding freeze, Tiffany said he’d like to review it. He said “if it’s a worthy program,” he believes the Trump administration would continue to fund it."

These people don't know what Head Start is.

I agree. Wisconsinites and working families are already worried about making ends met—the Trump Tax will mean higher prices from the grocery store to the gas pump.

We should be working to lower costs for folks across our state, not making it even harder to afford basic needs.

NEW: The board president of a small WV nonprofit says they haven't received their HHS funding since the Trump/Musk budget freeze. They had to lay off 3 of 5 employees on Friday. An 86-yr-old woman is counting on them to take her dialysis tomorrow. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is Wisconsin's trade data from 2023. Our exports include milk, cheese, beer, but our largest category is industrial and electrical machinery. These tariffs will disproportionately hurt our state's economy.

In plain English: Republicans in Congress plot more severe budget cuts to health care, nursing homes, and school lunches to pay for tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk.

It sounds absurd, but it’s true.

Today I received an email from an extremely smart, fierce, young trans constituent. She is a teenager and is writing to her legislators to ask us to defend her rights. She not only told her own story, she had citations and evidence supporting her positions.

Wisconsin Dems just released three bills to improve people’s lives and cut costs. Free school meals for all kids, an increased tax credit for the working-class, and cutting prescription drug costs? Yes, please!