We need to take the politics out of the map-drawing process by enacting our Fair Maps redistricting plan, says Senator Hansen.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/grocery-store-checkout-s5.jpgThe Trump administration invited states to create new policies with more strict work requirements and barriers for people to qualify for Medicaid and FoodShare. A new court case challenges the harmful effect of these new policies.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/supreme-court-s5.jpgWisconsinites Still Hopeful After U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Gill v Whitford, Call on State to End Gerrymandering and Pass Fair Maps Legislation.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/foxconn-mount-pleasant-s5.jpgDiversion of road funding delays completion of statewide road projects.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/caleb-frostman-lvp-s5.jpgVoters reject Gov. Walker and Republican agenda in special elections. Caleb Frostman wins senate seat in northeastern Wisconsin with 23 point swing toward Democratic candidate from 2016. Ann Groves Lloyd also dramatically over-performed last night where Trump won by double digits.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/school-kids-s5.jpgWe heard expert testimony at a recent hearing of the Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding Reform that Wisconsin’s formula is an outlier in the US. and failure to change it leaves children vulnerable, taxpayers paying more in property tax and the state open to lawsuits.