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Advocacy Groups & Unions Call on Governor Evers to Use Veto to Force BadgerCare Expansion on to the Table.

For Immediate Release–June 23, 2023 Contact: Robert Kraig (414) 322-5324, robert.kraig@citizenactionwi.org Statewide: 15 advocacy groups and unions sent a letter earlier today to Governor Evers urging him to deploy his vast veto powers to force the Legislature to negotiate over BadgerCare Expansion.  (Read letter) The letter does not call on Evers to veto the entire budget, or the entire Medicaid…

Advocacy Groups and Unions Letter to Governor Urging Budget Vetoes to Secure BadgerCare Expansion.

  June 23, 2023 Governor Tony Evers 115 East State Street Madison, WI 53707 Dear Governor Evers, Wisconsin’s failure to adopt BadgerCare Expansion as authorized under the Affordable Care Act is leaving a dangerous health affordability gap for people living just above the poverty line. We, the undersigned, urge you to leverage your powerful veto pen to push the legislature…

“Radical Solidarity” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast

We are joined by State Representative Kristina Shelton to discuss the state budget battle in Madison and why she voted in “radical solidarity” against the structurally racist Shared Revenue-Education deal. In more positive news, we look beyond the state budget and discuss Rep. Shelton’s vitally important BadgerCare Public Option bill that will be reintroduced in the Legislature later this year…

Citizen Action Weekend E Newsletter, June 16th – 18th

Citizen Action is hiring Deep Canvass Field Organizers in Eau Claire, Green Bay, and Milwaukee. For more information contact Priscilla Bort at priscilla.bort@citizenactionwi.org Citizen Action welcomes Kat Klawes as our new Southeast Wisconsin Co-op Organizer Kat Klawes is the new Southeast Wisconsin Co-op Organizer! Kat has lived in both Milwaukee and Northeast Wisconsin. She has a bachelor’s degree in Education…

Citizen Action Weekend; June 2nd – 4th

Join us Saturday, June 3rd, Noon in Green Bay for a Badgercare Expansion Canvass! It’s all hands on deck to get Badgercare expansion back in the budget! We are hitting the doors in the Northeast to talk to voters about Badgercare expansion and urge folks to call the Governor. Sign up here to come canvass. Want to canvass but can’t…

Citizen Action Weekend E Newsletter; Memorial Weekend

Memorial Weekend Help Us Win a Green New Deal By: Robert Kraig, executive director Green New Deal Resolution Reintroduced in Congress: We Must Fight for It A revised version of the Green New Deal Resolution was recently introduced in Congress, the only federal legislation that both requires Congress to do what is necessary to prevent runaway climate change and to…