Imagine a Wisconsin where everyone can afford to heat their homes in the winter, cool them in the summer, and never have to worry about losing power because they can’t pay their utility bills. This is the Wisconsin we’re fighting for—a place where energy is affordable, accessible, and green, ensuring that all households are protected from the financial burden of…
Attend a Citizen Action Hands Off Medicaid Town Hall! Directly-impacted Wisconsin residents, local legislators, lawmakers, and advocates will speak at a 3 community town hall events to discuss massive federal Medicaid cuts now being debated in Congress. Wausau on Saturday, March 22, 6pm. Click here to register La Crosse on Monday, March 24, 6pm. Click here to register Eau Claire…
Can Congress get away with taking away health care from millions to fund huge tax cuts for the rich? We preview Medicaid Town Halls in Wausau, La Crosse and Eau Claire that will help organize resistance to proposed slashing cuts to Medicaid. Meanwhile, Rep. Van Orden continued to hunker down in his basement bunker, holding a virtual town hall where…
Join Citizen Action today. Tell Congress, Don’t cut Medicaid to give tax cuts to billionaires! Citizen Action is planning a series of Medicaid town halls. Wausau on Saturday, March 22. Click here to register La Crosse on Monday, March 24. Click here to register Eau Claire on Tuesday, March 25. Click here to register Call your state legislators in support…
Wisconsin Republican members of Congress are running scared from Medicaid cuts and the cowards are starting to do virtual town halls from bunkers, ducking open face-to-face dialogue with their own constituents. So much for the House of Representatives as the government closest to the people. Meanwhile House Republicans left Washington with no budget deal for a St. Patrick’s Day vacation…
Citizen Action members attend State Budget Capitol Lobby Day! Citizen Action members from across Wisconsin traveled to Madison this Tuesday for a lobby day focused on key Citizen Action State Budget priorities, including expanding BadgerCare. Members fanned out across the Capitol to visit their State Representatives and Senators. It was a powerful day for Citizen Action members telling their stories…
This week Citizen Action hosted a major news conference at the State Capitol with Legislative allies and Citizen Action members from around the state to unveil the Climate Accountability Act. The bill, which is already rapidly winning co-sponsors, requires the Legislature to pass a concrete and enforceable plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. Following the media…
Join/Donate Citizen Action of Wisconsin Today! Climate Accountability Act introduced in Milwaukee this week! This Monday, Citizen Action members, leading social justice and environmental groups, joined with state Legislators – including co-sponsors State Representative Supreme Moore Omokunde and State Senator Chris Larson – to introduce the Climate Accountability Act in Milwaukee at the Urban Ecology Center. The bill requires Wisconsin…
This week the plundering of Medicaid commenced, as Trump, Musk, and their dutiful Republican Party “leaders” in Congress and the Wisconsin Legislature started their assault – all to fund more outrageous tax cuts for the wealthy. Citizen Action Healthcare Action Coordinator Timothy Faust joins us to give us the details on what passed in Congress this week, how it is…
Media Advisory for Monday February 24, 2025 11 AM Contact: Robert Kraig (414) 322-5324, robert.kraig@citizenactionwi.org Milwaukee: Milwaukee lawmakers and leading social justice and environmental groups will unveil new legislation to hold the Legislature accountable for meeting international greenhouse gas reduction targets at the Washington Park Urban Ecology Center on Monday at 11 AM. Runaway climate change threatens our children’s future…
