Janet Bewley (Dem.), 25th Senate District
Born Painesville, OH, November 10, 1951; married; 5 children. Graduate James Ford Rhodes H.S. (Cleveland, OH) 1969; B.A. Case Western Reserve U. 1973; M. Ed. U. of Maine 1977. Full-time legislator. Former Community Relations Officer, WHEDA; former Dean of Students Northland College, former exec. dir., Mary H. Rice Foundation. One of the original cast members at Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua and current member of the Rittenhouse Chamber Singers. Ashland City Council 2007-09.
Elected to Assembly 2010-12; elected to Senate 2014. Biennial Senate committee assignments: 2015 — Education; Insurance, Housing and Trade; Universities and Technical Colleges; Jt. Legis. Audit; Spec. Com. on State-Tribal Relations; Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse; Council on Tourism. Assembly committee assignments: 2013 — Colleges and Universities; Housing and Real Estate; Public Safety and Homeland Security; Rural Affairs; Transportation Projects Comn.; Leg. Coun. Spec. Com. on State-Tribal Relations (also 2011). 2011 — Forestry; Homeland Security and State Affairs; Housing; Transportation.
Telephone: Office: (608) 266-3510; (800) 469-6562 (toll free); District: (715) 746-4100.
E-mail: Sen.Bewley@legis.wisconsin.gov
Voting address: 60995 Pike River Road, Mason 54856.
Mailing address: Office: Room 126 South, State Capitol, P.O. Box 7882, Madison 53707-7882.
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Brad Schimel’s Opioid Problem
Attorney General has been reluctant to pursue opioid manufacturers. Why?
Nov 14th, 2017 by Bruce Murphy
State Leaves Counties to Sue Drug Companies
Opioid costs hurting counties, but legislature, Schimel won’t take action.
Nov 11th, 2017 by State Senators Janet Bewley and Dave Hansen
With Elections Just a Year Away, Legislature Abandons Wisconsin Families
Industrial Acid Mining Bill Will Put Public Health at Risk for Generations
Nov 8th, 2017 by Wisconsin Conservation Voters
Strong families and communities start with early education
Statement by Alderman Cavalier Johnson - October 27, 2017
Oct 27th, 2017 by Mayor Cavalier Johnson
Does UW System Have Too Many Colleges?
Cross addresses what’s long been whispered: 26 UW institutions is too many.
Oct 23rd, 2017 by Steven Walters
Walker picks Foxconn over Wisconsin schools and roads
Senate Democratic leaders released the following statements critical of Gov. Scott Walker’s decision to sign the largest taxpayer giveaway to a foreign corporation in U.S. history
Sep 18th, 2017 by State Sen. Jennifer Shilling
School aid payments delayed amid GOP budget fiasco
Worse yet, Legislative Republicans budget actions cut rural school funding
Aug 31st, 2017 by State Sen. Jennifer Shilling
State grant to help boost redevelopment project in downtown Superior
WEDC awards $109,877 grant to support plans to convert former warehouse into city’s first brewery in 50 years
Jun 27th, 2017 by Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
Voters Deserve Say on Voucher Schools
Bill requires local referendums on any district's funding of choice schools.
Apr 14th, 2017 by State Sen. Janet Bewley
Voters Approved $1.8 Billion for Schools
And have given 24 districts permission to exceed state spending limits.
Apr 10th, 2017 by Steven Walters
What ever happened to the Gold Standard?
GOP denies reality on job losses while defending lavish tax break to the top 1%
Mar 9th, 2017 by State Sen. Jennifer Shilling
GOP Agenda is Failing Wisconsin Families
State loses over 4,000 manufacturing jobs despite lavish GOP giveaways
Mar 7th, 2017 by State Sen. Jennifer Shilling
Senators Give Themselves 31% Increase
In non-public meeting they approve 31% raise in their per day expenses.
Feb 27th, 2017 by Matt Rothschild
A Proud Legacy to Build On
Our priority must be Wisconsin’s roads, schools and jobs.
Feb 10th, 2017 by State Sen. Janet Bewley
Walker Will Unveil A Reelection Budget
Proposals in 2017-2019 budget made with eye to running for a third term.
Feb 6th, 2017 by Steven Walters
A Drop In The Bucket
And There’s A Hole In The Bucket
Feb 1st, 2017 by State Sen. Janet Bewley
State Of The State Isn’t Found In Madison Speech
"Instead of a vision for our future, we were treated to an incomplete, and in many ways unconvincing, defense of the status quo."
Jan 13th, 2017 by State Sen. Janet Bewley
Statement on Senate Democratic Leadership Election
“I am honored that my colleagues have once again entrusted me with the responsibility of serving as Senate Democratic Leader.”
Nov 22nd, 2016 by State Sen. Jennifer Shilling
Governor Walker Announces Members of the Task Force on Opioid Abuse
Group to hold its first meeting on October 28 in Green Bay
Oct 25th, 2016 by Gov. Scott Walker
Bewley Announces Bill to Increase Local Road Aids
“What’s more important – a handful of millionaires or 100,000 miles of local roads?”
Sep 14th, 2016 by State Sen. Janet Bewley
Wisconsin GOP Plan? Tax Giveaways For Not Creating Jobs?
It’s time to stop picking working taxpayers’ pockets for this entitlement for the already entitled.
Sep 8th, 2016 by State Sen. Janet Bewley
Republicans’ Plan: Tax Breaks For Millionaires and Tax Increases For Local Property Owners
“Is this really the Senate Republicans’ plan?”
Aug 26th, 2016 by State Sen. Janet Bewley
More For Millionaires, Less For Our Schools
“My Republican colleagues’ budget priorities are out of whack.”
Aug 15th, 2016 by State Sen. Janet Bewley
Manufacturers Tax Credit
Republican’s Economic Development Plan = 2/3 Fewer New Jobs
Jul 6th, 2016 by State Sen. Janet Bewley
GOP Shortchanges 854,000 Students to Benefit Voucher Operators
Bewley noted that even including categorical aids, public schools will likely see virtually no biennial increase compared to the recession-era budget of 2009-10.
Jun 23rd, 2016 by State Sen. Janet Bewley
Speed and Secrecy Killing Democracy
Citizen after citizen testified: "We don't know what's in the bill."
Jan 13th, 2016 by State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout
Governor Scott Walker Signs 49 Bills Into Law
Governor Scott Walker signed 49 bills into law today at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Nov 11th, 2015 by Gov. Scott Walker
Legislative Leaders and Citizen Action Call on Walker to Make Course Correction on BadgerCare
Wisconsin is adding mostly poverty-wage jobs, which is increasing BadgerCare enrollment.
Sep 29th, 2015 by Citizen Action of Wisconsin
Gogebic Mine Dies Without a Whimper
After all the controversy, it’s been killed, with barely a word from partisans on either side. Why?
Mar 9th, 2015 by Steven Walters
Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Announces Endorsements
Slate highlights problem solvers.
Sep 25th, 2014 by Wisconsin Conservation Voters
More Women Run for Top Capitol Jobs
The number of women candidates running for state Capitol jobs is coming back.
Sep 23rd, 2014 by Steven Walters
The Coming War Against Common Core
Top priority for Republican legislators next year is to kill Common Core educational standards.
Jul 7th, 2014 by Steven Walters
Casualties of War
The war over Act 10 may be a key reason 46% of legislators have left or will leave in just over two years.
Apr 14th, 2014 by Steven Walters
Top Lobbyists Will Replace Your Windows!
Bill Broydrick's Window Replacement Co., new women political candidates, and a MacArthur genius comes to town.
Feb 28th, 2014 by Michael Horne
Retiring With Guns Blazing
Several politicians have announced retirement, some diplomatically, others firing shots at their opponents.
Oct 21st, 2013 by Steven Walters
Mining Company Uses Paramilitary Guards
Gogebic says guards will continue patrolling land, two legislators object.
Jul 10th, 2013 by Ron Seely
Rep. Barca announces Democratic committee assignments for upcoming legislative session
Today Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) announced the Assembly Democratic members of the standing and joint committees for the 2013-2014 legislative session.
Dec 21st, 2012 by State Rep. Peter Barca
