Jimmy Anderson

A Summer of Intense Politics

With more to come in the next two months.

Most Incumbents Beat Challengers in State Legislature Primaries

Wisconsin had the most contested Assembly primary races since 2012.

Will Legislators Run Or Not?

The long list of legislators in newly mapped districts who haven't filed to run includes Robin Vos.

Parties Seek New Candidates in New Districts

New state legislative maps means races are the fairest and most wide open in 12 years.

Bill Would Stop Wisconsin’s Participation In UN’s Agenda 2030

The DNR's Green Tier program helps participants improve their environmental performance

Legislative Hearing a Debate Over DEI

Proposed constitutional amendment bars 'preferential treatment' by state offices, universities.

State Democrats Introduce Bill To Limit Book Bans

Proposal would set high standards for instituting ban, seeks cosponsors.

Protect The Press From Bogus Lawsuits

Legal costs can put publications out of business. Other states' laws help stop this.

Proposal Would Help Media Outlets Hit With Frivolous, Costly Lawsuits

Democrats' proposal inspired by lawsuit from GOP senator against Wausau publication.

Wausau Pilot statement on anti-SLAPP legislation

Senator Melissa Agard and Representative Jimmy Anderson Introduce Anti-SLAPP Legislation

Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation are a tool used by the powerful and well-connected

Rep. Robyn Vining & Sen. Melissa Agard Re-Introduce Universal Changing Stations Bill

GOP State Lawmakers Hold Hearing on UW System Liberal Bias

Hearing held in response to results of free speech survey.

Members of the Latino Caucus: Celebrate César Chávez Day

GOP Legislators Plan Hearings on UW System’s Lack of ‘Intellectual Diversity’

Rep. Dave Murphy accuses universities of 'indoctrinating' students.

Open Letter to the People of Ukraine

Assembly Democrats Elevate New Generation

Youth, diversity on the rise. But Rep. Anderson offers protest on workplace disability issue.

Bill Requires More Access to Police Records

Brostoff wants more access for media and public to investigative records.

Mandela Barnes Earns Over 100 Endorsements from Wisconsin Elected Officials in Race for U.S. Senate

Barnes Has Built an Unparalleled Statewide Coalition to Defeat Ron Johnson

Sen. Larson, Rep. Anderson introduce the Telehealth Parity Act

Bar Legislators From Destroying Records

State law requires public officials to preserve emails, but lawmakers exempted themselves.

AG Kaul, Sen. Johnson, Rep. Anderson Propose Civil Rights Enforcement Legislation

April 8, 2021

Bill Would Stop Lawmakers From Deleting Their Emails

Currently, legislators and their staff can delete emails that are public record.

34 State Legislators Endorse Jill Underly for State Superintendent

Underly Campaign Announces Endorsement of 12 State Legislators

Disability Community Demands Better Voting Access

Current system and election laws make accessibility difficult to guarantee.

Assembly Committee Passes GOP COVID-19 Bill

Vos calls measure ‘bipartisan’ though all Democrats oppose it.

Will Vos Expose Legislators to COVID-19?

He demands Assembly meet in-person. That “could kill me,” Rep. Jimmy Anderson says.

Elected Officials Across the State Join Call for Peaceful and Fair Vote Count

Remove Vos as NCSL President

Rep. Robyn Vining Seeks to Make Wisconsin More Accessible

AG Kaul Urges Assembly Health Committee to Hold Public Hearing on Legislation to Prevent Future Backlog of Untested Sexual Assault Kits

"This legislation will help prevent another backlog of untested sexual assault kits."

Rep. Anderson Addresses Republican Inaction on Gun Reform

"It is shameful that our state’s Republican lawmakers have once again disregarded our Governor’s attempt to address gun violence in our state."

Assembly Resolutions 12 and 13 Answer the Question: “How Low will Republicans Go?”

Republicans Pair Disability Accommodations with Yet Another Power Grab

Rep. Anderson Votes Against His Own Accommodation. Why?

Republicans pass controversial rule changes, and accommodation for quadriplegic lawmaker, on party line votes.

Republicans Attempt Another Power Grab

Last-minute resolution to overhaul rules brought before an Assembly Committee

Rep. Anderson in Support of Extreme Risk Protection Orders

"We are long overdue for common-sense measures like Extreme Risk Protection Orders."

About Those UW Free Speech Violations

Not one violation on 26 campuses of UW Regents’ policy. But legislators want to pass tough law.

Vos Echoes Trump on Disabled People

Assembly Speaker’s attitude toward wheel-chair bound legislator is truly Trumpian.

Wisconsin Assembly Republicans Abandon the Americans with Disabilities Act

"This isn’t simply a legal mandate, it is a moral one."

Dem Lawmakers Push Bill to Tax Guns

Revenue from tax would provide services to gun-crime victims.

Where’s Robin?

"Today at the Senate Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs public hearing, Speaker Robin Vos didn’t even bother to testify on his own bill..."

Speaker Robin Vos’ Moral Failure

"Speaker Vos’ disregard for a colleague is frankly embarrassing."

Rep. Anderson Introduces Legislation to Create a Statewide Fund for Victims of Gun Violence

"The unfortunate reality is that victims of gun violence have no legal recourse."

Rep. Robyn Vining Defends Colleague Rep. Anderson

"Speaker Vos has demeaned remote involvement by Rep. Anderson."

Capping the Price of Insulin in Wisconsin

"Diabetic people need insulin no differently than you and I need food and water."

State Legislature Must Take Action to Protect Health Coverage

Wisconsinites with pre-existing conditions, marketplace health insurance, at grave risk of having coverage taken away by conservative federal judges

2000 Days: No Medicaid Expansion

"Yesterday marked the 2000th day where we ignored the well-being AND the will of the people, imperiling our budget and the health of Wisconsinites everywhere."

Expanding Medicaid will Lower your Premiums

"Another day, another study highlighting the health care failures of Wisconsin Republicans."

Oh, Those Dreaded Plastic Bags

Council debates what to do with bags that clog up recycling process.

We’ve Gone 1,944 Days without Expanding Medicaid

"Expanding Medicaid is a no-brainer and I’m going to fight every single day until we get this done!"

Rep. Anderson Joins Amicus Brief Filed with Supreme Court Opposing the Citizenship Question on the Census

"The Trump Administration’s decision to include a citizenship question on the census does nothing but spark fear and disruption, especially for our minority communities."

Stop Pitting us Against One Another

"Wisconsin Republicans are known for twisting the facts to incite outrage and today’s attack on immigrants is no different."

Wisconsin Must Stop the Bleeding

"Republicans are fighting to preserve the same ineffective corporate handouts that has left our state dead last in new business startups."

Larson Bills Reform Campaign Finance

Would reduce donation limits, increase transparency requirements.

Foxconn Breaks Promises Again

"Wisconsin Republicans should have known better."

We Have a Moral Obligation to Expand Medicaid

"Yesterday’s poll showed what those of us who have been listening to our constituents for years have long known: Wisconsinites want to expand Medicaid."

In Support of Campus Free-Speech, Not Conservative Safe Spaces

"Free speech ought to mean free speech for everyone."

Republicans Back Bill on Pre-Existing Conditions

But Evers warns if protections weaker than Obamacare he will veto the legislation.

Groups Will Sue Against Lame Duck Laws

Will argue entire “extraordinary” session was illegal, demanding all laws be struck down.

Rep. Jimmy Anderson Seeks to Void the Wisconsin Power Grab

"Under Wisconsin’s Open Meetings Laws, no duly elected representative can be excluded from a meeting of the legislature."

Power Tends to Corrupt, Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely

"Republican leaders have tasted power, and it’s corrupted them through their core."

No Choice in 36% of Legislative Races

Gerrymandering and decline in number of candidates leaves 2.5 million residents with no choice.

Republicans Resist Net Neutrality Bill

Issue is critical to small businesses, who create most new jobs in the state.

Speaker Ryan’s Departure: A Victory for Healthcare

"Paul Ryan has spent his nearly 20 years in Washington as Corrupt Robin Hood."

After Three Separate Rulings, Governor Walker Reluctantly Calls Special Elections

"Today is a huge victory for voting rights and democracy."

Mayor Tom Barrett Applauds Passage of Bill Prohibiting Straw Purchasing

Senate Bill 408 criminalizes gun purchases on behalf of felons and acting as ‘human holster’

Hold the Damn Elections

"You have to have some kind of nerve to spend almost $1 billion over the last few weeks and then claim that elections cost too much."

National Walkout Day: I Sit in Solidarity with Students

"If more guns meant fewer gun deaths, then America would have the lowest gun violence rate in the developed world."

Wisconsin Democrats Fight Price Gouging of Prescription Drugs

"The ability of pharmaceutical companies to corner the market and set unreasonable prices hurts consumers, while doing nothing to improve treatment or outcomes."

AB 547: Wisconsin Goes from Winner to Wasteland in Conservation

"There is a reason why every organization that concerns itself with the health and quality of our wetlands does not support this bill."

Republicans Lower Walmart’s Property Taxes, Raise Yours

Local governments and taxpayers will continue to pay for tax loophole

The Purge: Senate Republicans are Undermining our Ethics and Election Laws

"What Republicans did doesn't pass the smell test."

End Walker’s Man & Ag Tax Credit

"Trickle down economics hasn’t worked anywhere and yet Republicans keep handing over billions of dollars to companies in the failed pursuit of jobs."

GOP Legislative Districts Heavily White

Republican assembly districts are up to 96% white, senate districts as high as 95% white.

Despite Opposition, Governor Walker will Attend Conference for White Nationalists

"We should expect more out of the governor of Wisconsin."

Rep. Zepnick Should Resign

"In light of the two incidences reported on today, I believe Rep. Josh Zepnick should resign."

Governor Walker Needs to Relegate White Supremacist Voices, not Elevate them

"Unfortunately, Governor Walker’s decision to speak at this event elevates voices that ought to be relegated to the extreme fringe."

GOP Air Pollution Package

"AB 587 completely guts all regulation of air pollution in Wisconsin."

GOP Tax Scam

"Senator McConnell and Speaker Ryan should be ashamed."

With Elections Just a Year Away, Legislature Abandons Wisconsin Families

Industrial Acid Mining Bill Will Put Public Health at Risk for Generations

Bill Targets Evictions, Housing Discrimination

1 in 8 families evicted every two years. Rep. Crawley’s bill aims at problem.

The WEDC: As Transparent as Trump with his Tax Return

"The WEDC has been the kid left in the candy store after it closed."

Trump and Walker don’t Give a Damn about Your Healthcare

"President Trump’s plan to gut insurance market subsidies means higher premiums and worse coverage for those lucky enough to keep their health insurance."

The Workforce of the Future Needs our Support

"The potential for Wisconsin is limitless but it requires us to invest in each other and our future."

Rep. Jimmy Anderson Blasts President Trump’s DACA Decision

"This is a racist hate-filled decision by a president who is leaning into white nationalism."

Protect Healthcare and the UW System

"We need healthcare policies that work for everyone and don’t leave Wisconsinites without access."

Gov. Scott Walker on Drugs

Takes $25,000 Contribution From Marijuana’s Trade Group As Head of Republican Governors Association, While Lobbying to Expand Drug Testing in Wisconsin

Former federal prosecutor Josh Kaul raises over $170,000

Announces endorsements from Pocan, Moore, and others from across Wisconsin

Rep. Jimmy Anderson Sits with Senator Baldwin and Citizens Action of Wisconsin Against the Republican Healthcare Plan

The people of Wisconsin and the people of the United States deserve better than this health care bill.

Representative Subeck Introduces Legislation to Return Authority to Local Governments to Regulate Weapons on Buses

"This legislation enables those responsible for providing transit services to determine how best to ensure their employees’ and their riders’ safety."