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2011 Wisconsin Act 10, also known as the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill or the Wisconsin Budget Adjustment Act, [1] [2] is a controversial law enacted by the 100th Wisconsin Legislature which significantly limited the rights and compensation of state and local government employees in Wisconsin.
The legislature is a bicameral body composed of the upper house, Wisconsin State Senate, and the lower Wisconsin State Assembly, both of which have had Republican majorities since January 2011. With both houses combined, the legislature has 132 members representing an equal number of constituent districts.
A Wisconsin judge struck down certain parts of Act 10, a controversial law also known as the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill, on Monday, restoring collective bargaining rights to union workers.
She is also a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 16th Senate district from 2021 until her term expires at the end of 2024. While in the Senate, she served as minority leader in 2023. [1] She previously served four terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, when she was primarily known by her married name Melissa Sargent.
Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill Thursday that would call for a binding statewide referendum to ban abortion after 14 weeks of pregnancy. Current Wisconsin law ...
January 20, 2025: Presidential inauguration. April 1, 2025: 2025 Wisconsin Spring election: 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election. April 7, 2026: 2026 Wisconsin Spring election. November 3, 2026: 2026 United States general election: 2026 Wisconsin gubernatorial election. 2026 Wisconsin Senate election. 2026 Wisconsin State Assembly election.
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin State Assembly has voted to change how the state’s legislative maps are drawn – a major shift in strategy as Republicans face the possibility that the new ...
The One-Hundredth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 3, 2011, through January 7, 2013, in regular session, though it adjourned for legislative activity on May 22, 2012. The legislature also held two special sessions and an extraordinary session during this legislative term.