Wisconsin Legislature to be headed by women for the first time
KIMBERLY WETHAL
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Assembly Democrats, including Rep. Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, center, who will be Wisconsin’s first female Assembly speaker, applaud the chamber’s new leaders after Democrats take control of both houses of the state Legislature in January. In the Senate, Democrats chose Sen. Dianne Hesselbein, D-Middleton, as Senate majority leader.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Rep. Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, who will be the first female Wisconsin Assembly speaker in state history, said she thinks about her 5-month-old daughter and the responsibility owed to the state’s children as she leads the chamber. Democrats have wanted to see increased K-12 education and childcare funding for years.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Sen. Dianne Hesselbein, D-Middleton, new Wisconsin Senate majority leader, said Democrats’ top priority will be confronting the rising cost of living when the new session starts in January. The state Senate had been considered one of the most flippable state legislature chambers in the country this November.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Sen. Mark Spreitzer, D-Beloit, Wisconsin Senate president, said he’s been looking forward to a day where Democrats are in the majority in the state Legislature. As a lawmaker, Spreitzer said, he has watched as Republican lawmakers have passed bills that he said take the state in the wrong direction.
Expect big swings in state policy as Democrats, freed from their longtime minority status, set the agenda for the next two years.
Assembly Democrats, including Rep. Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, center, who will be Wisconsin’s first female Assembly speaker, applaud the chamber’s new leaders after Democrats take control of both houses of the state Legislature in January. In the Senate, Democrats chose Sen. Dianne Hesselbein, D-Middleton, as Senate majority leader.
Rep. Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, who will be the first female Wisconsin Assembly speaker in state history, said she thinks about her 5-month-old daughter and the responsibility owed to the state’s children as she leads the chamber. Democrats have wanted to see increased K-12 education and childcare funding for years.
Sen. Dianne Hesselbein, D-Middleton, new Wisconsin Senate majority leader, said Democrats’ top priority will be confronting the rising cost of living when the new session starts in January. The state Senate had been considered one of the most flippable state legislature chambers in the country this November.
Sen. Mark Spreitzer, D-Beloit, Wisconsin Senate president, said he’s been looking forward to a day where Democrats are in the majority in the state Legislature. As a lawmaker, Spreitzer said, he has watched as Republican lawmakers have passed bills that he said take the state in the wrong direction.
