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The Wisconsin Senate hosted a public hearing on a Republican bill to change how the state's legislative maps are drawn, ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court hearing a case trying to toss the state's current legislative maps ahead of the 2024 election.

Republicans have said the redistricting bill is a better alternative to the expensive and politically fraught lawsuit that liberals filed in the liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court.

A GOP proposal to enact an "Iowa-style" nonpartisan redistricting process in Wisconsin drew criticism from Democrats and the public.

Democrats, civic groups argue bill has loophole to maintain Republican control over drawing of legislative maps.

Republicans have said the redistricting bill is a better alternative to the expensive and politically fraught lawsuit that liberals filed in the liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Iowa-style nonpartisan redistricting bill should be the beginning of the end to partisan gerrymandering

The Wisconsin Senate hosted a public hearing on a Republican bill to change how the state's legislative maps are drawn, ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court hearing a case trying to toss the state's current legislative maps ahead of the 2024 election.

Gov. Tony Evers has already pledged to veto the GOP-authored proposal to ban gender-affirming care for minors, a bill hes called "downright dangerous."

Neither the Wisconsin constitution nor statutes let citizens bypass legislators via petition to enact or nix a law or amend the constitution.

Gov. Tony Evers has already pledged to veto the GOP-authored proposal to ban gender-affirming care for minors, a bill hes called "downright dangerous."