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Contraception protections are ‘urgent,’ say congresswoman and state lawmaker Baylor Spears - The WIsconsin Examiner  Wisconsin U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore and state Rep. Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) called statutory protections for contraception an “urgent” need on Wednesday. Both lawmakers have pushed for a “Right to Contraception” Act in their respective roles at the federal and state… Read more »

Dem Rep. Reveals Her Real-Time Fact Checks Of Marjorie Taylor Greene At Biden's SOTU Lee Moran - Huffington Post Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) has revealed how she fact-checked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) “in real time,” after she found herself seated next to the far-right lawmaker during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. Moore, during an… Read more »

Wisconsin Planned Parenthood CEO invited to State of the Union address Mallory Anderson - WISN  The President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has been invited to the President's State of the Union address by a Wisconsin lawmaker. Tanya Atkinson has been tapped as Congresswoman Gwen Moore's invited guest to the address on Thursday, March 7. "I really was shocked when… Read more »

Op-ed: My Family Struggled With Hunger. If Congress Won’t Fully Fund WIC, Millions More Will, Too Growing up, I was an A student, president of the Student Council, and poor. However, benefits my mother received made me ineligible for free lunch. As a result, I often went without breakfast or lunch entirely. I would find myself eating leftovers from other people’s… Read more »

‘Look out for the needy’: Rep. Gwen Moore reflects on nearly 20 years in Congress By Charlotte Scott and Melody Kloepfer - Spectrum News WASHINGTON – Representative Gwen Moore of Milwaukee was elected to Congress in 2004, becoming the first, and to this day only, Black person to represent Wisconsin in Washington. She reflected on her victory almost two decades ago.  What… Read more »

Geographer studies housing covenants to map racial discrimination in Milwaukee history   Erik Gunn - Wisocnsin Examiner Milwaukee’s history of racial covenants that restricted where Black people could live shaped housing and economic patterns that echo to this day. A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee geography professor has been part of a project bringing to light… Read more »

'Women's rights are human rights:' Wisconsin leaders, pro-choice advocates hold abortion access rally ahead of VP Harris visit Ellie Nakamoto-White - WISN MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The battle over abortion rights takes center stage again in Wisconsin and on the campaign trail this week, as Vice President Kamala Harris is set to kick off the "Fight for Reproductive Freedoms" tour on… Read more »

US supreme court hears case on reinstating gun possession to people accused of domestic violence   Abené Clayton - The Guardian The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case that could reinstate gun-possession rights to people who are under domestic violence restraining orders. The case, which will be decided next year, will have a far-reaching –… Read more »

Biden-Harris Administration to Invest $17 Million to Restore Health of Milwaukee Rivers and Lake Michigan MILWAUKEE, WI (November, 2, 2023) – Today, at an event in Milwaukee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox and Regional Administrator Debra Shore for Region 5 announced that Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage Distract (MMSD) will be… Read more »

Rep. Gwen Moore is a domestic violence survivor — and she wants to start a national conversation Jennifer Gerson - 19th News When Rep. Gwen Moore was in her early 20s, her boyfriend put a gun to her head and threatened to shoot and kill her. He had been violent in the past, time after time, but this was the first time his violence was coupled with a firearm.  “I told him to… Read more »