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Connecting Wisconsin With High-Speed Rail

The time is right to connect our cities with high-speed rail—a new, competitive network will create thousands of quality jobs in Wisconsin while reducing our oil consumption.

Federal leaders are starting to debate our transportation future, and WISPIRG is working to make sure that they make a national commitment to building high-speed rail. Learn More.

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History is Made

At noon on March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama brought a hundred-year struggle for affordable health care to a close when he signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law.

The Senate must still take up a final set of fixes to this legislation this week, and then the state and federal government have their work cut out for them.

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Victory! Wisconsin Goes BPA Free!

On March 3, 2010, Governor Doyle signed the BPA Free Kids Act into law, making Wisconsin the third state in the nation to ban the toxic chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) from children’s products. The BPA Free Kids Act bans the manufacture and sale of BPA in children’s products such as bottles and sippy cups.  

WISPIRG worked with state Sen. Julie Lassa and state Rep. Kelda Helen Roys to ban the toxic chemical and protect kids and public health in Wisconsin. Learn more.

Landmark Consumer Protections in Wall Street Reform Package Approved in House-Senate Conference Committee More

Senate Must Not Block Disclosure of Special Interest Campaign Contributions More

Historic Wall Street Reform Passes Senate More

House Approves Wall Street Reform Package More

Wisconsin the focus for next stage of health reform More

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