New maps in Wisconsin will allow democracy to ‘work better’ for Black and working Americans, say advocates
Advocates and Democrats are celebrating after Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed new legislative maps into law, ending more than a decade of Republican control of the state’s electoral process. Katie Rosenberg, the Democratic mayor of Wausau, told theGrio it is a “really big moment, adding, “The governor always holds himself to a high moral standard and he knows that signing this bill was the right thing to do.” Mandela Barnes, former lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, told theGrio it feels like […]