Tony Evers

State Officials Push Action on PFAS

50 state sites polluted. Evers budget includes $20 million to fight forever chemicals.

Governor Evers, DHS Announce More Than $175 Million to Support COVID-19 Testing in Schools

Democrats Call for Virtual Joint Finance Hearing

Pandemic created 'significant barriers’ for many citizens who couldn’t attend in-person hearings.

New Therapy Used at Lincoln Hills

Officials cite progress at youth prison, but reformers say it should be closed.

It’s Time for Legal Cannabis in Wisconsin

Governor Evers’ budget says yes to racial equity, yes to new tax revenue from cannabis, and yes to investing in our communities

Robin Vos Must Stop Spreading Vaccine Doubts Online

Law Professor to Run for Attorney General

UW-Madison’s Ryan Owens the second Republican to enter race against Josh Kaul.

Rep. Hintz: Statement on Foxconn Announcement

Evers Announces New, Smaller Foxconn Deal

Company has failed to meet goals of original $4 billion agreement.

Gov. Evers, Foxconn Reach New Agreement

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors set to review, approve agreement

Children’s Mental Health Care Is Crucial

6% of children have serious problems. Numbers may have risen during pandemic.

State Bonding to Help Finance Alabama Prisons

Questions about Wisconsin’s Public Finance Authority and proposed private prisons blasted as a 'golden gulag.’

Gov. Evers Releases Statement Regarding Kenosha Shooting

The Beguiling Blandness of Devin LeMahieu

Senate majority leader is conservative but eschews the nasty style of Robin Vos.

Evers, Advocates Discuss Justice System Reform, Legalizing Pot

Evers budget includes major reforms and legalizing medical and recreational marijuana.

Evers Redistricting Panel Seeks ‘Partisan Fairness’

‘People's Maps Commission’ can only make suggestions which Republican legislators say they will reject.

Robin Vos Agrees “100%” The Potential Loss of Food Aid Was An “Alarmist Talking Point”

Wisconsin Money Smart Essay Contest Awards $10,000

Scholarship Program Supported by Financial Industry Promotes Financial Literacy

GOP State Senate Leader Dismisses Marijuana Legalization

State Senate Majority Leader said GOP legislators won't vote for legalizing medical or recreational marijuana.

State’s Infrastructure Is Falling Apart

Analysis gives C and D grades to roads, bridges, dams, ports, transit, drinking water and more.

PFAS In Wisconsin Webinar 2 p.m. April 19

Presented By The Wisconsin DNR & DHS

Public Museum Seeking Environmental Cleanup Funds

Will be used to support demolition of one three warehouses on future museum site.

Statement from Mayor Barrett on the New Impact Review for the I-94 Project

State Delaying Interstate 94 Expansion For New Study

Project opponents applaud the move.

Legislature Passes Federal Stimulus Plan

Yet again. And passes election law changes. Evers likely to veto all of it.

Biden Plan Is a Lead Pipe Cinch

His infrastructure proposal could provide enough funding to replace all lead pipes in Milwaukee.

Most Small Businesses Survived Pandemic

Surveys of state businesses show fewer layoffs, closures than anticipated.

Court Kills Another Evers Pandemic Order

4-3 State Supreme Court ruling overthrows October order limiting restaurant and bar capacity.

Evers Promotes Juvenile Justice Reform

Governor uses local nonprofit Running Rebels as example of successful community alternatives to incarceration.

Legislature Tries Again to Control Federal Stimulus Money

Evers twice vetoed bills to do this. Assembly’s latest bills violate federal rules, LRB warns.

Rep. Hintz: Statement on Federal FoodShare Funding Announcement

Rep. Hintz: Applauds Gov. Evers’ Support for Wisconsin Small Businesses

Rep. Hesselbein Statement on Republican Attempt to Control Federal Funding

Rep. Hintz: Assembly Passes UW Oshkosh Sesquicentennial Resolution

Evers Reaches Deal To Save Federal Food Aid

$70 million in monthly aid jeopardized after court ruling ended governor’s pandemic emergency order.

Gov. Evers Saves Food Assistance for Wisconsin Families

DPW Statement on Gov. Evers Successfully Protecting Food Aid for Wisconsin Families

Rep. Goyke Applauds Wisconsin Officials and Biden Administration for Swift Action to Preserve Over $70 Million in Federal Emergency Food Assistance

Gov. Evers Reaches Deal with USDA, Preserves More Than $70 Million a Month in Food Assistance for Wisconsin Families

More than 400,000 Wisconsin households to continue seeing emergency food assistance as state COVID-19 cases trend in wrong direction

State Wants Pause in Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

6 reports of blood clots among 6.8 million doses administered.

Supreme Court Considers Water Pollution Rules

Environmental groups challenge 2011 law limiting state DNR’s rules to protect groundwater.

WILL’s Harvard Lawyers Fail at Voter Purge

Supreme Court decision strikes down voter suppression effort, rejects conservative group's weak argument.

Parties Bash Heads on State Budget

Evers budget and Republican proposals are miles apart. A compromise won’t be easy.

Governor Evers approves WIS 100 improvements in Milwaukee County

State’s Local Governments Getting $2.3 Billion

Must create plans to spend federal pandemic aid on COVID-19 response and economic losses.

Republicans Miffed By MPS Pandemic Aid

MPS gets 16 times more per pupil than Wauwatosa schools under federal formula awarding more to low-income students.

Student Infection Rates May Soar

COVID variant, B.1.1.7. threatens children and rates are rising in neighboring states.

Signs of Hope at State Budget Hearing

Citizens attended public hearing in Whitewater and demanded legislators support a wide range of reforms.

What State’s Small Businesses Need Now

Evers has a plan businesses support, but needs legislative cooperation for full impact.

Federal Pandemic Aid Will Repair State Roads

National report gave Wisconsin’s roads a grade of D plus.

Evers Criticizes GOP Budget Strategy

Don’t use federal pandemic aid to simply replace state spending, he cautions.

DNR Extends Deadline For Town Of Peshtigo Residents To Receive Free PFAS Sampling Of Private Drinking Water Wells

Well Owners Now Have Until May 7 To Apply

Regulators OK Utilities’ Plan For Past Due Bills

Deferred payments and payment plans for 93,000 customers facing disconnection.

Elections Officials, Advocates Oppose GOP Backed Election Law Changes

Bills limit election grants and bar employees of political groups from working the polls.

Freeway Expansion Opponents To Meet With Biden Administration

Biden and Buttigieg might be more willing than Evers to halt project.

Energy Burden in Milwaukee: Study Reveals Major Disparities & Links to Redlined Areas

GOP Lawmakers Would Ignore Rules for Stimulus Money

Governor Evers has unilateral power to distribute the federal funds.

Senator Agard Applauds President Biden Taking Steps to Address Gun Violence

Small Businesses Welcome Federal Stimulus

Business owners discuss revenue loss, rising healthcare costs and changes that will outlast the pandemic.

DNR Secretary Says PFAS Efforts Need Funding

PFAS identification and cleanup and public land purchases are budget priorities for the agency.

Evers Targets Tax Cuts at Lower Incomes

Governor’s budget reduces tax advantage for wealthier people.

Legislators Resist Plans to Help Workers

GOP sniping at Evers plans for workforce training, minimum wage hike, funding to fix UI system.

JFC Democrats: Republicans Attempt to Distract and Undermine Badger Bounceback Budget’s Investments

I-94 Rebuild Could Be Multi-Modal Success

Transit, buses, ride-sharing, biking, walking should be part of the plan.

GOP Pushes Stimulus Approach Evers Already Vetoed

11 Republican bills try to dictate how governor allocates federal pandemic aid.

GOP Legislators Question Federal Pandemic Aid for MPS

MPS getting 36% of $2.2 billion for state schools under federal formula prioritizing high poverty districts.

Underly Defeats Kerr In State Superintendent Race

Deborah Kerr conceded just after 9:30 p.m.

Wisconsin Democrats Celebrate Underly as Newly Elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Democrats Continue To Build Momentum, Organizing Infrastructure Leading Into 2022 Midterm Elections

Evers Budget Helps Undocumented Students

Allows in-state tuition rates for these students, whose families live and work in Wisconsin.

Report Warns Low-income Workers Still Unemployed

Decrease in child care subsidy use suggests many low-income parents not back at work.

Pocan: Wisconsin GOP Must Act to Save Food Assistance

Inaction could cost taxpayers $50 million per month

Rebecca Bradley Rules in Favor of Campaign Donor

Justice overrules Evers emergency order, favoring $20,000 donor to her campaign.

14 Bills Restrict Voting in Wisconsin

Bills call for voter roll purges and restrictions on early voting and registration.

Gov. Evers Announces More Than $46 Million in Support to Small Businesses

Estimated 9,300 small businesses to receive $5,000 grants through ‘We’re All In’ program

Gov. Evers Announces FEMA Support for COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Clinic Site in Madison Begins April 7

Mass vaccination clinic to serve thousands at Alliant Energy Center

How U.S. Marshals Came to Kenosha

Teams were shut down in Portland and sent to Kenosha protests, despite opposition of Evers, Kaul.

Republicans Look Silly on Andrea Palm

Former state health secretary they hated was success with state vaccine plan, and got picked as Biden's deputy health secretary.

Why Court Voided Evers Emergency Order

Highlights of the Supreme Court ruling — and the dissent.

Will Robin Vos Face Healthcare Realities?

American Rescue Plan offers huge opportunities for states to expand medical coverage.

Gov. Evers Signs Executive Order #110, Declares State of Emergency Due to Elevated Wildfire Conditions

Evers Raises Cash for Reelection Bid

He has $3.3 million on hand, wants more. But is he definitely running for reelection?

State Could Lose $50 Million Per Month in Federal Food Aid

Supreme Court decision overruling Evers emergency order makes state ineligible for aid.

Wisconsin’s Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week is April 12-16

Evers Has Given 174 Pardons

That includes 17 new pardons granted Friday.

Grogan’s Smear Campaign Against Davis

Her fear mongering ads in Court of Appeals race mislead voters about jurisprudence and the Constitution.

Medical Boards Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination

Chiropractic Examining Board differs from medical boards and just encourages colleagues to get vaccinated.

Gov. Evers, DOT Secretary-designee Thompson Highlight Transportation Investments in Video Message with Local Leaders

The governor and secretary-designee are joined by Wausau Mayor Katie Rosenberg, La Crosse County Highway Commissioner Ron Chamberlain, Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach

Open Records Fees Discourage Government Transparency

Public record custodians can charges thousands of dollars to process a public records request.

Underly Criticizes Kerr for Trans-Kids in Sports Comments

State Superintendent candidate said transgender kids shouldn't play on teams that align with gender identity.

Gov. Evers Appoints Kalvin D. Barrett as Dane County Sheriff

Gov. Evers Grants 17 Pardons, Brings Total Pardons Granted to 174

AG Kaul, Dem Lawmakers Push New Gun Laws

Say GOP legislators should pass expanded background checks, 'Red Flag' law.

Wisconsin Needs Fair Maps

Gerrymandered districts give Republicans outsized legislative power.

DNR Grants Support Polluted Runoff Projects

New report details $7 million in 2020 projects.

Underly Running on Education Equity, Ending Vouchers

As a candidate for state superintendent, Underly has backing of state teachers union.

Senator Agard joins Attorney General Josh Kaul, Senator LaTonya Johnson in Support of Governor Evers’ Gun Safety Budget Provisions

Gov. Evers Signs PSC Bill to Support Voice of Utility Customers

New Law Provides Stable Funding for Citizens Utility Board

DHS Awards $6.2 Million in Grants to Promote Health Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Program

Grant program supports community outreach efforts

Statement by Heartland Institute Director Jeré Fabick on WI Supreme Court Victory Against Gov. Tony Evers

‘Today’s decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court was a victory for the rule of law and the separation of powers.’

Madison Utility To Become State’s Solar Star

Alliant Energy plans to become largest owner, operator of solar power in Wisconsin.