Tony Evers

Wisconsin is ‘Late to the Pot Party’

Marijuana prohibition currently produces racially disparate drug arrests, costs the state millions.

Suit Asks State Supreme Court to Toss Mask Order

Suit targeting emergency order now wants court to block emergency declaration.

3% of State Residents Fully Vaccinated

More than 793,000 doses administered, and pace will increase as supplies to Wisconsin increasing.

Who’s Behind School Superintendent Candidates?

More than half of Deborah Kerr’s campaign cash came from one fat cat.

Gov. Evers Orders Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of Former Wisconsin Fire Inspector David Jerald Tomlinson of the Poynette-Dekorra Fire Department

Clerks Urge Vaccines for Election Workers

35 election clerks in state say election workers 'essential,' push Evers to give them priority for vaccines.

Chairwoman Nicholson Supports County and State Efforts to End Marijuana Prohibition

Rep. Brostoff Statement on Gov. Evers’ Mental Health Budget Initiatives

“Join Me in Thanking Governor Evers for This Important Move”

Gov. Evers’ Budget to Include More Than $150 Million investment in Critical Mental Health Services for Wisconsinites, Expand BadgerCare

Governor invests in kids and families, farmers, veterans, folks with substance use disorders, uninsured or underinsured Wisconsinites, and those experiencing mental health crises

Resolution Cuts Pot Possession Fine to $1

Sup. Ortiz-Velez's county resolution will be mirrored by Glendale proposal, says Mayor Kennedy.

Milwaukee United Way Gets $25 Million Gift

MacKenzie Scott distributing wealth received in divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

7 Seek State School Superintendent Job

Who are they and what are the key issues in the February primary race?

Council Disagrees on I-94 Expansion

Council once opposed it, but now wavering. Bauman blames disinformation by unions and WisDOT.

Evers Wants Funding for Child Care, Long Term Care

Budget proposal would address worker shortages, support vulnerable populations.

Gov. Evers Announces Hundreds of Millions in Investments Supporting Wisconsin’s Kids, Families, and Caregivers

Governor's budget proposal directs more than $140 million over biennium to address childcare quality, affordability, and access, invests more than $600 million in long-term care infrastructure

State Families May Lose $31 Million in Tax Refunds

Legislature needs to tweak tax code to get full benefit of federal COVID-19 package.

Youth Justice Milwaukee Calls for Transformation of the Wisconsin Youth Justice System as the State Acknowledges it Will Not Meet the July 2021 Deadline to Close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake Prisons

Gov. Evers Appoints John W. Miller to the UW Board of Regents

Fixing Highways, Funding Still a Puzzle

Evers pushed to fix "Scottholes," and Legislature resisted. Now governor is backing off.

Gov. Evers, DHS Announce First Community-Based Vaccination Clinic In Rock County To Open February 16

OCI Encourages Wisconsinites to Consider Flood Insurance before Spring Flooding

Why Some Counties Have Fewer Cases

Dane and St. Croix counties are well below other counties in per-capita COVID-19 numbers.

Why the War on Masks? Gerrymandering

Republicans legislators with safe seats needn’t worry about voter blowback.

Wisconsin Would Use Marijuana Legalization to Pay For Education, Equity

Evers will include proposal in his upcoming executive budget.

Senator Agard Supports Governor Evers’ Budget Provision to Legalize and Tax Marijuana in Wisconsin

Gov. Evers Proposes Legalizing Marijuana, Investing Portion of Revenue in Equity Initiatives and Rural Schools

Governor’s proposal regulates and taxes marijuana much like alcohol, generates more than $165 million annually beginning in Fiscal Year 2023

Will Supreme Court Act on Mask Mandate?

State high court has sat on case for months, could decide fight between governor and Legislature.

Giving Schools a Shot in the Arm

Vaccinating teachers would enable schools to reopen. But it’s not that simple.

Evers Vetoes GOP COVID-19 Bill

Senate abandons bipartisan legislation and includes provisions Evers promised to veto.

Legislative Republicans Do Not Care About the Health of Wisconsin Residents

Gov. Evers Seeks Applicants for Outagamie County Circuit Court

Gov. Evers Vetoes GOP Bill Limiting Response to Pandemic

State Receives $10 million in Opioid Crisis Settlement

Consulting firm McKinsey & Company paying out $573 million to 47 states and D.C.

They wouldn’t fight the fire: 296 days (and counting) of GOP inaction leaves us all burned

Gov. Evers to Veto GOP Bill Limiting Response to Pandemic

Legislature abandons bipartisan compromise, sends first bill to governor’s desk in more than 290 days

Work Search Waiver for Unemployment Continues

DWD still not requiring work search for unemployment insurance claims.

Rep. Robyn Vining Supports Wearing Masks to Save Lives

Evers Wants Unemployment Insurance Reforms

GOP controlled legislature refuses to take up reform bills.

GOP Lawmakers Blasted for Racial Disparities Task Force Comments

Email from Majority Leader Jim Steineke to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos showed little expectation of producing actual legislation.

The House is on Fire and Republicans Argue About Process

Senate GOP in Disarray, go back on their word with the Governor

Gov. Evers Unveils Historic Investment Proposal for Wisconsin’s Agriculture Economy and Farm Families

Governor’s 2021-23 biennial budget to include more than $43 million investment in agricultural industry

Rep. Bowen Statement on Senate Joint Resolution 3 and Executive Order #105

“Wearing Masks Saves Lives!”

Gov. Evers Delivers Radio Address on his Plan to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs for Wisconsinites

Republicans End Mask Mandate, Evers Puts It Back In Place

Governor issues new health order after Republicans end his prior one.

Rep. Robyn Vining Responds to Assembly Republicans’ Actions to Disregard the Lives and Livelihoods of Wisconsinites

Gov. Evers Puts Public Health Before Politics, Signs New Public Health Emergency

Republicans Continue To Play Games With COVID-19

Rep. Brostoff Statement on Assembly Passage of Senate Joint Resolution 3

“Yet Another Shameful, Irresponsible, and Life-Threatening GOP Temper Tantrum”

AG Kaul, Gov Evers Announce $573 Million Multistate Agreement with McKinsey & Company for “Turbocharging” the Opioid Epidemic with Purdue Pharma

February 4, 2021

Republican COVID Callousness

Legislators wrong to criticize inmates getting the vaccine when prison infection rates are so high.

Gov. Evers to Legislature on Modernizing UI System: “I don’t care who gets the credit, I just want to get it done.”

Legislature yet to take action on governor’s special session to modernize unemployment system

Cities, Counties Crafting Mask Mandates

Anticipating a state repeal, local governments enacting their own mandates.

Why Republicans Oppose Mask Mandate

They say it’s about the governor exceeding his authority. So why not pass their own plan?

Correct a Cheating System With Fair Maps

Ending gerrymandering will mean prioritizing your needs over the ambitions of politicians.

Evers Plan Seeks Lower Drug Prices

Would limit copayments on insulin and import drugs from countries where they cost less.

Supervisors Clancy and Czarnezki Oppose State Bill to Limit Local Control on Budgeting

Myers Bill Ends No-Knock Search Warrants

Wisconsin was the first to legalize this and Milwaukee legislator wants state to be first to end it.

Gov. Evers Grants Thirty-Seven More Pardons

Gov. Evers Announces Bold, Comprehensive Plan to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs for Wisconsinites

Governor’s 2021-23 biennial budget to include comprehensive package to address soaring prescription drug prices

New Milwaukee Health Order Eases Capacity Restrictions

New order eases pathway to fans at Fiserv Forum events, opening other venues.

Evers Names 30 Equity Council Members

Governor’s Advisory Council on Equity and Inclusion appointees include leaders from nonprofits, tribes, churches, community groups.

WILL Sues Wisconsin DNR for Ignoring State Law Requirement to Schedule Wolf Hunt

DNR is required by 2011 state law to hold wolf hunt between November and February

It’s Groundhog Day for I-94 Plan

$1.1 billion expansion plan keeps getting re-introduced based on increasingly outdated information.

Gov. Evers Appoints Kristin Cafferty to Racine County Circuit Court

City Pushing Back On Interstate 94 Expansion, Not Reconstruction

City poised to lobby feds to slow down WisDOT.

Gov. Evers, OCI Announce New Open Enrollment Period for HealthCare.gov Only Two Weeks Away

How Thompson Is Handling Legislators

Former governor warned by Legislature not to include tuition hike in UW System budget.

Evers Faces Daunting Odds In 2022

Democrats have lost 32 of the last 33 elections for governor when the president was a Democrat.

Representative Stubbs Issues Statement Kicking Off Black History Month

Ending Mask Mandate Could Hurt Businesses

50 organizations are lobbying Legislature to keep it. Not one group favors ending it.

Bucks VP Alex Lasry Gets Vaccinated by “Pure Happenstance”

Lasry offered vaccine by wife's uncle when doses were close to expiring.

Rep. Brostoff Statement on Senate Joint Resolution 3

“Yesterday Was a Win... But We Can’t Afford to Be Complacent”

Evers Likely to Veto GOP COVID-19 Bill

Bill includes mask mandate repeal and other 'poison pill' provisions.

Legislature Halts Mask Mandate Repeal

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said bill not being taken up, for now.

Wisconsinites Put Pressure on Republicans to Stop Playing Politics

Eliminating Mask Mandate Could Cost Wisconsin $49 Million in Food Assistance

Ending public health emergency voids state eligibility for emergency food assistance.

Rep. Bowen Statement on baseless repeal of Mask Mandate

“We should be leading with science, not playing politics

DWD Wants A Modernized Unemployment System

Secretary was in "complete shock" the first time she saw the antiquated systems.

Pocan Tells State Legislature Not to Overturn Mask Mandate

Gov. Evers Seeks Applicants for Dane County Sheriff

State Board Approves Sulfide Mining Rules

Natural Resources Board requires companies to pay more for permits, notify nearby tribes of any proposal.

Why GOP Wants to Spread COVID-19

72% of state voters support mask mandate. But Republicans worry only about Trump supporters.

Vos ‘Behaving Like a Bully,’ Democrats Charge

After 10 months with no COVID-19 response bill, frustrated Democrats condemn their colleagues.

State Revenue Surplus Higher Than Expected

State officials will begin next budget with a projected balance of $1.9 billion.

Evers Raised $3.8 Million in 2020

Raised more money in off-election year than Walker or Doyle.

Assembly Resists Senate COVID-19 Compromise

Bill showed Senate Republicans too willing to 'cave into the governor,' Vos charges.

Representative LaKeshia Myers Condemns Assembly Republican’s Political Gamesmanship with COVID-19 Legislation

Senate Votes to Kill State Mask Mandate

State Assembly will likely vote on repeal later this week.

State Announces Next Phase of Vaccines

More groups will be added on March 1. President Biden ramping up federal vaccines delivered to states.

Rep. Robyn Vining Statement on Passage of Amended Assembly Bill 1

Senate Passes Resolution to Rein in Governor Evers’ Mandates

Thompson Warned, Don’t Hike UW Tuition

System's tuitions frozen since 2013. Lawmakers warn UW budget will go nowhere if there’s any hike.

Rep. Hintz: Statement on Republican Delay of COVID-19 Relief

Rep. Sara Rodriguez: Statement on Assembly Republican Rejection of Bipartisan Compromise COVID-19 Bill

Gov. Evers Announces WEDC Incentive Package for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company in Chippewa Falls

New Enterprise Zone would help company retain nearly 500 high-paying jobs in Chippewa Falls

Senate Republicans set to pass resolution making Wisconsinites less safe, less secure, and less prosperous

GOP to overturn Gov. Evers’ popular Statewide Mask Mandate

Do State Election Laws Need Reform?

After months of Trump’s false claims, legislators still squabbling, but a bipartisan bill is possible.

DHS Announces Groups Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine Tentatively Beginning March 1

Focuses on vulnerability and exposure risk of COVID-19

Beware of GOP Voting Restrictions

Republican legislators are floating plans to make if harder for some people to vote.

Gov. Evers’ Statement on the Passing of Regent Delgado