Tony Evers

Evers Vetoes Bill Limiting His Appointment Power

GOP plan took away governor's power to fill vacancies in constitutional offices.

Gov. Evers Take Actions on 44 Bills

State Agencies Could Save Half a Billion Dollars By Moving To More Remote Work

But administrators first need to tighten up policies to track remote, in-person work.

Gov. Evers, Evers Administration Celebrate 14 Years of the Affordable Care Act

Gov. Evers Appoints Alex Seifert as Forest County District Attorney

Elections Commission Endorses New Rules for Election Observers

Proposal would specify where observers can stand.

Gov. Evers Appoints Peggy Miller to the Marinette County Circuit Court

‘Fix at Six’ Group Wants I-94 Expansion Delayed For Civil Rights Report

Despite federal blessing for 8-lane expansion, project faces civil rights review.

Wisconsin Has $78 Million Federal Funds For EV Charging Stations

Evers signs two bills laying groundwork to use funds for network of charging stations.

Will Wisconsin Supreme Court Legalize Absentee Ballot Boxes?

It rejected three issues raised in lawsuit and will rule on only one. Why?

Gov. Evers Signs Historic Legislation to Support and Expand Wisconsin’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure

Legislators Urge Governor Evers to Sign Critical Public Safety Legislation

Visiting Eau Claire, Evers Chides Legislators for Blocking Hospital Funds

As Republicans withhold aid, hospital closings create health-care gap in western Wisconsin.

BadgerCare Recipients Can Get Free Over-The-Counter Birth Control

Ever directs DHS order: pharmacies can provide Opill at no cost for recipients.

Versiti Blood Research Institute Expansion Plans Move Forward

First Renderings of VBRI Addition Released

DWD Announces Almost $4 Million in Wisconsin Fast Forward Worker Training Grants

Grants support 22 employers and new or increased wages for 2,133 trainees

Seclusion and Restraint of Kids in Wisconsin Schools

Nearly 13,000 incidents reported in 2021-22. ‘Districts should not torture children.’

Five Brewers Executives Gave Maximum Donations to Robin Vos

Donations made just two weeks after $366 million funding for team passed.

Small Business Owner, Progressive Community Organizer, Brady Coulthard Announces Campaign for Wisconsin State Assembly District 14: Endorsed by 14 Local Community Leaders

How New Supreme Court Influenced Legislative Decisions

Everything important passed by the Legislature came after court gained a liberal majority.

Constitutional Referendums on April Ballot Address GOP ‘Zuckerbucks’ Charges

Election conspiracy theorists made unfounded charges the funding caused voter fraud.

Gov. Evers Appoints Jane Bucher to the Green County Circuit Court

Gov. Evers Takes Action on 15 Bills

Legislature Comes To Aid of Victim Support Organizations

But organizations, state still need long-term solution following decline in federal funding.

Biden Promotes ‘Life-Changing Improvements’ in Milwaukee Visit

Speech at Pieper Hillside Boys & Girls Club promotes effort to rebuild 6th Street.

Bill Expands State’s EV Charging Network

Legislature passes law allowing businesses to own and operate charging stations without being regulated as utilities.

Senate Fires 8 Evers Appointees, Approves 3 Constitutional Amendments

Senate ends session for year with governor 'apoplectic' over 'petty partisan politics.'

Gov. Evers, PSC Announce Acceptance of State Digital Equity Plan

Vos Recall Appears Short on Signatures

Which map of district should be used? Elections Commission says state Supreme Court must decide.

Gov. Evers Slams Senate Republicans for Continuing Unprecedented Efforts to Baselessly Fire Gubernatorial Appointees

Gov. Evers Slams Senate Republicans for Continuing Unprecedented Efforts to Baselessly Fire Gubernatorial Appointees Senate Republicans baselessly fire two UW Regents, poised to fire as many as six other appointees today

Republican Committee Rejects DPI Reading Curriculum Recommendations

Stroebel defends shorter list. DPI says legislators didn't thoroughly review curriculum.

Gov. Evers, PSC Announce Over 410,000 Homes and Businesses to See New or Improved High-Speed Internet Due to Evers Administration Efforts Since 2019

Evers Administration announces latest grant awards from the Capital Projects Fund Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program

State Still Faces Nursing, Health Care Worker Shortage

New report finds many unfilled job openings in 8 of 18 professions hospitals employ.

Gov. Evers Slams Republicans for Continued Delays Releasing Critical Funds to Fight PFAS Statewide, Stabilize Healthcare Industry in Western Wisconsin

Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee set to meet Monday without taking any action to release funding to fight PFAS, address urgent healthcare industry needs in Western Wisconsin

Governor Evers approves I-41 and Capitol Drive interchange improvement project in Milwaukee County

Republican Committee Recommends Firing Two UW Regents

Because John Miller and Dana Wachs opposed a deal ending diversity-related positions.

Feds Approve Interstate 94 Expansion

Westside freeway would be expanded to eight lanes. Lawsuit possible.

Police Chief Jeffrey Norman Talks Crime, Guns and RNC

Milwaukee's top cop appeared before the Milwaukee Press Club Thursday.

Gov. Evers Signs Senate Bill 408

Max Security Prison Under Federal Investigation After Drugs, Phones Discovered

Gov. Tony Evers requested Waupun investigation. Prison employees may have committed crimes.

On International Women’s Day, A Better Wisconsin Together Calls on Lawmakers to Prioritize Gender Equity

New Life For Bill Aimed To Help Missing, Murdered Black Women

Committee switch creates pathway to passage, possible task force.

State Appeals Court Blocks DNR’s Regulation of PFAS

2-1 decision upholds lower court ruling limiting agency's authority to clean up PFAS.

Gov. Evers Approves Critical UW System-wide Capital Project Investments, UW-Madison Engineering Building

Governor signs legislation allowing UW System to retain net revenue generated by attending Minnesota students, supporting System-wide capital improvements, including projects at UW-Madison and UW-Whitewater

State Officials Hear From Industry, Labor on Embracing AI

Goal to make changes without leaving workers behind, they tell governor's task force.

Cavalier Johnson Is All In On Growing Milwaukee

Annual State of the City speech places growth plan front and center.

Evers Signs Child Care Tax Credit

After vetoing GOP tax cuts governor approves expanded tax credit for child care expenses.

Gov. Evers Signs Bipartisan Bill to Reduce Annual Child Care Costs for Working Families

More than 110,000 Wisconsin taxpayers to see average benefit of $656 per filer, providing nearly $73 million in annual tax relief

New State Aid Favors Rural Areas

Milwaukee and Madison got a 10% increase while all other municipalities got a 20% hike, new report finds.

Minority-Owned Businesses Growing in Wisconsin

Big growth since 1997, but state still ranks last in business ownership by people of color.

State Department of Corrections Secretary Retiring

Kevin Carr will step down March 8 after five years overseeing prisons.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Changes Procedures To Speed Up Cases

The changes were made quietly last month with objections from conservative justices.

WisGOP Statement on Wisconsin Supreme Court Rejecting Evers’ Request to Review Congressional Maps

Evers Vetoes Most of Republicans’ Tax Cut Proposal

But governor delays action on GOP child care tax credit bill, signaling he could sign that proposal

Senator Hesselbein Statement – Tax Relief Must Be Responsible & Targeted

Statement on Governor Ever Vetoing Tax Cuts for the Middle Class, Retirees, and Married Couples

Gov. Evers Announces Carr Retiring After 40 Years in Public Service, Law Enforcement

Gov. Evers Takes Action on Three Bills

PFAS Ban Wouldn’t Start Until 2028 Under New Bill

New legislation by western Wisconsin Democrats would ban products with added PFAS, offer alternative approach to spending state PFAS trust fund

Marquette University School of Dentistry Statement on release of funding for dental general practice residency program

Narcan-Resistant ‘Tranq’ Linked To 1 in 5 of Milwaukee’s Overdose Deaths

And the rate has doubled in early 2024. Xylazine is commonly mixed with fentanyl.

Gov. Evers Takes Action on Three Bills

State High Court Should Review Our Gerrymandered Congressional Districts

Just how gerrymandered are Wisconsin's districts? Let's look at the numbers.

A Better Wisconsin Together Calls on State Legislature to Unite Behind Fully Funded Public Schools, Put an End to Censorship and Book Ban Bills

Evers Seeks Compromise on Republican PFAS Bill

Threatens veto of GOP plan, saying 'I'm not signing bill letting polluters off the hook.'

Gov. Evers Announces Wisconsin has been Selected by U.S. Department of Energy for Rural Clean Energy Demonstrations 

Collaborative partnerships between local and Tribal government and industry will bring economic and clean energy benefits to rural Wisconsin communities

Governor Evers approves US 45 reconstruction project in Franklin

Democrats Optimistic About New Voting Maps

'This is a sea change in Wisconsin politics.'

Wisconsin’s Medicaid Postpartum Protection Lags Most States

Legislature has refused to accept federal money to expand Medicaid, with harmful results.

Gov. Evers Urges Lawmakers to Support Compromise to Release $125 Million to Fight PFAS Contaminants Statewide

Governor submits compromise to Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee to immediately release funding to fight PFAS without controversial provisions benefitting polluters contained in Republican-backed bill

Prepare For Spring Flooding During Flood Safety Awareness Week

Statement of Representative Jerry O’Connor on a Successful Assembly Session

Parties Seek New Candidates in New Districts

New state legislative maps means races are the fairest and most wide open in 12 years.

Gov. Evers, DWD Celebrate Success of New Youth Apprenticeship Child Care, Education Pathways

Legislature Backs Bills for High-Speed EV Charging Stations

Near unanimous Assembly votes set state DOT up to create EV infrastructure program.

PFAS ‘poison pill’ bill SB 312 is bad legislation deserving of veto

How Big a Change Is New UW-Madison Admission Policy?

Students consider new rule that top 5% of state's high school grads guaranteed admission.

State of the Tribes Speech Emphasizes Diversity

Potawatomi chairman James Crawford notes diversity of 11 tribes and their common needs.

Campaign Targets MPS Funding Referendum

Atty Dan Adams forms Milwaukeeans For Affordable Housing, bashes proposed tax hike.

Wisconsin Utilities Attempting To Balance Power Demand From New Data Centers With Renewables

Massive new data centers, like Microsoft's Mt. Pleasant project, will change how We Energies, others pursue renewable energy.

A Better Wisconsin Together Slams Assembly Republicans for Packing up Early, Leaving Much Undone for Wisconsin Families

Legislature Passes PFAS Bill, But Evers Likely To Veto It

$125 million is set aside in trust for addressing forever chemicals, but bill would limit DNR authority.

PRINCE Act Passes Assembly, Headed to Governor Evers

Central Standard and Leinenkugel’s Launching Ready-To-Drink Cocktail

The canned drink features locally-made North Brandy from Central Standard.

WisGOP Statement on Evers’ Asking Wisconsin Supreme Court to Review Congressional Maps

Bill That Would Hold Students Back For Truancy Passes First Major Hurdle

Assembly passes bill that would make frequently absent students repeat their current grade, sends it to Senate.

Gov. Evers Signs Bill Providing Grant to Support Wisconsin’s Regional Biohealth Tech Hub

Assembly Passes Constitutional Amendment To Limit Evers’ Veto Power

After school funding move, amendment would block Governor from increasing funding.

Senate Republicans Fire Four Evers Appointees

GOP boots one from DNR board, three from UW Health board.

Baldwin Successfully Pushes Biden Administration to Support Northern Wisconsin Businesses Hurt by Lack of Winter Snow

Businesses in areas designated by the federal Small Business Administration can apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans

Burgelis, Zepnick Advance In Southwest Side Aldermanic Race

County supervisor, former state legislator running to replace Mark Borkowski.

Statement of Representative Jerry O’Connor on UW System Guaranteed Admissions Bill Signed into Law

Senate Republican bullies take out their frustrations on appointees

Gov. Evers Signs Bill Aimed at Bolstering State’s Workforce by Creating a Direct Admission Program for UW System

Bill guarantees admission for top achieving students, helping train and retain Wisconsin’s homegrown talent

Gov. Evers Slams Senate Republicans for Once Again Baselessly Firing Qualified Appointees, Names Immediate Appointments to Ensure Critical Government Operations Continue

Democrats Were For Uncoupling Voucher Funding, Why The Change?

School choice groups asks why Dems ran away from proposal to separate funding from property taxes.

Central Standard Craft Distillery and Leinenkugel’s Announce Ready-to-Drink North Brandy Old Fashioned

Introducing the quintessential canned Brandy Old Fashioned made for Wisconsin

Republican Proposal Moves Forward PFAS Standards

But Democrats, DNR sought different path for forever-chemical regulation.

Statement on Legislative Maps Being Signed into Law

Pocan Reacts to Newly Signed Wisconsin Legislative Maps