University of Wisconsin System interim president Tommy Thompson said Thursday that he has requested $110 million from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to pay for COVID-19 tests, contact tracing and personal protective equipment so campuses can safely reopen this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Read More »The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is retreating from its original plans to name businesses and other places where there have been at least two confirmed cases of the coronavirus after businesses groups and Republican lawmakers came out as opposed to the idea.
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Read More »Gov. Tony Evers has reversed course and given the University of Wisconsin System approval to begin complying with new federal rules that bolster the rights of sexual misconduct defendants and narrow the range of sexual misconduct that colleges must investigate.
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Read More »A judge on Wednesday threw out Racine's coronvirus ordinance as unconstitutional.
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Read More »Gov. Tony Evers' office said there is no written record of anyone authorizing one of his aides to secretly record a phone call with top Republican lawmakers.
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Crowds outside the Wisconsin State Capitol tore down two statues and attacked a state senator amid protests following the arrest of a Black man who shouted at restaurant customers through a megaphone while carrying a baseball bat.
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Read More »Gov. Tony Evers promised Tuesday that his staff won't secretly record his calls with Republican legislative leaders again.
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Gov. Tony Evers called on the Wisconsin Legislature to pass a package of criminal justice reforms as the state celebrated Juneteenth on Friday.
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Read More »Gov. Tony Evers' Pardon Advisory Board will hold a virtual hearing on June 23. The board is scheduled to hear from 26 Milwaukee-area applicants.
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Read More »Gov. Tony Evers blocked University of Wisconsin System officials on Monday from taking the first steps toward complying with new federal rules that bolster the rights of sexual-misconduct defendants and narrow the range of cases colleges are required to investigate.
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Read More »By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Josh Kaul was poised Tuesday to ask lawmakers to approve four more legal settlements under Wisconsin’s lame-duck laws. Kaul, a Democrat, was scheduled to present possible settlements to the ...
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Read More »If the person in Gov. Tony Evers' staff who recorded a telephone meeting between the governor and Republican legislative leaders did so without approval, he or she could be guilty of a felony, the chief attorney for the Wisconsin Legislature's Reference Bureau said in a memo on Monday.
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Read More »Gov. Tony Evers heard bipartisan calls Thursday to fire whoever on his staff secretly recorded a private telephone meeting between the governor and Republican legislative leaders last month.
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Gov. Tony Evers has appointed Democratic State Representative Chris Taylor to the Dane County Circuit Court.
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The Boardman & Clark partner Jacob Frost has been appointed a Dane County Circuit Court judge. Gov. Tony Evers announced Frost’s appointment on Friday. Frost fills a vacancy opened up by Judge Richard Niess’ retirement. Frost specializes in civil litigation ...
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A wave of police killings of young black men in 2014 prompted 24 states to quickly pass some type of law enforcement reform, but many declined to address the most glaring issue: police use of force. Six years later, only about a third of states have passed laws on the question.
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Business owners, candidates for office, a pastor and one of the organizers of last month's "reopen Wisconsin" protest at the Wisconsin Capitol have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that local stay-at-home orders are unconstitutional.
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Read More »Gov. Tony Evers is seeking applicants for Price County district attorney.
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Read More »The application for Jefferson County district attorney is open.
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Read More »MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers said Monday that he’s given up trying to push through any more statewide mandates to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus because he thinks rival Republicans would never allow any restrictions ...
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Read More »Local stay-at-home orders could be vulnerable to legal challenges after the state Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Tony Evers' statewide order went too far, attorneys warned Friday.
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Read More »The Republicans who control the Michigan Legislature urged a judge Friday to strike down stay-home orders and other restrictions related to the coronavirus, saying Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer trampled on their authority in declared statewide emergencies.
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Gov. Tony Evers' administration overstepped its authority when it extended the governor's stay-at-home order through the end of May, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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Read More »As Wisconsin awaits a decision in the Legislature's lawsuit over Gov. Tony Evers' stay-at-home order, another challenge to the extended order is proceeding.
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The owner of a Christian-based children's hair salon has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Gov. Tony Evers' "safer at home" order that closed nonessential businesses is a violation of free speech and religious rights.
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Read More »A majority of Wisconsin residents still support the “safer at home” order issued by Gov. Tony Evers in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but that support is down from where it was six weeks ago, according to a Marquette University Law School poll released Tuesday.
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Read More »By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A special Congressional election in a rural Wisconsin district President Donald Trump carried by 20 points is pitting a Trump-aligned state senator against a school board president hoping to become the ...
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers on Monday allowed nearly all nonessential businesses to reopen as long as they serve no more than five customers at a time, partially lifting the restriction that has ...
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The Wisconsin Legislature's lawsuit over Gov. Tony Evers' stay-at-home order is making headlines throughout the country. The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case this week, giving conservative justices on the court an opportunity to dig into the assistant attorney general representing Andrea Palm, the Department of Health Services secretary.
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Read More »Gov. Tony Evers was scheduled to meet late Monday afternoon with both Republican and Democratic legislative leaders to discuss the next steps in Wisconsin's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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