Gov. Evers proposes creating $500 caregiver tax credit
Gov. Tony Evers wants to create a new $500 tax credit to help cover family caregiver expenses, a $200 million proposal announced Tuesday that will be a part of the governor's state budget plan submitted to the Legislature next week.
Evers appoints investor to UW regents board
Gov. Tony Evers appointed a Milwaukee investor who has given tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents on Monday.
Evers announces new community vaccination sites
Gov. Tony Evers announced on Monday that his administration is partnering with an international health care organization to set up community sites for COVID-19 vaccinations.
Evers’ budget proposal would legalize recreational marijuana
Gov. Tony Evers says his budget plan will include a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana, an idea that will likely be blocked by the Republican-controlled Legislature but could be a catalyst to allow the use of medical marijuana.
Evers vetoes Republican-backed COVID-19 bill
Gov. Tony Evers vetoed the first bill passed by the Legislature to address the coronavirus pandemic in 10 months on Friday, a Republican-backed measure that Democrats said would do nothing to combat the virus or help reopen the state.
Wisconsin governor issues new mask mandate after GOP repeal
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers issued a new statewide mask order on Thursday, an hour after the Republican-controlled Legislature voted to repeal his previous mandate saying he didn’t have authority to make such a decree. Evers and the Legislature have been at odds throughout the pandemic but the […]
Wisconsin GOP repeals governor’s statewide mask mandate (UPDATE)
Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday repealed Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' mask mandate, brushing aside warnings from health experts against making Wisconsin one of only 10 states without a statewide order.
Racial task force co-chair called job ‘political loser’
The Republican legislator seeking to lead Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' racial disparities task force called the job "a political loser" but said the GOP could use the panel to make Gov. Tony Evers and his fellow Democrats look bad, a newly released email shows.
37 more receive pardons from Evers
Thirty-seven more people have received pardons from Gov. Tony Evers.
Wisconsin Assembly sends mask order repeal back to Senate
The Wisconsin Assembly plans to send the question of whether the state's mask mandate should be repealed back to the state Senate, which voted last week to end the requirement.
Robyn Davis, lawyer & Brown County United Way CEO, appointed to state equity council
Robyn Davis, a lawyer and CEO of Brown County United Way, is among the appointees to the Governor's Advisory Council on Equity and Inclusion.
Wisconsin Assembly cancels vote on repeal of mask mandate (UPDATE)
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly was poised Thursday to repeal Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' mask mandate, a step that would brush aside warnings from health experts and make Wisconsin one of only 10 states without a statewide order.
Legal News
- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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