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Gov. Tony Evers

Feb 9, 2021

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.

Feb 8, 2021

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.

Feb 8, 2021

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.

Feb 8, 2021

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.

Feb 5, 2021

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.

Feb 5, 2021

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 […]

Feb 4, 2021

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Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday repealed Democratic Gov.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.

Feb 3, 2021

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.

Feb 3, 2021

37 more receive pardons from Evers

Thirty-seven more people have received pardons from Gov. Tony Evers.

Feb 3, 2021

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.

Feb 1, 2021

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.

Jan 28, 2021

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.

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