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Governor Evers proposed legislation designed to mitigate the economic damage caused by COVID-19. Graphic: Sam Buisman Author: Sam Buisman Governor Tony Evers introduced a second coronavirus relief bill aiming to give financial and infrastructural support to Wisconsinites. The governor’s …
Governor Evers directed a purchase of protective masks and ventilators, like the one seen here. Photo: James Heilman, MD, licensed under Creative Commons. Author: Sam Buisman After receiving federal funding, Governor Tony Evers purchased 10,000 ventilators and 1 million facemasks …
Gov. Evers ordered a scaling down of DMV and childcare services statewide amidst the coronavirus. Photo: (left) Corey Coyle, (right) Hunter Brady, licensed under creative commons. Author: Sam Buisman Governor Tony Evers ordered limits on Wisconsin DMV and childcare services …
Governor Tony Evers on a UW-Madison Wiscard. Graphic: Sam Buisman Author: Sam Buisman Governor Tony Evers signed a bill requiring student IDs to include contact information for suicide prevention hotlines. This law will affect all newly issued student IDs issued …
Author: Will Kenneally Gov. Tony Evers is withdrawing the more than 80 Walker appointments the state legislature confirmed in a lame duck session last December. The appointments by former Gov. Scott Walker were just part of the actions deemed …
Author: Will Kenneally Dane County Judge Richard Niess ruled Thursday that the laws passed in December’s lame duck session are unconstitutional, in a decision that returns power to the office of governor and attorney general. Part of the legislation …
Author: Patrick Williams Newly-elected Gov. Tony Evers says he will grant pardons for convicted felons. This reverses the policy of the Walker administration who granted zero pardons in his eight years in office. According to Wisconsin Public …
Author: Will Kenneally The Wisconsin legislature has passed a series of bills that would take power away from the offices of governor and attorney general, and make it harder for the new administration to repeal Gov. Scott Walker-era policies. …
Authors: Will Kenneally and Sam Buisman Democrat Tony Evers denied Gov. Scott Walker a third term and will become Wisconsin’s next governor. A late surge of votes in Milwaukee were enough to push Evers over the one percent threshold needed …
Race for Governor: Eight Democratic candidates remain in the primary race to unseat incumbent Gov. Scott Walker. Democratic Candidates Gather in Madison a Week Before Primary Democratic Candidates Spar in First Televised Gubernatorial Debate Democratic Gubernatorial Field …
Author: Martin Rakacolli Seven of the eight Democratic candidates seeking the gubernatorial nomination gathered for a forum in Madison on Wednesday. They made the case to elect themselves and to elect Democrats ahead of the upcoming Aug. 14 primary. …
Author: Will Kenneally Madison Mayor Paul Soglin will not seek re-election in 2019, saying at a Tuesday press conference that the time was right for his decision to retire as mayor. “Between six and eight years is the right …