Gov. Tony Evers delivers his first State of the State address, outlining his policy priorities. Hear excerpts from the speech here: Author: Will Kenneally I’m Tony Evers, and I’m incredibly honored to be here tonight as the 46th governor of …

Author: Will Kenneally The Wisconsin Assembly passed legislation with bipartisan support to extend state-level pre-existing condition protections for those seeking health insurance in the state. The legislation would keep one of the more popular provisions of the Affordable Care Act …

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. …

Author: Will Kenneally STATE CAPITOL — Protesters gathered on the Capitol steps to criticize a slate of bills the state legislature is taking up in a lame duck session. The bills take certain powers away from the offices of governor …

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 …

Author: Will Kenneally In an early call, Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin staves off a challenge by Republican state Sen. Leah Vukmir. “After more than $14 million of nasty attack ads, it means nothing,” Baldwin said in her victory speech. “I …

Authors: Sam Buisman and Will Kenneally A 21-year-old Madison woman has been arrested in connection with Sunday’s shooting that left one man dead. According to Madison police, Kenyairra Gadson and the victim — 21-year-old Steven Villegas — were involved in …

Author: Will Kenneally Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tony Evers stumped in Madison on Monday with former Obama Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The two criticized Republican Gov. Scott Walker on health care issues, including his opposition to …

Author: Will Kenneally State legislative leaders say the legislature will return to Madison consider a bill to give paper goods company Kimberly-Clark tax incentives to stay in Wisconsin. They plan to hold a public hearing on the bill …

Author: Will Kenneally The Madison Common Council unanimously voted to provide $40,000 to help fund Hmong-based mental health services at the Kajsiab House and an associated Cambodian program. The funding from the city is part of the $150,000 …

Author: Will Kenneally Republican U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir contrasted herself with her Democratic opponent Tammy Baldwin on health care and other issues as she spoke to the College Republicans of UW-Madison Tuesday. Vukmir, a former nurse, criticized Baldwin’s

Author: Will Kenneally The technology company Foxconn announced it will give UW-Madison $100 million–the largest donation in university history for a research partner–for what the company said will be “engineering and innovation research.” The donation coincides with the …