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Wisconsin Governor Urges Caution As COVID Cases in State Surge

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Photo taken from Wikipedia Commons on Creative Commons Attribution License. “There are now 119,955 confirmed cases of COVID-19 here in the state of Wisconsin,” said Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary-Designee Andrea Palm. “That’s an increase of 2,367 over yesterday. Our total deaths have now reached 1,300. That’s 17 more than yesterday.” She said today […]

Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Lame-Duck Session Bills

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Photo by sbj04769 on Pixabay. The Wisconsin Supreme Court announced their decision in a case that  strips  the attorney general and governor’s office of powers and transfers it to the currently Republican-controlled legislature. The case stems from the lame duck period in  December of 2018, after governor Tony Evers and attorney general Josh Kaul won […]

Republican leadership condemns Evers’ recording of private call

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On May 14th, the state’s Republican leadership met via phone with Governor Evers to discuss future steps for the state’s reopening plan.  But, unbeknownst to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, who were on the call, the discussion was recorded by Governor Evers’ staff.  Evers has since stated that he was […]

Wisconsin Will Hold Spring Elections Tomorrow

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Wisconsin’s elections are still on tomorrow after a last second back-and-forth between Governor Tony Evers and Republican lawmakers. Earlier today, with Wisconsin’s presidential primary less than twenty-four hours away, Governor Tony Evers issued an executive order suspending in-person voting in the state.   “We expect more cases [of COVID-19], we expect more deaths, [and] we expect […]

Evers, Republicans Split On Budget Surplus

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Last month, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau projected that Wisconsin would have a budget surplus of nearly $452 million by the end of 2021. While Republicans have repeatedly called for cutting taxes and returning that surplus to Wisconsin taxpayers, Governor Tony Evers signed an executive order earlier today calling on lawmakers to “recommit to two-thirds […]

Second Secretary-designee Rejection Looms

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Former Secretary-designee of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Brad Pfaff  is the first Wisconsin Cabinet appointee since at least 1987 to be rejected by the Wisconsin State Senate.  In that aftermath, Republican legislators say Department of Tourism Secretary-designee Sara Meaney could be the second.  Meany has come under fire for the Governor’s Council on Tourism’s […]

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