In his first year of office, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declared 2019 the “Year of Clean Drinking Water.” To back that up, Evers put 70 million dollars into his executive budget dedicated to drinking water initiatives. Little of the governor’s money made it past the Wisconsin legislature, which scrapped much of Evers’ budget before passing […]
Wisconsin Lawmakers Push for Clean Water
Today, state legislators introduced a package of bills to improve water quality in Wisconsin. Throughout 2019, the Water Quality Task Force conducted 14 hearings across the state and worked with dozens of organizations. Now their bills will invest state dollars into programs they say are working and create new policies where they say improvements are […]