Category: Legislature
Legislature convenes, doesn’t take action on Evers’ bills
Legislative leaders on Monday convened a special session called for by Gov. Tony Evers to address police reform and racial equity, but didn’t immediately take up his plans. The lawmakers left the session open, rather than adjourn it, meaning they might take future action.
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Evers calls special session on police accountability, racial disparities
Gov. Tony Evers on Monday called a special session next week for the Legislature to take up a series of bills that target police accountability and that his administration previously said would help move the state toward equity, including a bill that would provide $1 million in grants for violence interruption programs that connect individuals to community supports.
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Former SmokeFree Wisconsin leader looks forward a decade after indoor smoking ban
July 5 marks the 10th anniversary of the state’s smoke-free law going into effect. Recently, some Wisconsin casinos have reopened temporarily smoke free as an additional safety measure in the wake of COVID-19.
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Evers calls for Medicaid expansion to fight racial disparities, COVID-19
Gov. Tony Evers reiterated his call for taking federal funds to expand Medicaid on Thursday, saying it would help address health disparities and those struggling in wake of COVID-19.
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Evers withdraws plan for state rules on COVID-19
Gov. Tony Evers’ administration withdrew a plan to create state rules to fight the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday.
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State Supreme Court strikes down Evers’ safer-at-home order
The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down an extension of Gov. Tony Evers’ safer-at-home order Wednesday.
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Vos calls for more input into state’s response to COVID-19
Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said he believes that Gov. Tony Evers’ approach to the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t been inclusive enough, which is why legislators are pursuing a lawsuit seeking to block his safer-at-home order and pursue an emergency rulemaking process.
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Vos hopes for bipartisan approach to COVID-19
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said that he hopes that legislative Republicans and Gov. Tony Evers can move forward on a bipartisan plan to fight COVID-19, even as the Legislature sues to block the safer-at-home order in court.
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Evers settles with Nygren over public records on farmers’ mental health
The state of Wisconsin will pay $40,000 in attorney fees as part of a settlement over a lawsuit filed by a Republican lawmaker to resolve a request over public records on funding for a farmers’ mental health program, according to a statement from Gov. Tony Evers’ office.
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GOP leaders say tough state budget ahead
Wisconsin’s state budget is facing trouble as revenue takes a hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, legislative Republican leaders said during a Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce webinar Tuesday.
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