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Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-219-7443 MILWAUKEE — Gov. Tony Evers today signed Executive Order #55 creating a Complete Count Committee for the 2020 Census. This committee will work to educate Wisconsinites on the importance of completing the 2020 census, develop outreach strategies to reach hard-to-count communities, and identify and reduce barriers that impede participation in the counting process.  “Ensuring a fair and accurate count in the 2020 census is essential to the future of our state, as it determines how more than $600 billion in federal funding will be distributed and how Wisconsin’s next electoral maps will be drawn,” said Gov. Evers. “At the end of the

MADISON, Wis. (Oct. 28, 2019) – For the ninth year in a row, Wisconsin’s tourism industry is uniting to help collect new and gently used warm winter gear for those in need. Since the start of the Big Bundle Up campaign in 2011, Wisconsin residents, visitors and businesses have donated more than 155,000 winter items to charities across the state. “This is what Wisconsin is all about—folks helping each other and doing what we can to support others in their time of need,” said Gov. Evers. “Year after year, Wisconsinites donate winter items at collection sites across our state, and I

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced appointments to serve on the Governor’s Task Force on Reducing Prescription Drug Prices. The task force was created through Executive Order #39 and is charged with making recommendations for reducing prescription drug prices in Wisconsin. The work of the task force will involve gathering and analyzing data on the development, pricing, distribution, and purchasing of prescription drugs. The task force will also analyze strategies utilized in other states to reduce prescription drug prices and identify opportunities to work with other states and the federal government. “Wisconsinites are often forced to choose between paying for food,