Gov. Tony Evers today proposed nearly $2 billion in new bonding as part of his capital budget with a significant chunk of that borrowing going to the UW System. Overall, Evers is proposing a $2.5 billion capital budget, which includes
Gov. Tony Evers today announced his capital budget will include $109 million to help UW-Eau Claire replace a 56-year-old science building. In making the announcement, Evers said the project would be a collaboration with Mayo Clinic, allowing its researchers to
Gov. Tony Evers says his capital budget will include $30 million in funding for the expansion of the Alliant Energy Center in Dane County. The guv said the plan, which he announced this morning at the center, would convert the
Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling isn’t saying whether she supports Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to eliminate the minimum markup on gas. The La Crosse Dem, who spoke at the Wisconsin AFL-CIO Building Trades Conference in Madison this morning following Evers, told
Gov. Tony Evers touted his proposals to repeal right to work and reinstate prevailing wage on state projects in front of a pro-union audience, telling them his budget will “begin to undo the harm that’s been done to organized labor.”
The Legislature’s top Republicans say they’re planning to leave Gov. Tony Evers’ budget by the wayside and start from current law in building their own plan, slamming the guv’s proposal as an appeal to his liberal supporters. The GOP leaders
Gov. Tony Evers will propose in his budget allowing those who are undocumented and in Wisconsin to be eligible for driver’s licenses and ID cards. According to excerpts of his planned remarks for tonight’s address, Evers will say the proposal
Gov. Tony Evers’ today pledged to use the $320 million in state money he expects to save by expanding Medicaid “to improve the health and wellbeing of all Wisconsinites.” And he called for the state to contract with foreign manufacturers
Gov. Tony Evers has so far pledged his budget would increase state funding for K-12 schools in the neighborhood of $1.4 billion, legalize medical marijuana and pump new money into efforts to ensure Wisconsinites have clean drinking water. But as
Two key Republicans working on legislation to delay the closure of Lincoln Hills said Wednesday it is unacceptable for Gov. Tony Evers to propose in his budget lifting a hard deadline to transfer young offenders to new facilities. But Dem
Gov. Tony Evers Tuesday announced his budget will propose creating a nonpartisan commission to draw the next round of legislative and congressional boundaries, as well as new grants to aid Native American college students. Evers’ redistricting proposal comes as Dems
Gov. Tony Evers is calling for a freeze on the number of slots available in the state’s school choice program, a plan one choice advocate called unworkable. Evers’ budget also would freeze the creation of new charter schools and repeal
Gov. Tony Evers is proposing a $150 million boost to the UW System in his upcoming budget, which will also call for allowing undocumented Wisconsin residents to pay in-state tuition rates at the university and the Wisconsin Technical College System.
Gov. Tony Evers’ new budget will include a proposal to prevent businesses from getting loans, grants or tax credits from the state jobs board if they move jobs outside of Wisconsin, the governor’s office tells WisPolitics.com. The guv’s plan also
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says it’s “too early to tell” if the Legislature will attempt to override Gov. Tony Evers’ veto of the GOP middle-class tax cut plan. Instead, the Rochester Republican said he’s planning to wait until the plan
