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Department of Veteran Affairs Secretary Mary Kolar is a former Dane County Board of Supervisors member and retired U.S. Navy Captain. She replaces former Gov. Scott Walker appointee Dan Zimmerman. Birthplace, age? 60 years old, born in Wilton, Wis. Job

Taylor, who will serve as the agency’s first African-American head, replaces Gov. Tony Evers at the helm of the Department of Public Instruction, a role she’ll hold through the remainder of Evers’ third DPI term, which ends in April 2021.

Evers can act from the high ground. He can simply state that it should not be the mission of our guard to curtail or intimidate the vulnerable who seek a harbor from danger.

Is Evers sincere about cutting taxes or is he really just interested in sticking it to the state’s manufacturers?
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-219-7443 MADISON – Governor Tony Evers today announced his plans to join the U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of governors committed to implementing the Paris climate accord on a state level to combat climate change. The

Clean drinking water initiatives, more school funding and expanded dental coverage in BadgerCare. We’re seeing more of Democratic Governor Tony Evers’ priorities in his first budget, and, by implication, the range of just some of what Walker and his legislative allies had dismissed from public agendas or damaged statewide since 2011.

Some are reacting cautiously to Gov. Tony Evers’ announcement that he plans to include provisions in his budget to borrow $70 million to address water quality and $43.4 million for an effort to improve access to dental care. Wisconsin Conservation

While most of us are tempted to wail on and on about the despicable personal character of Trump, leaders like Evers and Baldwin forgo the politics of bellicosity and focus on ideas to help ordinary people.

Trump’s State of the Union address was the opposite of Wisconsin Democratic Governor Tony Evers’s State of the State address in humanity, tone and substance.

What made the remarks by Barnes responding to Trump’s State of the Union address so powerful was his reminder that Trump’s politics are being upended by citizen action.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said the most recent government shutdown “accomplished nothing,” and expressed hope a second shutdown could be averted. In an interview that aired Sunday on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” Johnson, R-Oshkosh, said members of the conference committee

Republican lawmakers have agreed to pay the former solicitor general $500 per hour to represent them in two suits challenging the lame-duck laws, nearly double the rate Gov. Tony Evers is paying his private attorneys in those cases. The GOP

Department of Veteran Affairs Secretary Mary Kolar is a former Dane County Board of Supervisors member and retired U.S. Navy Captain. She replaces former Gov. Scott Walker appointee Dan Zimmerman. Birthplace, age? 60 years old, born in Wilton, Wis. Job history? Served on active duty in the U.S. Navy for

Taylor, who will serve as the agency’s first African-American head, replaces Gov. Tony Evers at the helm of the Department of Public Instruction, a role she’ll hold through the remainder of Evers’ third DPI term, which ends in April 2021. Department of Public Instruction Secretary Carolyn Stanford Taylor Birthplace, age?

Evers can act from the high ground. He can simply state that it should not be the mission of our guard to curtail or intimidate the vulnerable who seek a harbor from danger.

Is Evers sincere about cutting taxes or is he really just interested in sticking it to the state’s manufacturers?
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-219-7443 MADISON – Governor Tony Evers today announced his plans to join the U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of governors committed to implementing the Paris climate accord on a state level to combat climate change. The Alliance was formed in June 2017 in response to President

Clean drinking water initiatives, more school funding and expanded dental coverage in BadgerCare. We’re seeing more of Democratic Governor Tony Evers’ priorities in his first budget, and, by implication, the range of just some of what Walker and his legislative allies had dismissed from public agendas or damaged statewide since 2011.

Some are reacting cautiously to Gov. Tony Evers’ announcement that he plans to include provisions in his budget to borrow $70 million to address water quality and $43.4 million for an effort to improve access to dental care. Wisconsin Conservation Voters said it was encouraged by Evers’ roll out on

While most of us are tempted to wail on and on about the despicable personal character of Trump, leaders like Evers and Baldwin forgo the politics of bellicosity and focus on ideas to help ordinary people.

Trump’s State of the Union address was the opposite of Wisconsin Democratic Governor Tony Evers’s State of the State address in humanity, tone and substance.

What made the remarks by Barnes responding to Trump’s State of the Union address so powerful was his reminder that Trump’s politics are being upended by citizen action.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said the most recent government shutdown “accomplished nothing,” and expressed hope a second shutdown could be averted. In an interview that aired Sunday on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” Johnson, R-Oshkosh, said members of the conference committee who are negotiating a deal to keep the government open

Republican lawmakers have agreed to pay the former solicitor general $500 per hour to represent them in two suits challenging the lame-duck laws, nearly double the rate Gov. Tony Evers is paying his private attorneys in those cases. The GOP contracts, provided to WisPolitics.com today through an open records request,