Contact: Scott Fitzgerald (608)-266-5660 [Madison, WI] — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald released the following statement today, after Governor-elect Tony Evers’ announcement that he plans to raise taxes on Wisconsin small business owners and farmers: “While it’s encouraging that Governor-elect Evers has decided
Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman, sfreeman@vdlf.org, 414-469-9206 MADISON, WISCONSIN – In an interview published on Wednesday, Wisconsin Governor-elect Tony Evers told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he planned to include provisions restoring access to driver licenses and in-state college tuition for Wisconsin immigrant families in
Gov.-elect Tony Evers, who during the campaign said he wanted to scrap the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., says in a new interview he won’t propose doing away with the agency in his first budget. He also hopes to propose changes
The Capital Times’ Paul Fanlund interviews Gov-elect Tony Evers.
The last eight years haven’t been pretty. Scott Walker has left a formidable challenge for his successor, not to mention the same, old GOP-led Legislature is here to make the challenge even greater.
Wisconsin politics can get pretty stupid, and politicians and voters in Wisconsin just seemed determined to prove how stupid they could be in 2018.
Gov. Scott Walker will remain in Wisconsin after leaving office next week and plans to give speeches on conservative causes such as reforming the tax code. In an email to supporters yesterday, Walker wrote he also will “help plenty of
Eric Skrum, Wisconsin Bankers Association 608/441-1216 | (c) 608/445-6430 | eskrum@wisbank.com Twitter: @wisbank From Rose Oswald Poels, president/CEO of the Wisconsin Bankers Association “WBA congratulates Kathy Blumenfeld on her appointment by Governor-Elect Tony Evers as the new Secretary, Department of
Contact: EversPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-267-2560 MADISON – Today, Governor-elect Tony Evers and Lt. Governor-elect Mandela Barnes announced three new members of the administration. Mary Kolar will serve as Department of Veterans Affairs secretary; Kathy Koltin Blumenfeld will serve as Department of
Gov.-elect Tony Evers today announced Mary Kolar, a Dane County supervisor and retired Navy captain, will serve as his secretary of Veterans Affairs. He also announced Kathy Koltin Blumenfeld, the executive vice president of special operations at TASC, will lead
As Gov. Scott Walker prepares to leave Wisconsin’s political stage, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, size up his political legacy. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
In a Q&A as his inauguration nears, the incoming governor looks ahead to his first year.
Contact: Christina Brey, 608.213.3497, @christinajbrey The Wisconsin Education Association Council, the state’s largest association of public school educators, released the following statement upon the announcement that Carolyn Stanford Taylor, who currently oversees DPI’s Special Education Team, will be appointed as
Gov.-elect Tony Evers plans to appoint Carolyn Stanford Taylor as state superintendent, his Department of Public Instruction announced Thursday. Stanford Taylor, who currently oversees DPI’s Special Education Team, will officially be appointed on Jan. 7 after Evers is sworn in
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ appointments; the legal challenge against new early voting limits; school funding; and an Assembly hopeful’s conviction for forging nomination signatures.
Contact: Pat Goss, Executive Director Phone: 608-256-6891 [Madison, Wisconsin]: Pat Goss, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, released the following statement in reaction to Governor-Elect Tony Evers’ announcement that he is nominating Craig Thompson, Executive Director of the
Contact: Scott Fitzgerald (608)-266-5660 [Madison, WI] — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald released the following statement today, after Governor-elect Tony Evers’ announcement that he plans to raise taxes on Wisconsin small business owners and farmers: “While it’s encouraging that Governor-elect Evers has decided not to do away with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation,
Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman, sfreeman@vdlf.org, 414-469-9206 MADISON, WISCONSIN – In an interview published on Wednesday, Wisconsin Governor-elect Tony Evers told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he planned to include provisions restoring access to driver licenses and in-state college tuition for Wisconsin immigrant families in his proposed 2019-2021 state budget. Voces de la Frontera issued
Gov.-elect Tony Evers, who during the campaign said he wanted to scrap the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., says in a new interview he won’t propose doing away with the agency in his first budget. He also hopes to propose changes to WEDC that he said would bring more transparency to
The Capital Times’ Paul Fanlund interviews Gov-elect Tony Evers.
The last eight years haven’t been pretty. Scott Walker has left a formidable challenge for his successor, not to mention the same, old GOP-led Legislature is here to make the challenge even greater.
Wisconsin politics can get pretty stupid, and politicians and voters in Wisconsin just seemed determined to prove how stupid they could be in 2018.
Gov. Scott Walker will remain in Wisconsin after leaving office next week and plans to give speeches on conservative causes such as reforming the tax code. In an email to supporters yesterday, Walker wrote he also will “help plenty of good candidates and causes here in the state in 2019
Eric Skrum, Wisconsin Bankers Association 608/441-1216 | (c) 608/445-6430 | eskrum@wisbank.com Twitter: @wisbank From Rose Oswald Poels, president/CEO of the Wisconsin Bankers Association “WBA congratulates Kathy Blumenfeld on her appointment by Governor-Elect Tony Evers as the new Secretary, Department of Financial Institutions (DFI). We wish her well in her new
Contact: EversPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-267-2560 MADISON – Today, Governor-elect Tony Evers and Lt. Governor-elect Mandela Barnes announced three new members of the administration. Mary Kolar will serve as Department of Veterans Affairs secretary; Kathy Koltin Blumenfeld will serve as Department of Financial Institutions secretary; and Brian Pahnke will serve as the
Gov.-elect Tony Evers today announced Mary Kolar, a Dane County supervisor and retired Navy captain, will serve as his secretary of Veterans Affairs. He also announced Kathy Koltin Blumenfeld, the executive vice president of special operations at TASC, will lead the Department of Financial Institutions. And Brian Pahnke, who served
As Gov. Scott Walker prepares to leave Wisconsin’s political stage, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, size up his political legacy. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
In a Q&A as his inauguration nears, the incoming governor looks ahead to his first year.
Contact: Christina Brey, 608.213.3497, @christinajbrey The Wisconsin Education Association Council, the state’s largest association of public school educators, released the following statement upon the announcement that Carolyn Stanford Taylor, who currently oversees DPI’s Special Education Team, will be appointed as the Superintendent of Public Instruction to serve out the remainder
Gov.-elect Tony Evers plans to appoint Carolyn Stanford Taylor as state superintendent, his Department of Public Instruction announced Thursday. Stanford Taylor, who currently oversees DPI’s Special Education Team, will officially be appointed on Jan. 7 after Evers is sworn in as guv, per the announcement. Evers had the option to
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ appointments; the legal challenge against new early voting limits; school funding; and an Assembly hopeful’s conviction for forging nomination signatures.
Contact: Pat Goss, Executive Director Phone: 608-256-6891 [Madison, Wisconsin]: Pat Goss, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, released the following statement in reaction to Governor-Elect Tony Evers’ announcement that he is nominating Craig Thompson, Executive Director of the Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin, to serve as his Secretary