Midway between the November election and Tony Evers’ inauguration, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, evaluate the progress of the governor-elect’s transition. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Contact: Sen. Tim Carpenter (608) 266-8535 (MADISON) – On November 6th, with a record turnout, Wisconsin voters spoke loud and clear. They rejected eight years of the divisive and polarizing politics of Governor Scott Walker. Sadly, Speaker Robin Vos and Majority
Contact: Charles Nichols (608) 257-4765 Evers Has Yet to Condemn Barnes’ Comments [Madison, WI]— Tony Evers met with President Trump yesterday at the White House and called it a ‘privilege.’ While on the campaign trail, Tony Evers’ running mate
December 13, 2018 Governor Scott Walker Room 115 East Wisconsin State Capitol Dear Governor Walker, We write today to urge you to veto the recently passed Extraordinary Session bills (SB 883, SB 884, and SB 886). These bills would limit
Contact: Rep. Greta Neubauer, 608-237-9166 Rep.Neubauer@legis.wisconsin.gov Wisconsin was watching, and we won’t forget. MADISON – Today, Governor Walker signed the lame-duck bills legislative Republicans forced through the legislature in the early hours of December 5th, 2018. The bills enact sweeping
Contact: Aaron Collins, 608-266-2254 MADISON – Assembly Democratic Leader Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh) released the following statement after Governor Walker signed SB 883, SB 884 and SB 886 in their entirety. These bills would strip power from Governor-Elect Tony Evers and
Walker is moving on his own to give a subsidy of up to $28 million by decree–without any vote by the Legislature which had so suddenly embraced the need for power “rebalancing.”
With a structural deficit and transportation fund debt, delivering a “people’s budget” won’t be easy.
They can’t just be anti-Trump or anti-Walker, they need a clear theme. Like what?
Contact: Rep. Sondy Pope, 608-266-3520 Audio File of Radio Address Hello, this is State Representative Sondy Pope with this week’s Democratic Radio Address. Despite last week’s attempts by legislative Republicans to override the will of the people, Wisconsin will continue
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Contact: EversPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-267-2560 MADISON – Governor-elect Tony Evers issued the following statement today on the Kimberly-Clark announcement. “The Republicans’ lame-duck session overriding the will of the people would affect the governor’s ability to lead on economic development through proposals like the
Here in Wisconsin, we value decency and fairness. That’s why it was astounding to see Republicans convene a lame duck legislative session, overriding the will of the voters.
Governor Elect Evers and Attorney General Elect Kaul won their elections fair and square. They deserve the opportunity to do the job the people of Wisconsin elected them to do.
In his letter this week foreshadowing his signing of the lame-duck bills, Gov. Scott Walker tried to pretend that he’s out protecting the interests of Wisconsinites. But Walker is a weasel, and he uses words like a weasel would: to disguise what he’s actually been doing.
Now that Wisconsin faces at least four years of partisan gridlock, as evidenced by the rocky transition from Republican Scott Walker to Democrat Tony Evers, how can we get big issues revsolved for the state? An answer might be found in a greater use of direct democracy, namely the referendum.
Contact: EversPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-267-2560 “Having these kinds of roundtable conversations with our community is really important” GREEN BAY — Governor-elect Tony Evers, Lt. Governor-elect Mandela Barnes, and transition policy staff heard from Fox Valley residents who attended the first “Building the
Midway between the November election and Tony Evers’ inauguration, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, evaluate the progress of the governor-elect’s transition. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Contact: Sen. Tim Carpenter (608) 266-8535 (MADISON) – On November 6th, with a record turnout, Wisconsin voters spoke loud and clear. They rejected eight years of the divisive and polarizing politics of Governor Scott Walker. Sadly, Speaker Robin Vos and Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald immediately launched a coup to undo the
Contact: Charles Nichols (608) 257-4765 Evers Has Yet to Condemn Barnes’ Comments [Madison, WI]— Tony Evers met with President Trump yesterday at the White House and called it a ‘privilege.’ While on the campaign trail, Tony Evers’ running mate alleged that President Trump’s policies were a ‘race to create
December 13, 2018 Governor Scott Walker Room 115 East Wisconsin State Capitol Dear Governor Walker, We write today to urge you to veto the recently passed Extraordinary Session bills (SB 883, SB 884, and SB 886). These bills would limit the powers of the executive branch and override the will
Contact: Rep. Greta Neubauer, 608-237-9166 Rep.Neubauer@legis.wisconsin.gov Wisconsin was watching, and we won’t forget. MADISON – Today, Governor Walker signed the lame-duck bills legislative Republicans forced through the legislature in the early hours of December 5th, 2018. The bills enact sweeping changes to the balance of powers and the social safety
Contact: Aaron Collins, 608-266-2254 MADISON – Assembly Democratic Leader Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh) released the following statement after Governor Walker signed SB 883, SB 884 and SB 886 in their entirety. These bills would strip power from Governor-Elect Tony Evers and Attorney General-Elect Josh Kaul before they take the oath of
Walker is moving on his own to give a subsidy of up to $28 million by decree–without any vote by the Legislature which had so suddenly embraced the need for power “rebalancing.”
With a structural deficit and transportation fund debt, delivering a “people’s budget” won’t be easy.
They can’t just be anti-Trump or anti-Walker, they need a clear theme. Like what?
Contact: Rep. Sondy Pope, 608-266-3520 Audio File of Radio Address Hello, this is State Representative Sondy Pope with this week’s Democratic Radio Address. Despite last week’s attempts by legislative Republicans to override the will of the people, Wisconsin will continue to move forward toward a brighter future. This week, Governor-elect
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Contact: EversPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-267-2560 MADISON – Governor-elect Tony Evers issued the following statement today on the Kimberly-Clark announcement. “The Republicans’ lame-duck session overriding the will of the people would affect the governor’s ability to lead on economic development through proposals like the one announced for Kimberly-Clark today. Unfortunately, Republicans played politics with
Here in Wisconsin, we value decency and fairness. That’s why it was astounding to see Republicans convene a lame duck legislative session, overriding the will of the voters.
Governor Elect Evers and Attorney General Elect Kaul won their elections fair and square. They deserve the opportunity to do the job the people of Wisconsin elected them to do.
In his letter this week foreshadowing his signing of the lame-duck bills, Gov. Scott Walker tried to pretend that he’s out protecting the interests of Wisconsinites. But Walker is a weasel, and he uses words like a weasel would: to disguise what he’s actually been doing.
Now that Wisconsin faces at least four years of partisan gridlock, as evidenced by the rocky transition from Republican Scott Walker to Democrat Tony Evers, how can we get big issues revsolved for the state? An answer might be found in a greater use of direct democracy, namely the referendum.
Contact: EversPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-267-2560 “Having these kinds of roundtable conversations with our community is really important” GREEN BAY — Governor-elect Tony Evers, Lt. Governor-elect Mandela Barnes, and transition policy staff heard from Fox Valley residents who attended the first “Building the People’s Budget” event at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Governor-elect