Governor-elect Tony Evers tours Milwaukee health care facility
MILWAUKEE - Democratic Governor-Elect Tony Evers met with executives from the Sixteenth Street Community Health Center in Milwaukee Wednesday afternoon.
Gov.-elect Evers says he may try to end waiver requiring some to work for Medicaid
MADISON — Gov.-elect Tony Evers says he might try to end a federal waiver requiring some Medicaid recipients to work for their benefits.Federal officials in October granted Republican Gov.
Evers says he'll probably appoint next superintendent
MADISON — Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers says he'll probably appoint his replacement as state schools superintendent.Evers doesn't plan to resign his post until he's sworn in as governor on Jan. 7, preventing outgoing Republican Gov.
Report: Governor-elect Tony Evers faces $1.1 billion budget shortfall
MADISON — Incoming Democratic Gov.
Gov. Walker open to limiting replacement's power
MADISON — Wisconsin Gov.
Gov. Walker speaks to the media after election defeat: 'I may have reformed myself out of a job'
MADISON -- Wisconsin Gov.
Vos says he thinks Walker will be 'generally supportive' of plans to limit powers of governor's office
MADISON — Wisconsin's assembly speaker said following a private meeting Thursday with Gov.
Legislators approve Evers transition budget
MADISON — The Legislature's finance committee has approved Gov.-elect Tony Evers' transition budget.Evers has asked the state for $94,600 to cover salaries for seven positions, equipment, supplies, travel and legal services.State law requires the Joint Finance Committee to convene within a week of the November general election to approve a transition budget for any non-incumbent incoming governor.
Tony Evers to resign as state superintendent after governor swearing in
MADISON — Tony Evers will hold on to his current position as state schools superintendent until he is sworn in as governor on Jan. 7.Evers' spokeswoman Britt Cudaback said Monday that Evers doesn't plan to resign the post until he becomes governor.
Governor-elect Evers names transition team as GOP eyes limiting power
MADISON — Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers named his transition team Monday, as Republicans who control the Legislature continued to privately discuss ways to curtail the new governor's power before he takes office in January.Democrats, who will return in the minority in the Legislature next year, are researching how far Republicans could go to kneecap Evers, including whether they could attempt to remove the governor from the process of redrawing political boundary lines in 2021.Evers has kept a low profile since his 1-point win over Republican Gov.
Tony Evers prepares transition, Republicans look to curb power
MADISON — Wisconsin Republican lawmakers on Thursday, Nov. 8 privately discussed ways they could limit the incoming Democratic governor before he takes office, which the governor-elect described as a "desperate attempt to cling to power."Tony Evers, who narrowly defeated Republican Gov.
'Proud and humbled:' Governor-elect Tony Evers ready to take on Wisconsin's issues
MADISON -- On Wednesday, Nov. 7, the day after the midterm elections, the new pieces were starting to fall into place.Governor-elect Tony Evers spoke with the media on Wednesday afternoon -- less than 12 hours after securing a victory over Gov.
'It has been my honor to serve:' Gov. Walker concedes governor's race to Tony Evers
MADISON -- Governor Scott Walker on Wednesday, Nov. 7 released a statement conceding the governor's race to Democratic challenger Tony Evers.Walker said he called Evers on Wednesday to concede defeat.
AP: Tony Evers elected Wisconsin governor, denying Scott Walker 3rd term
MADISON/PEWAUKEE -- Democrat Tony Evers defeated Wisconsin Gov.
Homestretch to election day: Walker, Evers crisscross Wisconsin in final push
MILWAUKEE -- The election is just days away and the candidates are making their final push to get your votes.
Democrat Tony Evers tells newspaper he plans to raise 'no taxes'
MADISON — Democrat Tony Evers tells The Washington Post that if elected governor "I'm planning to raise no taxes."Evers is quoted in a story Friday disputing GOP Gov.