Governor

Gov. Tony Evers says he’s bracing for how President Donald Trump’s tariffs will affect Wisconsin, arguing Tuesday that it will hurt the state’s budget process and several key industries.

Congress has set targets for cutting $2 trillion in federal spending and $880 billion of that could come from programs including Medicaid.

Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed state budget seeks to strip the state Senate of some of its power to block his political appointees from serving on state boards and in state agencies. 

The Green Bay Correctional Institution would be closed and the Waupun Correctional Institution converted into a new “vocational village” to train incarcerated people for jobs under a set of “sweeping reforms” Gov. Tony Evers will propose in his new budget.

As Gov. Tony Evers prepares to release his two-year budget plan for Wisconsin, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau anticipates the budget surplus will reach nearly $4.3 billion. That gives Evers — and the Legislature — plenty of options.

The damning report outlines a number of internal and external factors at the district that have caused multiple failures.

Gov. Tony Evers is asking President Donald Trump to reconsider his decision to halt federal grant and loan programs, warning of “disastrous consequences for the people of Wisconsin.”

Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin aim to introduce legislation that would amend the state constitution to restrict Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ unique partial veto powers.

The address was Gov. Tony Evers’ seventh State of the State since he first took office in 2019.

The amount Wisconsinites pay in state and local taxes relative to their incomes hit its lowest level since at least 1972 last year, according to a new report from Wisconsin Policy Forum.