Evers picks retired judges to select redistricting panel
4 years, 6 months ago

Evers picks retired judges to select redistricting panel

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday picked three retired judges to select members of a nonpartisan redistricting commission he created to draw legislative and congressional boundary maps following this year’s census. Evers has pointed to polls showing broad public support for a nonpartisan redistricting process. So instead he created the commission, which will include members from across the state and hold public hearings in all eight congressional districts between September and April. Evers selected former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janine Geske, retired Outagamie County Circuit Judge Joseph Troy and retired state Appeals Court Judge Paul Higginbotham to pick the members.

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Evers appoints replacement for University of Wisconsin regent who refuses to step down
7 months, 1 week ago

Evers appoints replacement for University of Wisconsin regent who refuses to step down

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers appointed a bankruptcy attorney Friday to replace a conservative-leaning Universities of Wisconsin regent who is refusing to step down, setting up another potential confirmation stalemate in the Republican-controlled state Senate. “This is an opportunity to give back, in a unique way, to an institution that has done much for me and my family,” …

Wisconsin Republicans fire 8 more Evers appointees, including regents and judicial watchdogs
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Wisconsin Republicans fire 8 more Evers appointees, including regents and judicial watchdogs

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the state Senate fired eight more of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees Tuesday, including two Universities of Wisconsin regents who voted against a deal that limited campus diversity and four judicial watchdogs who wouldn’t commit to punishing liberal state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz. The Senate also fired a member of the governor’s domestic …

Wisconsin Republicans reject eight Evers appointees, including majority of environmental board
1 year, 2 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans reject eight Evers appointees, including majority of environmental board

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday to fire eight state board appointees from Democratic Gov. In a series of votes that fell mostly along party lines, the Senate rejected confirmation for four members of the Natural Resources Board, as well as a Democratic elections commissioner who tried earlier this year to prevent the Senate from …

Wisconsin Assembly Republicans pass sweeping redistricting reform, but likely veto awaits
1 year, 3 months ago

Wisconsin Assembly Republicans pass sweeping redistricting reform, but likely veto awaits

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Assembly passed a sweeping redistricting reform plan Thursday that takes the power of drawing maps out of the hands of lawmakers and gives it to nonpartisan staff. Democrats, suspicious of Republican motives, urged opposition to the proposal, saying it’s all a ruse designed to circumvent the newly liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court from throwing out the …

Many GOP appointees with expired terms still on state boards
2 years, 3 months ago

Many GOP appointees with expired terms still on state boards

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Three members of the state board that oversees Wisconsin’s technical colleges and who were appointed by former Republican Gov. Tony Evers has nominated six people to the Wisconsin Technical College System Board, but none have been confirmed by the GOP-controlled state Senate. The other three are among dozens of Evers appointees that are waiting to serve on …

Wisconsin’s conservative high court hands GOP another weapon
2 years, 6 months ago

Wisconsin’s conservative high court hands GOP another weapon

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s conservative-controlled Supreme Court handed Republicans their newest weapon to weaken any Democratic governors in the battleground state, ruling this week that political appointees don’t have to leave their posts until the Senate confirms their successor. The court’s decision — in the case of a conservative who refused to step down from an environmental policy board for …

Wisconsin’s Evers prays GOP investigator not named to panel
2 years, 7 months ago

Wisconsin’s Evers prays GOP investigator not named to panel

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said Friday he can’t think of anyone worse to fill a vacancy on Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission than a Republican-hired election investigator and he prays that the former state Supreme Court justice isn’t named to the panel. Evers’s comments come a day after the Republican Assembly leader said he wasn’t ruling anyone out …

Evers urges Wisconsin justices to affirm redistricting plan
2 years, 9 months ago

Evers urges Wisconsin justices to affirm redistricting plan

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers filed a motion Thursday with the state Supreme Court urging the justices to affirm his legislative district boundary map that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected. The state Supreme Court adopted Evers’ map in March, choosing his plan over Republican lawmakers’ proposal. But the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Evers’ map on March 23 after the …

Wisconsin Gov. Evers' reelection pitch: democracy is at risk
2 years, 11 months ago

Wisconsin Gov. Evers' reelection pitch: democracy is at risk

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I don’t think he’s exaggerating when he talks …

Wisconsin Gov. Evers’ reelection pitch: democracy is at risk
2 years, 11 months ago

Wisconsin Gov. Evers’ reelection pitch: democracy is at risk

Associated Press  

JANESVILLE, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. “I don’t think he’s exaggerating when he talks about what’s at stake and the fact that he’s the last line of defense to a lot of these things happening,” said Democratic state Rep. Gordon Hintz. Evers isn’t the only battleground Democrat making the argument, particularly in the so-called “blue wall” trio of states — …

Evers: Voters should decide if Milwaukee DA keeps job
3 years ago

Evers: Voters should decide if Milwaukee DA keeps job

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers says voters should decided whether Milwaukee County’s top prosecutor keeps his job. A group of Milwaukee taxpayers has filed a complaint with Evers demanding he remove District Attorney John Chisholm from his post. Evers told WDJT-TV for a story published Monday that his office is reviewing the complaint and committed to launching an investigation …

Evers’ maps would keep, but reduce Republican majorities
3 years ago

Evers’ maps would keep, but reduce Republican majorities

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday submitted redistricting plans to the Wisconsin Supreme Court that would not be as favorable to Republicans as the one approved by the Legislature, but would still maintain their majorities in the state Senate and Assembly. “The maps I’m submitting today are an improvement from the gerrymandered maps we have and the Republican …

Democrat Evers vetoes Republican-drawn redistricting
3 years, 1 month ago

Democrat Evers vetoes Republican-drawn redistricting

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers followed through Thursday on his promise to veto the Republican-drawn redistricting plans, calling the maps “gerrymandering 2.0.” The move officially shifts the fight over the once-a-decade job of drawing new political boundary lines for legislative and congressional districts to the courts. The last three times redistricting took place in Wisconsin under divided …

Federal court allows Wisconsin redistricting case to proceed
3 years, 3 months ago

Federal court allows Wisconsin redistricting case to proceed

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A three-judge panel of federal judges on Thursday denied a request by Republicans to dismiss a redistricting lawsuit brought by Democrats, a move that keeps the case alive while the GOP-controlled Legislature wants the battle to instead be fought in state courts. The federal court also combined two lawsuits — one filed by voters represented by an …

Evers vetoes redistricting, gun sanctuary bills
3 years, 6 months ago

Evers vetoes redistricting, gun sanctuary bills

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a pair of Republican-authored bills Friday that would delay local redistricting efforts until 2023 and prohibit Wisconsin police from enforcing any future federal gun control laws. State and local governments redraw their elected representatives’ districts every 10 years to reflect population changes noted in the U.S. census. After that’s done, municipalities must …

Wisconsin remains a priority state for redistricting
3 years, 7 months ago

Wisconsin remains a priority state for redistricting

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin remains a priority state for a Democratic group focused on redistricting that is backed by former President Barack Obama, even though Republicans can’t draw and enact whatever maps they want like they did 10 years ago. Eric Holder, Obama’s former attorney general who has run the National Democratic Redistricting Committee since it was created in 2017, …

Wisconsin Republicans dismiss nonpartisan redistricting plan
4 years, 11 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans dismiss nonpartisan redistricting plan

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to create a nonpartisan redistricting commission to draw Wisconsin’s electoral maps may put pressure on the Republicans who control the Legislature to consider an alternative plan, but it won’t force them to do anything differently next year and GOP leaders made clear they won’t change course. Evers was part of a Democratic …

Court sides with Wisconsin governor in appointment fight
5 years, 9 months ago

Court sides with Wisconsin governor in appointment fight

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin appeals court sided with Democratic Gov. “As the governor has repeatedly said, he acted properly and within the law to withdraw those improper appointments and make his own valid appointments,” Evers’ spokeswoman Melissa Baldauff said in reaction to the ruling. Hours before the ruling came out, Fitzgerald said that Republicans were “pretty wild” with anger …

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