Tony Evers' Budget For Wisconsin Would Give IDs To People In US Illegally
Gov. Tony Evers' first budget will allow people in the country illegally to obtain driver's licenses and identification cards.
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Gov. Tony Evers' first budget will allow people in the country illegally to obtain driver's licenses and identification cards.
Tony Evers also wants to get rid of the yearly physician's certification needed for use of cannabidiol, also known as CBD oil, which is used to treat seizures.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers will propose decriminalizing marijuana in his plan for the next state budget.
Evers wouldn't tell reporters Tuesday how much he expected the group to recommend increasing the tax.
Prior to last year, Wisconsin's unemployment rate never dropped below 3 percent.
Gov. Evers campaigned on paying for an income tax cut by reducing a corporate tax cut program by about $340 million.
Evers was asked about his views on marijuana and said he favors legalization but doesn't want to rush it.
Evers delivered his inauguration speech Monday at a packed Capitol rotunda ceremony attended by five former governors and other dignitaries.
Tony Evers has scheduled a noon news conference in Madison to announce his latest round of appointments.
Since his loss to Tony Evers in November, Scott Walker has not said what he plans to do. His term ends on Jan. 7.
Evers has said he wants to cut Wisconsin's prison population in half, end solitary confinement and give ex-convicts more help.
Wisconsin's Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers said Sunday he's not optimistic that outgoing governor Scott Walker will veto bills approved by the Republican-dominated Legislature that would limit the new governor's power.
A bipartisan group of political figures appealed to Gov. Scott Walker to avoid staining his legacy and behaving like a sore loser by signing legislation that would weaken the powers of the Democrat who defeated him.
The incoming Democratic governor of Wisconsin says he plans to make a personal appeal to his defeated rival, Republican Gov. Scott Walker, to veto sweeping GOP legislation that would strip the new administration of some powers.
The Wisconsin Senate voted just before sunrise Wednesday following an all-night session to pass a sweeping bill in a lame-duck session designed to empower the GOP-controlled Legislature and weaken the Democrat replacing Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Republican lawmakers in Madison are racing against the clock at the State Capitol.
Still stinging from an election loss, Wisconsin Republicans on Monday tried to push through measures that would weaken the incoming Democratic administration and allow outgoing Republican Gov. Scott Walker to make one last major mark on the state's political landscape after his defeat in November.
Gov. Scott Walker is leaving office just like he came in -- with a flourish.
Meanwhile, Tony Evers' transition team is asking the Republican-controlled Legislature for $94,600 to hire staff and pay for office expenditures.
After a very close race, Wisconsin has a new Governor-elect.
Gov. Scott Walker has conceded defeat to Democrat Tony Evers.
The race between Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democrat Tony Evers was too close to call early Wednesday morning.
Wisconsin Democrats were hopeful for a blue wave that would sink Republican Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday in his fourth time on the ballot in eight years.
Vice President Mike Pence was in western Wisconsin Saturday at a rally to support Republican Gov. Scott Walker's campaign just days before midterm elections.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker, seeking to become only the second governor in Wisconsin history elected to a third term, and Democrat Tony Evers, the state superintendent, meet Friday night for the first of two debates. Walker and Evers are locked in a tight battle for governor with the election just over two weeks away.
