Tony Evers

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced Thursday that he won't seek a third term, setting off a scramble to replace the two-term Democrat in the battleground state’s first open race for governor in 16 years.

The next budget hearing is this Friday, April 4, in West Allis.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on a budget veto by Gov. Tony Evers that would affect school funding through 2425.

The Republican-proposed constitutional amendments, which Gov. Tony Evers called an attempted 'power grab' on handing out federal money, were rejected by about 15 percentage points.

The proposed state constitutional amendments would give the legislature more say-so over spending federal dollars.

The tug of war between Wisconsin’s Republican-dominated Legislature and Democratic governor was on display again last week. The state Senate rejected one of Gov. Evers’ latest appointees to the Natural Resources Board — Todd Ambs. He’s regarded as a water policy expert and conservation advocate in both state and Great Lakes circles.

The new law appears to end a major fight over legislative maps. But not everything is settled.

Democrats are almost certain to gain seats in the state Assembly and state Senate under the new maps, which will be in place for the November election.

The measure has bipartisan legislative support, but not across the entire political spectrum.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has found $170 million in federal aid to keep a pandemic-era child care subsidy program afloat for another year and a half. Evers' administration announced Monday that it will use pandemic response dollars from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to keep the Child Care Counts program going through June 2025.