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The governor’s letter comes as President Trump continues to hold historic bipartisan housing bill hostage, refusing to offer relief to Americans unless Congress passes the disastrous SAVE Act, which would have calamitous impacts on Wisconsin’s safe, fair, and secure elections
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Election integrity is central to a functioning democracy and is fiercely upheld by non-partisan appointees, clerks, poll workers, and other volunteers throughout the state. President Trump and other conservative commentators who critique the 2020 and (preemptively) 2024 elections invoke misinformation, disinformation, and partisan pressure to threaten this democratic institution.
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People say it all the time and it’s so true: we are the melting pot.
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….. A republic answers the question: "How is government organized?" In a republic, political power belongs to the public rather than a monarch. Citizens govern through representatives operating under the rule of law.
Democracy answers a different question:"Where does government derive its legitimacy?"
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New reporting from Heartland Signal reveals that Rep. Derrick Van Orden has skipped nearly half of the Agricultural Committee hearings since 2024, even though he was in Washington during the times several of those meetings took place.
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I’m thrilled to share my New York Times op-ed today drawing on my forthcoming book, This Is the Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy—and to pull back the curtain on my book tour.
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New reporting from Up North News exposes the extent to which D.C. and wealthy donors have changed Derrick Van Orden in a short period of time from a candidate who ran on bipartisanship to a congressman who needs little convincing to vote in lockstep with Republican party leadership.
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My fellow Wisconsin Democrats,
It’s Sarah Godlewski here, and I’m stepping in this week with a special message as WisDems First Vice Chair. I want to take a moment to speak directly to you about what is happening in our state.
May 12, 2026 - Statewide district-by-district data released today shows increases in state support K-12 schools will see under blockbuster deal reached between governor and GOP leaders
Read MoreIn Wisconsin, water is more than a resource; it is the lifeblood of our health and our heritage.
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The governor’s latest letter marks the fourth request by the Evers Administration to restore funding Wisconsin needs to complete unemployment modernization efforts designed to help detect and prevent fraud, reduce improper payments, and improve efficiency
Read MoreGov. Tony Evers, together with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), last week, sent a joint letter to National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Administrator Arielle Roth, urging the NTIA to immediately issue delayed Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program non-deployment guidance and promptly begin releasing the full remaining funds allocated to states, including a total over $300 million owed to Wisconsin.
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Over 15,000 fewer Wisconsinites are receiving SNAP benefits compared to last July when Tom Tiffany enthusiastically voted to pass Trump’s Big Ugly Budget Bill, saying it was a “game changer” for America.
Read MoreExcerpt: Republicans in the Wisconsin State Assembly and State Senate indicated they plan to leave Gov. Evers’ special session call to ban partisan gerrymandering in the state open indefinitely, providing no indication of why they are refusing to vote to add a straight-up ban on partisan gerrymandering to the state constitution.
Read MoreIt was the Whitlam government who established, more than 50 years ago, the pluralist, multi-cultural and diverse society that is modern Australia and in which, to date, most Australians have taken pride. The assumption that immigrants to Australia need not divest their loyalty to and love for family and community from whence they came in order to build a new life as Australians, was fundamental to Whitlam’s understanding of what multiculturalism entails.
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