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90-554: There are over 2,000 slot machines and 48 table games. The casino is open 24 hours Thurs-Mon/Tues-Wed 9am-1am, seven (7) days a week. The hotel has 302 rooms. Conference rooms or event venues are available for rental. An RV park with full hookup sites and tent camping is available. Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells has the following restaurants: The casino was previously known as the Ho-Chunk Casino Hotel and Convention Center. The name

180-741: A Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision in April, but later that month the Wisconsin Supreme Court reinstated the 15 Walker appointees, and ultimately ruled that the legislature's actions in the lame-duck session had not been unconstitutional. The Wisconsin Supreme Court also endorsed most of the lame-duck laws the legislature adopted, defeating lawsuits brought by the League of Women Voters and Service Employees International Union . The lawsuits largely hinged on

270-792: A " red flag law ", which would permit loved ones or police to petition to have an individual's guns taken away if a judge deems them a risk to themselves or others. Evers has said that Scott Walker's decisions about health care in Wisconsin led to higher insurance premiums for residents. He has pointed out that Minnesota accepted a Medicaid expansion and has been more proactive about healthcare overall, resulting in insurance premiums 47% lower than Wisconsin's. Evers supports legislation that would protect residents from higher costs for health insurance due to old age or preexisting conditions. He also supports allowing people to stay on their parents' health insurance plans until age 26. He plans to remove Wisconsin from

360-409: A capacity of 25% or a maximum of ten persons. The plaintiff, David Yandell, claimed that the order jeopardized his business's ability to survive. On July 2, following a sustained high number of new cases, Dane County issued order #7 limiting outdoor gatherings to 25 people, indoor gatherings to 10 people, and indoor dining capacity to 25% for restaurants, as well as prohibiting indoor dining in bars,

450-581: A deadly disease is not a conservative principle and is in fact the opposite of freedom for the victim. "Freedom emphatically does not include the freedom to get someone else sick." As of August 25, 2021, Wisconsin has administered 6,038,886 COVID-19 vaccine doses. 54.1% of Wisconsin residents have received one dose and 50.9% have completed the vaccine series. Notes: On May 27, 2021, the Wisconsin Department of Health changed their website layout which discontinued recovery data. On December 4, 2021,

540-567: A divided federal appeals court found that Evers had violated neither the U.S. Constitution's Free Exercise Clause nor its Establishment Clause when he denied busing to an independent Catholic school because there was a nearby archdiocesan school. In March 2016, the United States Department of Education announced that Evers had been selected to serve on the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee for Title 1, Part A, of

630-489: A face mask mandate for all citizens over age 5 while in any building that is not a private home. A lawsuit challenging the mandate was filed by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on August 25. According to a poll of registered voters conducted by Marquette University , the majority of registered voters support the mandate. Columnist Michael Tomasky argues that insisting on the right to infect someone else with

720-476: A lack of testing and contact tracing ; the difficulty of determining the location where an infected person acquired the virus; and asymptomatic transmission . On July 30, Governor Evers declared a public health emergency and issued an emergency order requiring people to wear a face mask in public indoor spaces Many cities and counties including Green Bay, Superior, Racine, Whitewater and Milwaukee and Dane Counties had already implemented mask mandates before

810-546: A larger margin of 3.4% in 2022 . Evers is known for his frequent use of his veto power, which is significantly greater for Wisconsin governors than for those of other U.S. states, due to his opposition to the vast majority of the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature 's agenda. He has used his veto power more frequently than any governor in Wisconsin history, and has used line-item veto power to rewrite Republican-authored bills. Evers

900-456: A majority on the court for the first time since 2008. This led to Evers's long-sought abolition of the 2011 legislative gerrymander, creating the possibility that the 2024 legislative elections could produce a legislature that approximately reflects the popular vote. Evers has said his top priorities are improving the Wisconsin public school system, making health care more affordable and fixing Wisconsin's roads and bridges. In December 2021, as

990-411: A pandemic, education, federal aid, redistricting, guns, police and crime, abortion, social welfare programs, and regulations and licensing. Since his election as governor, Republicans in the legislature and state supreme court have used their positions in partisan attempts to usurp powers from Evers and executive departments. This began just weeks after his election—before he took office—when

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1080-575: A school administrator, serving as a principal, until he assumed the office of district superintendent. Evers first ran for Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1993 and again in 2001, losing both elections. Evers was instead appointed deputy superintendent, a position he served in from 2001 to 2009. In 2009, he ran for Superintendent of Public Instruction again, this time winning. He was reelected twice, in 2013 and 2017. On August 23, 2017, Evers announced his candidacy for governor of Wisconsin, challenging two-term Republican incumbent Scott Walker . Walker

1170-459: A space of particular concern to health officials. In May 2021, the city of Milwaukee announced lifting restrictions effective June 15, 2021. Capacity limits were lifted for the Milwaukee Bucks, Milwaukee Brewers, festivals, and businesses. At the time of the announcement, the city experienced a rate of infection for the disease at 82 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people and a test positivity rate

1260-414: A spike as seen in other states. A steady upward trend of new COVID-19 cases in late June/early July accelerated in mid July, with several new single day records reported in late July. In response to July's rising case and death tolls, Governor Tony Evers issued a face mask mandate for all citizens over age 5 while in any enclosed space that is not a private home. On August 5, 16 cases were confirmed at

1350-545: A state budget surplus by underfunding municipalities. Second, local governments had been restricted from raising their own revenue through new sales taxes. After a decade under the Walker policies, local revenue was becoming a statewide crisis as shared revenue to municipalities had fallen considerably as a percentage of the revenue collected. Municipalities of all sizes were struggling to make their budgets, with many threatening deep cuts to police and other vital services. Evers and

1440-460: A statewide ban on public gatherings of more than 10 people, following an advisory from the federal government. This was expanded to a statewide "safer at home" on March 25, originally set to expire on April 25, with people allowed to leave their homes only for essential business and exercise. A poll conducted between March 24 and 29 gave Evers an approval rating of 65%, up 14% in one month, and also showed that 76% of voters approved of his handling of

1530-558: A suspension of all in-person classes beginning March 23. On March 13, Governor Tony Evers ordered all schools (public and private) in the state to close by March 18, with no possibility of reopening until April 6 at the earliest. On March 17, community transmission , also known as community spread, was announced in Dane County . On March 27, Governor Evers declared a moratorium for 60 days on evictions and foreclosures. On April 24, thousands of anti-lockdown protesters gathered at

1620-616: A term as president of the Council of Chief State School Officers . Evers then ran again in 2009, this time winning. He defeated Rose Fernandez in the general election. In April 2013, Evers defeated Don Pridemore and won reelection. In 2017, Evers defeated Republican candidate Lowell Holtz, a former Beloit superintendent, with about 70% of the vote. In 2009, Evers used government email accounts for fundraising purposes. He and another government employee were fined $ 250 each for soliciting campaign donations during work hours. In October 2018,

1710-542: A week of each other, including four on the same day, after there was a positive infection confirmed on Thanksgiving Day by one of the residents of their retirement home, which houses approximately one hundred residents. The retirement home is located in Elm Grove , Wisconsin. Across the state, new single day records for COVID-19 deaths in Wisconsin were set on December 1 (107 deaths) and December 22 (120 deaths). An average of 3,677 new COVID-19 cases were reported per day during

1800-560: Is 4 percent, with about 29.5 percent of the population fully vaccinated. About two weeks later, the Milwaukee Bucks announced returning to full capacity for the remainder of the NBA playoffs. After the Bucks won the NBA championship on July 20, the city of Milwaukee experienced a surge in COVID-19 infections of nearly 500 persons which was a 155 percent rise in the infection rate following the celebration of

1890-527: Is 7,558, with 30 new deaths over the previous 7 days. As of August 25, 2021, 12.41% of Wisconsin's residents have been positively diagnosed with COVID-19, the 20th highest per-capita case rate among all US states. January 16's 128 COVID-19 deaths set a new single day record for Wisconsin. A steady upward trend of new COVID-19 cases in late June/early July accelerated in mid-July, with several new single day records reported in late July. In response to July's rising case and death tolls, Governor Tony Evers issued

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1980-568: Is an American educator and politician serving as the 46th governor of Wisconsin since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party , he served as Wisconsin's Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2009 to 2019. Born and raised in Plymouth , Wisconsin, Evers was educated at the University of Wisconsin–Madison , eventually receiving a Ph.D . After working as a teacher for several years, he became

2070-521: Is no justification for the ongoing presence of Wisconsin National Guard personnel at the border." In February 2019, Evers's administration prepared a budget proposal that included proposals to legalize the medical use of marijuana for patients with certain conditions, upon the recommendation from a physician or practitioner. Evers also proposed to decriminalize the possession or distribution of 25 grams or less of marijuana in Wisconsin and to repeal

2160-620: The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The committee was charged with drafting proposed regulations for two areas of ESSA. Evers proposed the "Fair Funding for Our Future" school finance reform plan. The plan sought to address some of the challenges with the Wisconsin school funding system and proposed changes to ensure equity and transparency in the quality of Wisconsin schools. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker never included Evers's plan in his proposed state budgets, citing

2250-655: The Osceola School District closed schools to sanitize the buildings and buses after a person who attended a regional sports tournament was found to be infected. On March 12, Governor Tony Evers declared a State of Emergency. The next day, he ordered the closure of all public and private K-12 schools in the state until at least April 5. Most schools in the University of Wisconsin System , including Madison and Stout , have cancelled all in-person classes through early April. On March 16, Evers announced restrictions on

2340-728: The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally , among other possible exposures. On August 31, the New Lisbon Correctional Institution in Juneau County had more than 40 positive cases. On September 9, after two days of a test positivity rate over 20%, the University of Wisconsin-- Madison announced it would pause in-person instruction for two weeks. Two large residence halls were quarantined. The August 7–16 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota may have contributed to

2430-410: The U.S. Seventh Circuit . In addition, Walker made 82 appointments to state positions that the legislature rushed to confirm. In March 2019—shortly after the start of Evers's first term—a judge ruled that this process violated the constitution. At that time, Evers reappointed 67 of the 82 lame-duck appointees, but replaced 15 of those Walker appointed. Evers's appointments were endorsed by

2520-727: The United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization , a case that overturned Roe v. Wade , Evers vetoed five bills that would have restricted access to reproductive healthcare in Wisconsin, saying "as long as I'm governor, I will veto any legislation that turns back the clock on reproductive rights in this state—and that's a promise." Evers supports directing more funding towards K-12 education and would like to work with Republicans to do more to help underperforming schools. He would like to expand Pre-K education to all students and continue

2610-591: The University of Wisconsin–Madison . He began his professional career as a teacher and media coordinator in the Tomah school district. From 1979 to 1980 he was principal of Tomah Elementary School, and from 1980 to 1984 he was principal of Tomah High School. From 1984 to 1988 Evers was superintendent of the Oakfield school district, and from 1988 to 1992 he was superintendent of the Verona school district. From 1992 to 2001 he

2700-468: The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Governor Evers "Safer-At-Home" orders as unconstitutional. On May 14 Mike Wiza, mayor of Stevens Point said they had still not received any guidance from the legislature, which made it "very, very difficult" for local law enforcement and the health department. The Governor announced on May 18 that the legislature didn't want any state level guidelines. In

2790-503: The shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Evers issued a statement denouncing the excessive use of force by police and invoking the names of African Americans killed by law enforcement. He said, "While we do not have all of the details yet, what we know for certain is that he is not the first Black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in law enforcement in our state or our country." After

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2880-625: The state capitol in Madison , the same day the state health department announced 304 new cases - the most new cases since the pandemic began. On May 8, the Wisconsin DHS announced that 72 individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 recently attended "a large event." On June 20, The Juneau County Department of Health announced that an outbreak occurred at a gentlemen's club in Wisconsin Dells with an unknown number of infected people visiting

2970-464: The "least changes" rule had no basis in Wisconsin law or precedent and was therefore invalid. Evers was one of six parties to the lawsuit who proposed remedial redistricting plans. Court-hired consultants soon ruled out the two Republican proposals, saying they were both still gerrymanders. With the Court poised to select one of the four Democratic plans, Republicans in the legislature chose to embrace Evers's proposal. They first passed an amended version of

3060-446: The 2011 map. Either map would have left Republicans with significant structural advantages in the legislative elections. But Evers's map better complied with the Court's "least changes" rule, and so the Court's swing vote, Justice Brian Hagedorn , sided with the Court's three liberals to adopt it. Republicans appealed the decision to the United States Supreme Court , which struck down the legislative map in an unsigned opinion, criticizing

3150-774: The August 2022 Democratic primary, Evers was unopposed and Brookfield-area state representative Sara Rodriguez was nominated as his running mate. Evers and Rodriguez prevailed in the general election, defeating the Republican ticket of Tim Michels and Roger Roth . Evers has extensively used his veto power, due to his opposition to the vast majority of the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature 's agenda. He has used his veto power more frequently than any governor in Wisconsin history, and has used line-item veto power to rewrite Republican-authored bills. Evers's vetoes have included laws related to election procedures, government powers during

3240-590: The Republican-controlled legislature met in a lame-duck session and passed legislation to reduce the powers of the incoming governor and attorney general. The laws targeted Evers's authority over economic development issues, required his administration to rewrite thousands of government documents, and required the attorney general to get legislative approval before settling lawsuits. The legislature also enacted legislation to restrict voting rights, including limits on early voting in Wisconsin and restrictions on

3330-555: The Senate had only rejected four nominees. In Evers's second term, Republicans sought to enact constitutional amendments to further limit the governor's powers. In 2024, Wisconsin voters were asked to vote on two amendments that would limit the governor's control over state spending. One would invalidate any spending decisions made by the governor or other agency that was not explicitly appropriated by legislation. The other would require legislative approval for usage of any federal funds sent to

3420-453: The US national average of 196 deaths, COVID-19 was one of the three leading causes of death in Wisconsin in 2020. On August 25, 2021, Wisconsin public health authorities reported 7 day averages of 1,417 new cases and 236 probable cases per day, an increase of greater than 15 fold since late June 2021. This brings the cumulative total of COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin to 651,338. The state's death toll

3510-543: The Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System underwent maintenance. On August 30, 2023, the Wisconsin Department of Health stopped reporting case and fatality data (final report includes confirmed and probable data). Fatality data continues to be reported to the CDC. On February 5, 2020, the first COVID-19 case was reported in Wisconsin – a person who had recently traveled to Beijing and

3600-460: The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Evers's mask mandate in a 4–3 ruling, split along conservative-liberal ideological lines, with the court ruling against Evers's argument that the changing nature of the pandemic justified multiple states of emergency. On April 30, 2021, Evers sought $ 1.6 billion in federal funds to expanded access to Wisconsin's Medicaid program. He also proposed legalizing medical and recreational marijuana, as well as increasing

3690-704: The Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove . On August 11, the Pierce County Health Department announced 23 cases among residents and staff at an assisted living facility, and three deaths. On August 13, a Seneca Foods plant in Cumberland was linked to an outbreak in Barron County , which had 315 positive cases. About 44% of the workers at the plant tested positive. On August 26, at least two people who tested positive reported attending

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3780-484: The absence of a statewide legislative order, the decision left the task of imposing health restrictions to the local governments. Dane County reissued the 'Safer-At-Home' orders nearly in full, and in Milwaukee County restrictions were put in place, including a mask mandate. One week after the Supreme Court decision Wisconsin reported 528 new COVID-19 cases, the largest single day rise in new COVID-19 cases since

3870-425: The appointments. Evers challenged the holdovers in state court, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that appointees whose terms had expired could remain in their positions indefinitely so long as the Senate refused to confirm a replacement. The Senate also wielded the confirmation power to punish Evers appointees. The Senate has so far rejected 21 appointees since Evers took office; in the 40 years before Evers's term,

3960-487: The championship. The infection rate increase was attributed to possibly a result of the championship parade held for the team and the fact that about 65,000 people gathered in the Deer District (the area surrounding the arena where the Bucks play) during the championship game. On March 23, Evers announced closures of all non-essential businesses to be signed on Tuesday, March 24, and urged citizens to stay at home to reduce

4050-412: The club between June 10 and 14. From June 13 to 26, Dane County had an uptick of new cases with 614 people testing positive for COVID-19. Roughly half of these cases were between the ages of 18 and 25 and almost half of these cases had reported attending a gathering or party with people outside of their household. By the end of the month, Dane County had experienced multiple record-setting days of

4140-569: The constitutionality of the legislature holding such votes in "extraordinary sessions"—special sessions not called by the governor. Such sessions are not explicitly authorized by the constitution or state law, so litigants contended that the acts of such sessions are not constitutional. The Wisconsin Supreme Court rejected those arguments. Late in Evers's first term, many Walker appointees refused to leave office when their terms expired. Evers appointed replacements, but Senate Republicans did not act on

4230-617: The cost. As superintendent, Evers worked with the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council and federally recognized tribal nations in Wisconsin to begin an MOU process with each tribal nation to outline the working partnership the state seeks to establish and grow with each sovereign nation. Sparsity aid was enacted in Wisconsin based on recommendations from Evers's Rural Schools Advisory Council. The council stressed that declining enrollment and escalating fixed costs put added pressure on small, sparsely populated districts. Since it

4320-517: The early months of the pandemic did not impact the Department of Health Services authority under existing statutes to impose restrictions on mass gatherings. New daily cases rose nearly everyday from early September, reaching record highs by mid-October. There were 34 deaths in the state on October 13, and 3,279 new cases, 959 new hospitalizations and 243 in intensive care. The metropolitan areas of Oshkosh-Neenah , Appleton and Green Bay had some of

4410-430: The election, despite the ban on gatherings with over ten persons, even though 111 jurisdictions did not have enough people to staff even a single polling place, and with 60% of all Wisconsin towns and cities were reporting staffing shortages. Epidemiologists and public health experts said that it was not possible to definitively determine the extent to which the virus spread among Wisconsin voters at polling places, due to

4500-415: The end of the academic year. The legislature promptly sued to block the order, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court's conservative majority ultimately struck it down on May 13, following the expiration of Evers's initial state of emergency. Evers responded to the suit by accusing legislative Republicans of a "power grab", and said they cared more about political power than people's lives. Republicans have called

4590-419: The extension an "abuse of power". On April 20, Evers announced a recovery plan called the "Badger Bounce Back", laying out details of his plan for reopening Wisconsin's economy gradually as the pandemic subsides. The plan called for daily death tolls from the virus to drop for 14 continuous days before "phase one" could be initiated. On July 30, Evers issued a statewide mask mandate in a new attempt to curb

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4680-469: The first day of classes on September 14. By October 6, Wisconsin was third nationwide for number of new cases capita. The seven-day moving average of new COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin on October 10 was 2,395; the average rate of new cases nearly tripling over the past month. On 14 October 2020, Wisconsin opened a new field hospital at the state fairgrounds near Milwaukee . The state reported 3,132 new cases on October 9 as cases and hospitalizations in

4770-436: The first two weeks of December. In late December, a pharmacist with Aurora Health Care allegedly deliberately allowed 57 vials (570 doses) of a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to spoil by leaving them out of refrigeration for two nights. After an internal investigation into the matter, police arrested the pharmacist in question. According to the police, the value of the wasted vaccine cost between $ 8,000 and $ 11,000. On March 10,

4860-402: The flawed process the Wisconsin Supreme Court had used, saying that it failed to properly consider minority representation issues that arose from Evers's map. But the high court did allow Evers's least-change congressional map to stand, since it had no VRA implications. Chastened, Hagedorn sided with the court's three conservatives to drop Evers's map and select the Republican alternative. This map

4950-414: The freeze of the in-state tuition price for higher education. In July 2023, Evers made a line-item veto to the state budget for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 that enshrined per pupil increases in school funding of $ 325 a year until 2425. He did this by striking the hyphen and "20"s from where the budget bill mentioned the 2024–2025 school year. Evers has criticized Wisconsin's legislative maps as "some of

5040-562: The highest rates nationwide. In November, five private schools and some families petitioned the Wisconsin Supreme Court asking that the Racine Unified School District be prevented from requiring all students to do online learning as opposed to in person instruction. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed the petition on behalf of the schools and families. The Wisconsin Supreme Court granted an injunction in favor of

5130-452: The highest totals of new cases per day in the county, and the trend continued of most new cases being younger people. By mid-way through 2020, Wisconsin had experienced 786 deaths and is expected to have the disease to be a new leading cause of death in the state according to associate professor of population sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison . During the last week of June, Wisconsin experienced an upward trend in cases, but not

5220-478: The increasing spread of the virus, declaring a new state of emergency in order to do so. As with prior actions Evers took to tackle the pandemic, Republicans promptly sued, arguing that he had overstepped his power. This was despite the fact that Republicans in the legislature had the power to simply terminate the new state of emergency by a majority vote. No attempt was made at this until February 2021, when Evers countered by issuing another state of emergency. After

5310-467: The legislature also compromised on a funding package for American Family Field , as the Milwaukee Brewers and Major League Baseball had begun threatening that Milwaukee could lose the team if improvements were not made to the stadium. Possibly the most important development of Evers's second term was the election of Janet Protasiewicz as justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court , giving liberals

5400-473: The legislature managed to compromise on shared revenue in 2023 Wisconsin Act 12, revising the formula to give an average boost of about 36% to the shared revenue for each municipality. Municipalities were also granted additional flexibility to raise new revenue through sales taxes. Evers also secured another victory for local government funding in the 2023 budget through use of his line-item veto . Wisconsin has one of

5490-408: The legislature used his own words against him when challenging the order in court. A conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court blocked the executive order just hours after it was issued on April 6, and the election took place as scheduled on April 7. On April 16, Evers ordered an extension of the statewide lockdown to May 26, and mandated all schools in the state to remain closed through

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5580-535: The minimum wage and granting public workers collective bargaining rights. Republicans in the state legislature blocked all the proposals. After Evers's reelection in 2022, the legislature had to come to terms with Evers over the languishing issue of revenue for local governments. The problem had been created by two items in Scott Walker's 2011 "budget reforms": first, the formula for sharing state tax revenue to local governments had been adjusted to artificially create

5670-506: The most gerrymandered , extreme maps in the United States," citing as evidence the fact that the state legislature has opposed policies such as legalizing marijuana and expanding Medicaid despite polls showing that a majority of Wisconsinites support both. In January 2020, he created a nonpartisan redistricting commission by executive order with the intent of drawing an alternative map proposal for post- 2020 census redistricting to counter

5760-512: The most extensive line-item veto powers in the country, with governors enabled to delete specific words in order to change the meaning of a sentence or whole section of law. By striking a few words, Evers increased the limit under which school districts could request additional tax levee by referenda. In that budget, he also vetoed an income tax cut for the top two brackets of Wisconsin earners, and vetoed an attempt to condense Wisconsin's four income tax brackets into three. Later that year, Evers and

5850-452: The number of people that could be present at childcare facilities, limiting it to 10 staff and 50 children at the same time. On March 17, a statewide ban of all gatherings with more than 10 people was announced by the governor. In mid-June, Racine County judge Jon Fredrickson issued a temporary injunction against the city of Racine's "Forward Racine" order. The order limited certain businesses such as gyms, restaurants, and bowling alleys to

5940-577: The other way around, and under the maps I'm signing today, I am making good on that promise." Evers also joined a lawsuit in the Wisconsin Supreme Court challenging the 2022 congressional district map. That map had been created using the Court's now discredited "least changes" rule, so Democratic-aligned litigants argued that it should also be reconsidered. The Court refused this case without explaining its reasoning. Evers strongly supports universal background checks for gun purchases. He has also supported an extreme risk protection order act, commonly known as

6030-486: The pandemic. On April 6, Evers issued an executive order to delay the state's April 7 presidential primary , as well as other coinciding elections. The move came in response to inaction by legislative Republicans to delay or otherwise modify the in-person election despite the widely perceived risk of worsening the spread of the virus if the election went ahead as planned. Evers had said on April 2 that he had no legal authority to issue such an order, and Republican leaders in

6120-485: The past 60 years. Republicans petitioned the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which had not handled a redistricting decision since 1964. The Court, with a 4–3 conservative majority, chose to assume jurisdiction and soon articulated that it would pursue a map with the least changes necessary from the existing one to bring it into compliance with the 2020 census figures. Complying with the Court's rules, Evers and legislative Republicans each submitted maps with only minor changes to

6210-412: The plan, seeking to protect a handful of incumbents, but Evers vetoed it. Republicans then passed Evers's original map without changes, and Evers signed it into law on February 19, 2024, in a celebratory signing ceremony. He said: "When I promised I wanted fair maps—not maps that are better for one party or another—I damn well meant it. The people should get to choose their elected officials, not

6300-410: The proposal the Republican-controlled legislature has said it will put forward if the issue ends up in the state's court system, as it has under past periods of divided government in Wisconsin. With the maps stuck in legislative gridlock, both sides sought relief from the courts. The Democrats sued in federal court; federal courts had handled redistricting in Wisconsin every time it had hit gridlock for

6390-549: The requirement that users of cannabidiol obtain a physician's certification every year. Evers's marijuana proposals were opposed by Republican leaders in the Legislature. On March 12, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Evers declared a public health emergency in the state . The next day, he ordered all schools in the state to close by March 18, with no possibility of reopening until at least April 6. On March 17, Evers instituted

6480-483: The schools and families pending a review of a similar case in Dane County . Meanwhile, COVID-19 cases surged across Wisconsin, averaging 5,395 new cases and 43 deaths per day during the month of November. A single day record of 7,989 new cases was set on November 18. Despite social distancing and other efforts to mitigate spread of the COVID-19 disease, eight nuns from the School Sisters of Notre Dame died within

6570-444: The spread of COVID-19. On April 16, the 'Safer At Home' order was extended to be in effect until May 26. On April 17, Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said he planned not to enforce the 'Safer At Home' order, stating constitutional rights of citizens as his reasoning. His declaration is similar to concerns raised by four sheriffs in the state of Michigan . On April 21, the Wisconsin state legislature filed suit with

6660-476: The start of the pandemic. On March 27, Governor Evers asked the legislature to approve a plan to send every registered voter in the state an absentee ballot so they could vote in the Democratic and Republican primaries, scheduled for April 7, by mail. Republicans opposed the plan. In Green Bay a judge turned down a request to delay the election but other lawsuits move forward. Authorities also refused to delay

6750-512: The state continued to rise. Wisconsin's daily cases first exceeded 1,000 on July 21, and had reached 2,000 daily cases on September 17. The governor's office announced a statewide order to limit indoor mass gatherings that went into effect on October 8, prompting a lawsuit to strike down the new mask mandate and restrictions. According to the governor's office the May ruling from the state supreme court that stopped stay-at-home orders from going into effect in

6840-424: The state supreme court, against the governor's 'Safer At Home' order calling the executive order an overreach of the executive branch's statutory powers. On April 24, Hartford Mayor Tim Michalak announced that businesses would be allowed to re-open on Monday April 27, despite the 'Safer-At-Home' order issued by Governor Evers. He directed the police department not to enforce the 'Safer-At-Home' order. On May 13,

6930-427: The state. Voters rejected both amendments in the August 13 primary elections . In February 2019, Evers withdrew Wisconsin National Guard forces from the border with Mexico, where President Donald Trump had called for a " national emergency ". Evers said, "There is simply not ample evidence to support the president's contention that there exists a national security crisis at our Southwestern border. Therefore, there

7020-537: The statewide order was issued. A lawsuit challenging the mandate was filed by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) on August 25. The mask mandate was put in place as part of the public health emergency declared in July. According to a poll of registered voters conducted by Marquette University , the majority of registered voters support the mandate. Tony Evers Anthony Steven Evers ( / ˈ iː v ər z / EE -vərz ; born November 5, 1951)

7110-542: The subsequent unrest in Kenosha , Evers deployed the Wisconsin National Guard to Kenosha. Looting and damage to vehicles, businesses, and public facilities such as schools, the Dinosaur Discovery Museum , and a public library were reported during the unrest. Evers also responded by calling state lawmakers into a special session to pass legislation addressing police brutality. On March 31, 2021,

7200-565: The surge of cases in early September; San Diego State epidemiologists estimated that the rally may have been a super spreader event, resulting in 266,000 new COVID-19 cases in the US, including some in Wisconsin. Cases continued to increase with a 150% spike in cases near the end of September. Many school districts started the school year with virtual classes. Kenosha gave students a choice between full-time classroom or full-time remote instruction after parents demanded an in-person option. At least five students or staff members tested positive since

7290-477: The use of student identification cards as acceptable voter identification. Walker signed all the legislation into law over Evers's objections. The move was "widely criticized as a power play" and challenged as unconstitutional in four lawsuits variously filed by Evers, other Wisconsin Democrats, and labor unions. The changes to Wisconsin voting laws were struck down by a federal district court, but later restored by

7380-458: The vote, as well as his criticism of Governor Walker, as key reasons for deciding to run. Evers launched his first campaign advertisement against Walker on August 28, 2017. Evers won the eight-candidate Democratic primary on August 14, 2018. On November 6, 2018, Evers narrowly defeated Walker in the general election . Evers sought reelection in 2022. His 2018 running mate, Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes, instead chose to run for U.S. Senate. In

7470-601: Was administrator of the Cooperative Education Service Agency (CESA) in Oshkosh . Evers first ran for state superintendent, a nonpartisan post, in 1993 and was defeated by John Benson . In 2001, he ran again and finished third in the primary to Elizabeth Burmaster . After her election, Burmaster appointed Evers deputy superintendent, a position he held until Burmaster was appointed president of Nicolet College . While serving as Burmaster's deputy, Evers served

7560-544: Was an internal or external issue, but officials said they did not find evidence that anyone's personal information was at risk. 43°31′44″N 89°46′29″W  /  43.528836°N 89.77474°W  / 43.528836; -89.77474 COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin The global COVID-19 pandemic struck the U.S. state of Wisconsin in early February 2020. Although Wisconsin has to date experienced 144 deaths per 100,000 residents, significantly fewer than

7650-451: Was born on November 5, 1951, in Plymouth , Wisconsin, the son of Jean (Gorrow) and Raymond Evers, a physician. His first job was "as a kid, scraping mold off of cheese" in Plymouth. As a young adult, Evers worked as a caregiver in a nursing home . He attended Plymouth High School . He earned bachelor's (1973), master's (1976), and doctoral degrees (1986) in educational leadership from

7740-465: Was changed to Ho-Chunk Gaming in 2010. In 2016, the facility broke ground on a multi-million expansion project. The casino closed for over two months in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic . It reopened in June 2020 with protocols for face masks, social distancing, and sanitization. In 2021, a technical issue forced all Ho-Chunk gaming centers to close for a weekend. The official statement did not specify if it

7830-463: Was exposed to a COVID-19 patient there. On March 10, the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee announced that classes would begin to be moved online after an employee in the school's foundation office was tested for COVID-19. On March 11, the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay announced that classes will be moved to "alternative delivery methods" going into effect immediately after spring break on March 23. The University of Wisconsin–Madison announced

7920-520: Was implemented, hundreds of school districts have benefitted from sparsity aid. In 2017, Evers secured increased state investment in order to increase the number of trained professionals in schools and more funding for mental health training and cross-sector collaboration. On August 23, 2017, Evers announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for governor of Wisconsin in 2018. He cited his 2017 reelection as state superintendent with over 70% of

8010-476: Was seen as a vulnerable incumbent and had been criticized for his education policies. Evers won the Democratic primary in August 2018. Former state representative Mandela Barnes won the primary for the lieutenant governorship , becoming Evers's running mate. The pair narrowly defeated the Scott Walker- Rebecca Kleefisch ticket in the 2018 election by a margin of 1.1%. Evers was reelected by

8100-467: Was used for the 2022 elections. In April 2023, Janet Protasiewicz was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, flipping the majority to the liberals. Democratic-aligned interest groups brought new lawsuits, challenging the constitutionality of the 2022 legislative districts. In Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission , the Court struck down the 2022 map on technical grounds and also found that

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