MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s new Democratic governor and the Republicans who control the Legislature are having such a hard time getting along that even the signing of a seemingly innocuous, unanimously approved bill morphed into a partisan fight. Then, before Evers took office, Republicans hastily called a lame-duck legislative session to weaken his powers and protect Walker’s legacy and policies. Evers vetoed the first bill Republicans passed, which would have cut income taxes by about the same amount Evers campaigned on. The first measure Evers signed, sponsored by Republicans but passed with unanimous bipartisan support, removed the words “mental retardation” from state rules. “Governor Evers was never going to get everything he wanted out of the Republican Legislature,” Cullen said.

Source: National Post May 26, 2019 15:33 UTC