Evers Bypasses GOP-Led Committee to Implement Pay Raises for State Workers

State and UW employees to get pay raises approved in state budget

Gov. Tony Evers implementing pay raises for state employees that were approved in the state budget without additional approval from the Legislature’s Joint Committee for Employment Relations. Evers signed the budget, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 15, at 1:32 a.m. in his office Thursday, less than an hour after the Assembly passed it. (Photo by Baylor Spears/Wisconsin Examiner)Gov. Tony Evers is implementing pay raises for state employees without additi…

Evers bypasses GOP-led committee to implement pay raises for state workers

Gov. Tony Evers' administration says a 2024 Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling allows him to issue state employee pay raises included in the state budget without getting approval from a legislative committee. The post Evers bypasses GOP-led committee to implement pay raises for state workers appeared first on WPR.