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Panel of federal judges rules Gov. Tony Evers can keep conservative group MacIver out of events Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Angela Peterson/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers takes questions from media after signing document to veto Republican bill to control $3.2 billion in federal stimulus funding on Monday, March 29, 2012 at Miss Molly’s Cafe & Pastry Shop at 9201 W. Center street in Milwaukee. “These funds don’t belong to me or any member of the Legislature, and these funds sure shouldn’t get caught up in another political ...

by Scott Bauer, The Associated Press Posted Apr 9, 2021 1:18 pm ADT Last Updated Apr 9, 2021 at 1:25 pm ADT MADISON, Wis. — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers can exclude members of a conservative think-tank from attending press briefings and keep them off his email list sent to other reporters, upholding a ruling from a lower court. The MacIver Institute for Public Policy filed the lawsuit in 2019 alleging that Evers violated its staffers’ constitutional rights to free speech, freedom of the press and equal access. But U.S. District Judge James...

MADISON - A federal appeals court on Friday unanimously upheld Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' decision to keep a conservative organization from attending some events. A panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled Evers' practice of keeping the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy out of some events, such as a briefing on his 2019 state budget, was not based on the group's ideology. The governor is allowed to hold events with some media organizations but not others, the judges concluded. "We find that the Governor’s media-access criteria are indeed reasonable and not an...