Wisconsin Republican-controlled Senate votes to reject Evers appointee

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate has voted to reject four of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees. This includes a member of the state’s natural resources policy board and a former lieutenant governor who was to serve on a hospital governing board. That brings to 13 the number of Evers appointees that the Senate has rejected, which has the effect of firing them. The Senate was also slated on Tuesday to send to Evers a massive tax cut package, while the Assembly was voting for the first time on a constitutional amendment that would curb the veto powers of Wisconsin’s governor. That would ultimately need voter approval.