The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of the Republican-controlled Legislature on Wednesday over Gov. Tony Evers’s veto powers.
The court on Wednesday struck down the Democratic governor’s partial veto of a Republican-led bill that detailed the plan for spending on new literacy programs designed to improve K–12 students’ reading performance. The state justices argued that he improperly used his veto power over the measure.
In 2023, Evers signed into law a bill that created an early literacy coaching program within the state Department of Public Instruction. The bill also created grants for schools that adopt approved reading curricula to pay for changing their programs and to train teachers on the new practices. However, Republicans put the $50 million to pay for the new initiative in a separate emergency fund controlled by the Legislature’s budget committee….