Tag Archives: Government appointments and nominations

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday to reject four of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees, including 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 …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over the state’s challenge to a lower court ruling that would allow a man to run for one of the state’s U.S. Senate seats as a Republican, even though the state GOP doesn’t back his candidacy. A state law says a candidate’s past two primary ballots must be cast with …