Give Gov. Tony Evers some credit. Where other governors facing such a hostile legislature might have given up, Wisconsin’s top Democrat is going right to the voters on the subject of getting popular issues passed into law by going around Republicans who’d rather focus on making it harder to vote and easier for millionaires to pay less in taxes. Joe Zepecki has his take on this week’s state political news.

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