evidence: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers wearily delivered his speech during a July press conference inside French Island’s public library. Behind him hung a poster of a dinosaur, encouraging kids to "read beyond the beaten path." [...] Democratic lawmakers introduced bills in 2019 and 2021 that would have required the Department of Natural Resources to establish PFAS standards and reporting requirements or to apply the Department of Health Services’ recommended enforcement standards and offer well-testing grants. But neither bill received hearings in GOP-controlled committees. The Legislature also stripped measures from Evers’ budget that would have helped fund the state’s PFAS Action Plan. [...] That majority holds, in part, because Fred Prehn, an appointee of former Republican Gov. Scott Walker, refused to leave the board after his term expired in May 2021. Wisconsin’s conservative-majority Supreme Court ruled that he could do so until the Senate confirms Evers’ nominee; the chamber has yet to hold a hearing. Prehn, who did not respond to a request for comment, cast the deciding vote in contentious decisions on PFAS.