JFC co-chairs: Committee will reject contracts moving state to self-insurance

The Joint Finance Committee is expected to reject the contracts Gov. Scott Walker’s administration reached as part of a plan to move toward self-insurance for state employees, the co-chairs said today. Co-chair John Nygren, R-Marinette, said the committee would instead look to match the $60 million in savings Walker had projected through the move. That could be accomplished, for example, by increa...