JFC releases suicide hotline money

The Joint Finance Committee unanimously backed releasing $220,000 appropriated in the budget for a suicide prevention line after adding new reporting requirements and redirecting it through a different agency. As they have over multiple issues with the budget, the committee tussled over decisions by GOP members to require agencies to come back to seek the release of money that had already been all… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me     Forgot

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U.S. Ag secretary questions whether small dairy farms can survive without growing

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue warned it will be “very difficult” for family dairy farms to stay in business unless they scale up in size. Speaking after a town hall event with dairy stakeholders Monday at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, President Trump’s ag secretary told reporters he doesn’t think small businesses should “have a guaranteed income or guaranteed profitability.” “In Ameri… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.

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WED AM Update: JFC to take up $45M UW System request, suicide prevention hotline funding

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee has a full agenda today on issues affecting the UW System, a suicide prevention hotline and the courts. Up first is the 13.10 hearing to review agency requests. That include the UW System’s request for JFC to release $45 million in state aid to fund operations. The … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options.

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JFC releases suicide hotline money

The Joint Finance Committee unanimously backed releasing $220,000 appropriated in the budget for a suicide prevention line after adding new reporting requirements and redirecting it through a different agency. As they have over multiple issues with the budget, the committee tussled over decisions by GOP members to require agencies to

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