Republicans knock Evers’ plan to lift deadline for closing Lincoln Hills

Two key Republicans working on legislation to delay the closure of Lincoln Hills said Wednesday it is unacceptable for Gov. Tony Evers to propose in his budget lifting a hard deadline to transfer young offenders to new facilities. But Dem Rep. Evan Goyke, who has been working with Republicans Michael Schraa and Van Wanggaard on the bill, said the guv’s call to move 17-year-olds back to juvenile co...