JFC approves $10 million boost for DOJ, $82 million short of Evers request

The state Department of Justice would get a $10 million boost in general purpose revenue, a fraction of the $92.2 million that Dem Gov. Tony Evers had proposed, under a GOP motion the Joint Finance Committee approved today.

The GOP motion, approved 11-4, would reject a $12.5 million expansion that Evers had called for with treatment and diversion courts. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau noted the...

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