WisDems: As JFC meets today, legal memo says Republicans can release funds immediately

MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee meets in Madison. One thing not on the agenda? Releasing already-approved crisis funding to support health care in western Wisconsin in the wake of hospital closures by HSHS and Prevea Health. For months, Republicans have claimed it is impossible to release the funds—but a new legal opinion from the nonpartisan...