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From WisPolitics ... -- The Joint Finance Committee gets back to work on the 2025-27 state budget today with votes on the Universities of Wisconsin and the Department of Corrections. UW had asked for $855 million in new aid, but GOP legislative leaders have balked at the request. Meanwhile, Dem Gov. Tony Evers included a plan in his budget to revamp the state’s prisons system and close the facilit...