Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and Minority Leader Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, announced today they have reached a tentative agreement to fund WisconsinEye.
During a joint news conference, the two said they planned to introduce a bipartisan bill shortly that would take $10 million originally meant as matching funds for the public affairs network and place it in a trust fund. Interest from that fund would be used to finance the network’s operations.
Gov. Tony Evers’ office said it had not been involved in talks on the bill. The offices of Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, and Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein, D-Middleton, didn’t immediately return calls seeking comment.
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