Four counties apply to build youth detention facilities

Four counties have submitted applications to build detention facilities for less-serious juvenile offenders. The grant applications were due by noon Monday, and Brown, Dane, Milwaukee and Racine Counties applied. Under a bill Gov. Tony Evers signed Friday delaying the closure

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TUE AM Update: State revises down projected Medicaid surplus

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — The projected surplus in the state’s Medicaid program to wrap up the 2017-19 biennium dipped slightly compared to three months ago. Still, the $52

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Evers has until Friday to act on budget

Gov. Tony Evers has until Friday to act on the state budget lawmakers sent him last week. Evers can allow it to become law without his signature, use his partial veto authority, or reject the document outright. Assembly Speaker Robin

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Four counties apply to build youth detention facilities

Four counties have submitted applications to build detention facilities for less-serious juvenile offenders. The grant applications were due by noon Monday, and Brown, Dane, Milwaukee and Racine Counties applied. Under a bill Gov. Tony Evers signed Friday delaying the closure of Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake in northern Wisconsin by

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TUE AM Update: State revises down projected Medicaid surplus

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — The projected surplus in the state’s Medicaid program to wrap up the 2017-19 biennium dipped slightly compared to three months ago. Still, the $52 million difference in general purpose revenue amounts to less than

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Evers has until Friday to act on budget

Gov. Tony Evers has until Friday to act on the state budget lawmakers sent him last week. Evers can allow it to become law without his signature, use his partial veto authority, or reject the document outright. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, whose signature Friday sent the budget to Evers, said

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