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Joint Finance approves Evers deal as part of final budget action

The Joint Finance Committee wrapped up its work on an $111.1 billion budget today by approving a package that includes $1.4 billion in new state money to cover Medicaid costs, a series of transportation-related fee increases and the eventual closure of Green Bay’s prison. A significant portion of the package reflects the deal that Dem Gov. Tony Evers struck with GOP legislative leaders on education, child care and pieces of the Department of Transportation budget.

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WED PM Update: Vos expects Evers to quickly sign budget

From WisPolitics … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he expects Gov. Tony Evers to sign the state budget into law “late tonight or early tomorrow.”  There is an urgency for the Legislature to wrap up its work on the budget and for Evers to sign it to ensure a

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WED News Summary: Supreme Court invalidates 1849 abortion ban 

TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down 19th-century abortion ban… 4-3 [ideological-line] high court ruling cements the effects of [Schlipper] ruling, which previously invalidated a ban on most abortions in Wisconsin. … We conclude that comprehensive legislation enacted over the last 50 years regulating in detail the ‘who, what, where,

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Joint Finance approves Evers deal as part of final budget action

The Joint Finance Committee wrapped up its work on an $111.1 billion budget today by approving a package that includes $1.4 billion in new state money to cover Medicaid costs, a series of transportation-related fee increases and the eventual closure of Green Bay’s prison. A significant portion of the package reflects the deal that Dem Gov. Tony Evers struck with GOP legislative leaders on education, child care and pieces of the Department of Transportation budget.

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