MON PM Update: Evers announces partnership to boost Medicaid enrollment

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — With Republicans rejecting his call to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, Gov. Tony Evers today announced a new partnership aimed at boosting the number of state residents enrolled in the existing program. In a news conference on the steps of the Capitol, Evers

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THU PM Update: JFC Republicans approve $500 million boost to K-12, Evers says plan ‘doesn’t get us where we need to be’

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee approved putting an additional $500 million into K-12 education over the next two years as Dems slammed the plan as embarrassingly inadequate, particularly on special education. The GOP plan, approved along party lines, included an additional

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TUE PM Update: Committees hear testimony on several abortion-related bills

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Republicans today touted a slate of abortion-related bills they argued would boost transparency, bar discrimination, and expand protections for fetuses and babies. But Dems countered the legislation would ultimately limit options for women, as they championed Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to boost

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MON PM Update: General fund would see $1.4B less under JFC motion

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The first motion the Joint Finance Committee plans to take up Thursday would result in the general fund seeing $1.4 billion less over the next two years than what Gov. Tony Evers proposed, according to an analysis by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.

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