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Wisconsin Legislature’s budget committee to hold 4 hearings

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee plans to hold three in-person public hearings on Gov. Tony Evers’ $91 billion state budget proposal, with one virtual hearing for the first time due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The in-person hearings will be in Whitewater, Rhinelander and Menomonie. “We are not going to hide in Madison,” said Rep. ...

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AG to ask Republican lawmakers to sign off on 4 settlements

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Josh Kaul was poised Tuesday to ask lawmakers to approve four more legal settlements under Wisconsin’s lame-duck laws. Kaul, a Democrat, was scheduled to present possible settlements to the Legislature’s Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee to resolve cases involving agricultural pollution, landfill violations, a petroleum spill and deceptive housing practices. ...

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JFC approves 4 full-time ADA positions

Wisconsin's Joint Committee on Finance has approved four new full-time positions for assistant district attorneys. Dane, Brown, Waukesha and Eau Claire counties will each receive one new position.

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GOP plans to kill Medicaid expansion, pot legalization

Republicans plan to kill some of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' signature proposals in the first vote taken this year by the state's budget-writing committee, proposals including accepting federal money to offer more Medicaid, legalizing medical marijuana and capping enrollment in private voucher schools.

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Panel changes court rules for Foxconn plant

Foxconn Technology Group could appeal lawsuits directly to the conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court, skipping the state appeals court, under changes to a $3 billion incentive package the Legislature's budget-writing committee approved Tuesday.

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Budget reinstates half of Judicial Council’s annual costs

The Wisconsin Judicial Council will remain in business, with a paid staff attorney, after the state budget signed Sunday by Gov. Scott Walker included money to maintain the agency. But the 2011-13 budget only pays for half the annual operating costs of the council, providing $69,700 of the $127,700 the council was given in the state’s 2009-11 budget. Staff Attorney ...

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Panel approves training, permits for concealed-carry bill (UPDATE)

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — People looking to carry concealed guns in Wisconsin would need a license and proof they can handle a firearm under revisions made Thursday to a bill to lift the state’s ban on hidden weapons. The changes the Legislature’s budget committee approved would require applicants to pay the state Department of Justice ...

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Lawmakers to ponder training in weapons bill

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature’s budget committee is set to consider adding mandatory permits and training requirements to a bill that would lift Wisconsin’s ban on concealed weapons. Republicans have been considering several bills that would allow concealed carry. The leading version in the state Assembly would require permits. A Senate version would make permits optional. Neither bill would ...

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Bill to buy down Wis. debt clears committee

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A proposal backed by Gov. Scott Walker to buy down some of Wisconsin’s debt has passed the Legislature’s budget committee. Walker and Republican lawmakers want to tap some of the $636 million expected to come into the state through tax collections above earlier projections. Democrats and supporters of public schools and other areas targeted for deep ...

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With union bill tied up in courts, Walker not counting on savings this year

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SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker no longer expects to see the savings from forcing state workers to pay more for their health insurance and pension benefits before the start of the next budget year in July. Walker is supporting a bill circulated Tuesday in the Legislature by Republican lawmakers that doesn’t count on ...

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Union vote could come in committee (UPDATE)

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders said Wednesday that if the courts have not ruled on the legality of the collective bargaining bill passed earlier this year by early June, it will be added into the state budget by the Joint Finance Committee. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald both told ...

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