state budget

May 2, 2019

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.

Mar 1, 2019

Evers’ budget plan calls for more prosecutors, increased private bar rate

In his first proposed budget, Gov. Tony Evers called on Thursday for increasing the private bar rate, adding more prosecutors and giving merit-based raises to certain government attorneys.