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Starting pay for Wisconsin public defenders and assistant district attorneys would increase to $36 an hour, or about $75,000 a year, under a Republican-authored plan the Legislatures budget-writing committee. The

The Public Defenders Office and district attorneys have struggled to hire and retain the number of attorneys they need to keep up with caseloads.

Starting pay for Wisconsin public defenders and assistant district attorneys would increase to $36 an hour, or about $75,000 a year, under a Republican-authored plan the Legislatures budget-writing committee.

Republican leaders in the Legislature said the new forecast justified cutting programs that Gov. Tony Evers proposed in the next budget.

Wisconsin’s budget forecast has dipped slightly, but the latest projection still calls...

Wisconsin’s budget forecast has dipped slightly, but the latest projection still calls for the state to collect about $6.9 billion more than anticipated by the end of June. The latest

Roughly $45 million had been in Gov. Evers proposed budget to increase fees for in-home and community health care services. The item was removed by Republicans.

Citizen Action of Wisconsin hosted a press conference at the Chippewa Valley Free Clinic in Eau Claire Wednesday.

Steven Walters started covering state government in 1988. Contact him at stevenscotwalters@gmail.com

The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted May 2 to strip 545 of Gov. Tony Evers’ priorities from the 2023-25 state budget. That means those proposals are dead unless a majority of the 16-member committee votes to reconsider them.