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Republican legislators on the powerful budget-writing committee gave few details on why an anonymous member of the committee blocked the Department of Health Services' plan to spend funds won from an opioid lawsuit.

MADISON, Wis. — Republican legislators on the powerful budget-writing committee gave few details on why an anonymous member of the committee blocked the Department of Health Services’ plan to spend funds won from an opioid lawsuit. The action to block the plan was taken yesterday, according to a release from the two top Republicans on the Joint Committee on Finance....

The budget committee co-chairs didn’t explain why they delayed the plan to distribute Wisconsin’s share of the national opioid settlement.

The state of Wisconsin has received money from a legal settlement with opioid manufacturers that it plans to use to combat the opioid epidemic, but right now, those funds cant

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee objected Wednesday to Gov. Tony Evers' plans to spend $31 million Wisconsin is slated to receive in a multi-state settlement with drug manufacturers over their role in the opioid crisis.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee objected Wednesday to Gov. Tony Evers' plans to spend $31 million Wisconsin is slated to receive in a multi-state settlement with drug manufacturers over their role in the opioid crisis. The state Department of Health Services received its first $6 million payment on July 29. The ...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers' spending plans for a multi-state opioid settlement have been blocked by the Republican-controlled budget committee.

The move by state legislators is key to allowing the long-delayed plan to move forward.

The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance has delayed the Evers administrations spending plan to combat the states opioid epidemic.

By Joey Prestley and Sam Watson, Wisconsin Watch   Although shes been receiving federal food assistance for around 15 years, Madison resident Elizabeth Blume has never eaten government cheese. Shes ...