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By Associated Press  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers said Thursday that he hasn’t met with Republican legislative leaders to discuss his $91 billion state budget proposal because he’s listening to what the people of Wisconsin want and that GOP lawmakers should do the same. Republicans who control the Legislature’s budget committee are expected to vote as soon as next week to remove many of Evers’ priorities, such as expanding Medicaid and legalizing r...

Gov. Evers: Listening to people, not GOP lawmakers By Scott Bauer Gov. Tony Evers MADISON, Wis. - Gov. Tony Evers said Thursday that he hasnt met with Republican legislative leaders to discuss his $91 billion state budget proposal because hes listening to what the people of Wisconsin want and that GOP lawmakers should do the same. Republicans who control the Legislatures budget committee are expected to vote as soon as next week to remove many of Evers priorities, such as expanding Medicaid an...

Hearings held only in state’s smaller cities but Evers budget favored 284 to 30 by speakers. //end headline wrapper ?> Map of the four Joint Finance Committee hearings on the 2021-2023 budget Thinking back on the three in-person budget public hearings the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) has held in this month, Rep. Greta Neubauer (D-Racine) says the most frequent testimony she recalls hearing was widespread support for public education. “I believe the most comments were on t...

By Chris Conley Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake Youth Prison. MWC photo by Chris Conley IRMA, WI (WSAU-WXPR) – Officials say the deadline to close the Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake youth prison in Irma will not be met, with the biggest issue being where to put the children and teens. Representative Evan Goyke says legislation that would create new facilities have been sitting in the Joint Committee on Finance for almost two years. “You can’t just move the kids and put them in a hot...

State Won’t Meet the Deadline to Close Lincoln Hills By Chris Conley Apr 26, 2021 7:57 AM IRMA, WI (WSAU-WXPR) – Officials say the deadline to close the Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake youth prison in Irma will not be met, with the biggest issue being where to put the children and teens. Representative Evan Goyke says legislation that would create new facilities have been sitting in the Joint Committee on Finance for almost two years. “You can’t just move the kids and put ...

2:05   The Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake juvenile prisons in Lincoln County were set to close this year under a law passed in 2018. That deadline won’t be met. The biggest issue has been where to put the children. Ahead of last week’s Joint Committee on Finance budget hearing WXPR asked lawmakers about where things stand. Rep. Evan Goyke (D- Milwaukee) said legislation that would create new facilities have been sitting in the JCF for almost two years. “You can’t just move the kids and put...

By Chris Conley Apr 26, 2021 7:57 AM IRMA, WI (WSAU-WXPR) – The Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake Juvenile prison in Lincoln County was set to close this year under a law passed in 2018. That deadline won’t be met. The biggest issue has been where to put the children and teens. Representative Evan Goyke says legislation that would create new facilities have been sitting in the Joint Committee on Finance for almost two years. “You can’t just move the kids and put them in a ho...

WUWM Gov. Tony Evers talks about juvenile justice reform outside the Running Rebels Community Organization office on April 13, 2021. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers was in Milwaukee Tuesday, touting juvenile justice reforms in his budget proposal. At the epicenter of the youth package is an item that would close the troubled Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake juvenile facilities in northern Wisconsin. Allegations of abuse between guards and inmates came to a head a few years ago when the federal govern...

Evers budget and Republican proposals are miles apart. A compromise won’t be easy. //end headline wrapper ?> Gov. Tony Evers. File photo by Emily Hamer/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. The process of creating a state budget to fund the next two years is underway with a supposed July 1 deadline in state law. It’s often said that budgets are moral documents that lay bare the priorities of the parties crafting them. In Wisconsin, it’s not as simple as Republicans wanting to cu...

Wisconsin Examiner To cobble together a bipartisan budget, both sides need wins Democratic donkey and Republican elephant butting heads. Vector illustration. The process of creating a state budget to fund the next two years is underway with a supposed July 1 deadline in state law. It’s often said that budgets are moral documents that lay bare the priorities of the parties crafting them. In Wisconsin, it’s not as simple as Republicans wanting to cut taxes and Democrats wanting to t...