Associated Press
WISCONSIN GOV. TONY Evers gives a news conference Thursday outside Henderson Elementary School in Madison, Wis. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin Republicans plan to vote next week to kill key parts of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ state budget proposal, including legalizing medical and recreational marijuana, expanding Medicaid to capture $1.6 billion in federal funding and granting collective bargaining rights to public workers.
The move, announced Friday, is no surprise and follows what the GOP-controlled Legislature did two years ago to Evers’ first budget. Evers and Democrats have lobbied for his proposal to be taken up as written, saying it reflects what the people of the state want. Republicans decried it as a liberal wish list.
Wisconsin Examiner
President Joe Biden and Jill Biden speaking with supporters before the election at the Des Moines Register s Political Soapbox at the 2019 Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa CC BY-SA 2.0
Joe & Jill Biden Credit: Gage Skidmore
Good for President Joe Biden for touting the significant accomplishments of his administrationâs first 100 days before a Joint Session of Congress. And good for him for pushing a bold, progressive agenda.
Bidenâs $4 trillion in federal spending contained in two proposals â the American Jobs Plan and the American Family Plan â represent, as the
New York Times put it, âa fundamental reorientation of government not seen since the days of Lyndon Johnsonâs Great Society.â
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We Energies pitches solar energy project near Madison
By FOX6 News Digital Team
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MILWAUKEE - We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service are proposing to purchase a solar energy center in Wisconsin, they announced April 30. If approved, the project would be the largest renewable energy project in the state.
The Koshkonong Solar Energy Center would feature 300 megawatts of solar generation and 165 megawatts of battery storage, which can store solar-generated power and provide customers with sunshine after sunset.
The project is planned to be built in Dane County, southeast of Madison. The total investment is expected to be $649 million.
This is the third large-scale solar and battery project announced in 2021 by We Energies and WPS. Earlier this year, the companies announced plans for the 325-megawatt Darien Solar Energy Center and 310-megawatt Paris Solar-Battery Park.