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Amid uncertain future, audit sheds light on Wisconsin’s use of federal funds
As Wisconsin grapples with an uncertain future when it comes to federal funding, a new audit sheds some light on how the state handled federal money in the last budget.
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Evers launches campaign to recruit displaced federal workers to Wisconsin
Gov. Tony Evers is trying to recruit displaced federal workers to Wisconsin following mass layoffs by the Trump Administration.
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Gov. Evers proposes to make Wisconsin prison a vocational village. What is that? Ask Michigan.
In 2016, Wisconsin’s neighboring state created the first in-prison trade school, and it has since been replicated across the nation. Gov. Tony Evers wants to turn Waupaun’s prison into a similar facility.
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Gov. Evers’ capital budget calls for $25M in Milwaukee County Courthouse updates
Gov. Tony Evers is proposing $25 million in his capital budget for renovations at the Milwaukee County Courthouse complex.
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Evers’ capital budget calls for $4.1B in building projects
Gov. Tony Evers unveiled a capital budget Monday that calls for $4.1 billion in new building projects around the state, with the largest chunk going toward Universities of Wisconsin campuses.
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Evers knocks Congress for inaction as Wisconsin joins latest lawsuit against Trump administration
Gov. Tony Evers said the latest lawsuit joined by the state of Wisconsin against President Donald Trump’s administration gets at “who’s in charge” of the federal government.
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Evers blasts Trump tariffs, warns they’ll harm Wisconsin
Gov. Tony Evers says he’s bracing for how President Donald Trump’s tariffs will affect Wisconsin, arguing Tuesday that it will hurt the state’s budget process and several key industries.
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Congress is targeting trillions in cuts. Wisconsin lawmakers disagree on impacts to next state budget.
Congress has set targets for cutting $2 trillion in federal spending and $880 billion of that could come from programs including Medicaid.
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Evers budget seeks to remove state Senate power to block his political appointees
Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed state budget seeks to strip the state Senate of some of its power to block his political appointees from serving on state boards and in state agencies.
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Evers calls for closing Green Bay prison in $535M corrections overhaul
The Green Bay Correctional Institution would be closed and the Waupun Correctional Institution converted into a new “vocational village” to train incarcerated people for jobs under a set of “sweeping reforms” Gov. Tony Evers will propose in his new budget.