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7 takeaways from the Wisconsin state budget signed early Thursday
The 2025-27 biennial budget would spend roughly $111.1 billion in total funds and leave an estimated $829 million in ...
Wisconsin state budget breakthrough yields gains for UW system, special education
The deal, announced Tuesday, came as Republican leaders needed to court support from Gov. Tony Evers and Democratic lawmakers ...
Wisconsin Republicans look to Democrats to pass state budget deal
The Wisconsin Legislature is pushing to pass a compromise state budget, with Democratic votes expected to be needed to ...
Wisconsin Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to state’s congressional maps
Democrats had been hoping for the maps to be redrawn so they could be more competitive in the battleground state's U.S. House ...
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Evers signs ‘compromise’ budget quickly after Wisconsin Legislature gives final OK
Gov. Evers signed the budget, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 15, at 1:32 a.m. in his office Thursday, less than an hour after the ...
Educators, parents from about 40 Wisconsin K-12 districts have urged lawmakers to increase special ed funding
The Wisconsin Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance held public hearings on the state budget in Wausau, Kaukauna, West ...
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How will Wisconsin fund schools next year? Special education, state aid cause gridlock
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers proposed $3.3 billion for the state’s public schools. But Republicans who control the budget ...
Evers signs Wisconsin budget in early morning to secure Medicaid funds
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a new two-year budget in the early morning hours Thursday in a race against Congress to ...
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Little progress on Wisconsin's next state budget
At the State Capitol, talks on building the next Wisconsin budget are moving very slowly. The Joint Finance Committee has yet to resume its work after canceling the meeting it ...
Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to hear challenges to the state's congressional district boundaries
The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court has refused to hear challenges brought by Democrats seeking to throw out the ...
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With $2 billion at stake, Legislature and Evers rush to get state budget done
Two of the most powerful motivators known to humankind, money and time, spurred Gov. Tony Evers and the GOP-controlled Legislature to push for the immediate passage and signing ...