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Wisconsin Republicans finished their work on the state budget Wednesday, moving the $87 billion spending plan through the Senate and on to Gov. Tony Evers.
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Read More »Assembly approves state budget, Senate up next
Wisconsin Republicans moved a step closer toward finishing their work on their $87 billion state budget Tuesday, pushing the spending plan through the Assembly and on to the Senate.
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Read More »State budget at a glance: Less money for building projects; I-94 expansion gets green light
Wisconsin legislators were set Tuesday to begin taking the final votes on the 2021-23 state budget.
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Read More »Evers signs design-build bill
With his signature on Tuesday, Gov. Tony Evers called on the state DOT to have at least five projects on hand that contractors can complete using the design-build method.
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Read More »Report: Capital budget revives spending after years of drought, though hard choices remain 
Wisconsin's newly approved capital budget is breaking with four years of reduced spending in recent budget cycles, putting the most toward the maintenance and construction of public buildings in nearly two decades, according to a report released on Thursday.
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Read More »Lawsuit challenges Wisconsin governor’s veto powers
A conservative law firm on Wednesday asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to scale back the ability of governors to change the intent of lawmakers through partial budget vetoes — a change that would reverse more than four decades of precedent.
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Read More »Memo: General fund $651M short heading into next budget
New projections show Wisconsin's general fund will be about $650 million short of meeting spending commitments heading into the into the 2021-23 state budget.
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Read More »Wisconsin GOP: Rewrite constitution to limit governor’s veto
Wisconsin Republicans want to rewrite the state constitution to prohibit the governor from using his veto pen to increase spending without legislative approval, marking another skirmish in the GOP's battle to diminish Gov. Tony Evers' powers.
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Read More »WHAT’S IN, WHAT’S OUT: Evers cuts Kaukauna bridge, tolling study from budget; keeps design-build
In signing his first biennial budget on Wednesday, Gov. Tony Evers tossed out a number of GOP-sponsored infrastructure provisions, including a bridge project in the district of a key Republican lawmaker and rules that would make it easier for gravel quarries to operate in Wisconsin.
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Read More »Evers under pressure to sign Wisconsin budget (UPDATE)
Gov. Tony Evers was under pressure Monday to sign the state budget as passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature, even though it doesn't include many of his priorities and GOP lawmakers have made it difficult for him to reshape it in any way through the use of partial vetoes.
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