GOP plans to kill Medicaid expansion, pot legalization
5 years, 8 months ago

GOP plans to kill Medicaid expansion, pot legalization

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans plan to kill some of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ signature proposals in the first vote of the budget-writing committee next week, including Medicaid expansion, legalizing medical marijuana and capping enrollment in private voucher schools. The committee’s co-chairs, Rep. John Nygren and Sen. Alberta Darling said in a memo Wednesday they will fundamentally reshape the $83 billion budget by removing more than 70 policy items Evers proposed with one vote on May 9. Items to be removed include the core of Evers’ budget, accepting federal dollars allowed under the Affordable Care Act to expand Medicaid to cover an additional 82,000 poor people. Republicans also plan to strip out proposals to legalize marijuana for medical use, legalize small amounts of recreational marijuana and repeal the state’s minimum mark-up on gasoline, which Evers counted on to mitigate a proposed gas-tax increase.

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Wisconsin’s Evers revives plan to enable voters to repeal and create state laws
4 days ago

Wisconsin’s Evers revives plan to enable voters to repeal and create state laws

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is reviving his plan to let voters repeal and create state laws without legislative involvement, this time through the state budget. Evers told reporters Friday that the state budget he plans to unveil next month will include a mandate that legislators take up a constitutional amendment allowing voters to petition for ballot proposals …

Wisconsin Republicans dismiss governor’s call to increase funding for child care, UW System
1 year, 5 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans dismiss governor’s call to increase funding for child care, UW System

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday called a special legislative session for September in a longshot attempt quickly dismissed by Republicans to approve funding they rejected earlier this year for child care services, a family leave program, the University of Wisconsin System and other efforts targeting the state’s worker shortage problem. Evers has been highlighting child …

Highlights of Wisconsin Gov. Evers’ $104 billion budget plan
1 year, 10 months ago

Highlights of Wisconsin Gov. Evers’ $104 billion budget plan

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Here’s a look at some of the major proposals in the spending plan: BY THE NUMBERS — Spend $103.8 billion over the next two years, with total spending increasing almost 18% to $52.1 billion in the first year and then dropping nearly 1% to $51.7 billion in the second. HEALTH — Paid family and …

Evers pushing for tax cuts, new paid family leave program
1 year, 10 months ago

Evers pushing for tax cuts, new paid family leave program

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers made a plea for bipartisanship with the unveiling of a nearly $104 billion state budget Wednesday that includes a new paid family leave program for most public and private-sector workers, tax cuts for the middle class, a plan to keep the Milwaukee Brewers in their stadium until at least 2043 and higher …

Wisconsin Gov. Evers details tax plan to boost middle class
1 year, 10 months ago

Wisconsin Gov. Evers details tax plan to boost middle class

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. The governor’s office released details Sunday showing the plan would limit exceptions that benefit wealthy filers, outlaw state taxes on federal student loan relief and follow through on Evers’ campaign promises for $1.2 billion in tax cuts over two years. A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, who first proposed the plan for a …

EXPLAINER: Where Wisconsin governor and Republicans agree
1 year, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: Where Wisconsin governor and Republicans agree

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Some are clearly dead on arrival, but in other areas, Evers and Republicans appear willing to compromise on how to spend the state’s unprecedented budget surplus, estimated Wednesday at more than $7.1 billion. Evers initially called for a 4% increase in funding, using the current formula, while Republicans talked about taking a new approach …

Evers pushes for legal abortions, expanded Medicaid
2 years ago

Evers pushes for legal abortions, expanded Medicaid

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers outlined a largely liberal agenda in his second inaugural address Tuesday, calling for overturning an 1849 state law banning abortions, expanding Medicaid coverage and legalizing marijuana. The GOP returns this session with even larger majorities in the state Legislature, and the Senate Republican leader called Evers’ speech disappointing and “highly partisan.” Evers and other …

Wisconsin Gov. Evers opposes GOP flat income tax cut plan
2 years ago

Wisconsin Gov. Evers opposes GOP flat income tax cut plan

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is promising to veto any flat income tax cut plan passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature, favoring instead his proposal to reduce taxes for the middle class by 10%. Evers, in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, came out against an idea being floated by Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu that …

Evers signs GOP-written state budget with $2B tax cut
3 years, 6 months ago

Evers signs GOP-written state budget with $2B tax cut

Associated Press  

WHITEFISH BAY, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers signed the Republican-written state budget Thursday, enacting a two-year spending plan that includes a $2 billion income tax cut while making 50 largely minor partial vetoes, saying unfinished business still needs to be addressed. Evers, a Democrat who is running for reelection next year, cast it as a bipartisan effort even though the …

Biden's Budget Proposal Reverses A Decades-Long Ban On Abortion Funding
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden's Budget Proposal Reverses A Decades-Long Ban On Abortion Funding

NPR  

Biden's Budget Proposal Reverses A Decades-Long Ban On Abortion Funding Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP Alex Brandon/AP President Biden's budget proposal fulfills a campaign promise to remove a longstanding ban on federal funding for most abortions known as the Hyde Amendment. Sponsor Message A longstanding compromise Abortion rights advocates have praised the move; a statement from Planned Parenthood …

Wisconsin Republicans quickly kill Medicaid expansion
3 years, 7 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans quickly kill Medicaid expansion

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature on Tuesday convened and within seconds ended a special session called by Democratic Gov. Democratic Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz said rejecting Medicaid expansion was “absurd” and that no private business would make the same decision with so much federal money on the table. Evers called the special session last week, …

Gov. Evers calls special session on Medicaid expansion
3 years, 7 months ago

Gov. Evers calls special session on Medicaid expansion

Associated Press  

MIDDLETON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday called a special session for the Legislature to expand Medicaid in Wisconsin, promising to use $850 million in federal money that would come to the state to pay for an array of economic development projects across the state. Turning down Medicaid expansion now will mean Republicans are also rejecting economic development projects …

Republicans scrap Evers’ priorities, start writing budget
3 years, 8 months ago

Republicans scrap Evers’ priorities, start writing budget

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Legislature’s Republican-led budget committee on Thursday killed hundreds of Democratic Gov. Republicans, along a party line vote, essentially scrapped the Democratic governor’s entire two-year spending proposal and instead began crafting their own budget based off of the current budget, which the GOP-controlled Legislature passed two years ago without a single Democratic vote and which Evers …

GOP eyeing tax cut as they prepare to gut Evers’ plan
3 years, 8 months ago

GOP eyeing tax cut as they prepare to gut Evers’ plan

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who head the Legislature’s budget committee told Wisconsin’s business leaders on Wednesday that they are optimistic a tax cut will be a part of the next two-year spending plan, although they said details on what type and how much were still being discussed. The committee co-chairs, Sen. Howard Marklein and Rep. Mark Born, told a virtual …

Republicans ask Evers to discuss federal stimulus funding
3 years, 8 months ago

Republicans ask Evers to discuss federal stimulus funding

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republican legislative leaders on Monday called on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to meet with them to discuss his plans for spending $3.2 billion in federal stimulus money coming to the state. Evers last week said that discussing his plans for the spending money with Republicans was not a “top priority.” State law gives the governor the power …

Republicans to kill legalized pot, other Evers priorities
3 years, 8 months ago

Republicans to kill legalized pot, other Evers priorities

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — 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. Also on the chopping block: Making Juneteenth, the day marking the emancipation of people who …

Evers says he’s listening to the people, not GOP lawmakers
3 years, 8 months ago

Evers says he’s listening to the people, not GOP lawmakers

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — 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. “It’s clear from my vantage point the people of Wisconsin need to be heard from,” Evers said outside …

Evers renewing call for Medicaid expansion opposed by GOP
3 years, 10 months ago

Evers renewing call for Medicaid expansion opposed by GOP

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers will try again to expand Medicaid coverage in Wisconsin, announcing Wednesday that his state budget proposal will also have more than $150 million in other health initiatives, including bolstering student mental health support, addressing the opioid crisis and increasing telehealth accessibility. Republicans argue that accepting the federal money to expand the state’s BadgerCare Medicaid …

Evers’ budget proposal would legalize recreational marijuana
3 years, 11 months ago

Evers’ budget proposal would legalize recreational marijuana

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says his budget plan will include a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana, an idea that will likely be blocked by the Republican-controlled Legislature but could be a catalyst to allow the use of medical marijuana. Evers said the recreational marijuana measure could generate $166 million in revenue that would be used to help …

Evers to again push for lower prescription drug costs
3 years, 11 months ago

Evers to again push for lower prescription drug costs

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers plans to renew efforts designed to lower prescription drug costs, putting forward a proposal in his state budget that the Republican-controlled Legislature previously rejected. Evers’ prescription drug plan largely follows recommendations of a task force he created in 2019 that put forward ways to reduce the costs of prescription drugs, expand access to needed …

Wisconsin Republicans vote to kill Medicaid expansion
5 years, 8 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans vote to kill Medicaid expansion

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans voted Thursday to scrap expanding Medicaid, legalizing medical marijuana, raising the minimum wage and a host of other priorities of Democratic Gov. State Rep. John Nygren, the Republican co-chair of the budget committee, said Thursday that he wouldn’t compromise on taking something less than full expansion, rejecting that as “Medicaid light.” Democratic members of the …

Evers vows to ‘fight like hell’ for Medicaid expansion
5 years, 8 months ago

Evers vows to ‘fight like hell’ for Medicaid expansion

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers pledged Thursday to “fight like hell” to expand Medicaid in Wisconsin, a day after Republican legislative leaders said they would kill his proposal next week. Republican co-chairs of the Legislature’s budget committee said Wednesday they would vote next week to remove Medicaid expansion from Evers’ spending plan, along with a host of his …

Wisconsin Republicans seek compromise on Medicaid expansion
5 years, 8 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans seek compromise on Medicaid expansion

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans open to a possible compromise with Democratic Gov. “I honestly think we have to take it,” said Republican Sen. Luther Olsen of the Evers Medicaid expansion proposal. “Health care is a priority for both parties and this budget certainly has enough in it to coalesce around,” said Wisconsin Hospitals Association president and CEO Eric Borgerding. …

Evers’ health agency leaders dedicated to Medicaid expansion
5 years, 9 months ago

Evers’ health agency leaders dedicated to Medicaid expansion

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Expanding Medicaid to cover more low-income people in Wisconsin is a fundamental part of Democratic Gov. Those include increasing county aid for crisis mental health services, spending more on women’s health care initiatives and raising reimbursement rates for Medicaid providers. Wisconsin Medicaid director Jim Jones, speaking at a Wisconsin Health News luncheon Tuesday, told the audience of …

Evers’ first budget sets up fight with Republicans
5 years, 10 months ago

Evers’ first budget sets up fight with Republicans

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers’ first budget, to be unveiled this week, will surely please his Democratic supporters by fulfilling campaign promises to legalize medical marijuana, expand Medicaid and spend more money on public education. Republicans have made clear their opposition to Evers’ proposals to accept federal money to expand Medicaid, legalize medical marijuana and decriminalize small amounts of …

Assembly speaker gives governor’s marijuana plan low odds
5 years, 10 months ago

Assembly speaker gives governor’s marijuana plan low odds

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly speaker doesn’t believe Democratic Gov. Evers, who is in his sixth week as governor, might have been able to win support for a narrower proposal limited only to medical marijuana, Vos said. “They’re not going to decriminalize it so people can carry around bags of weed all over the state.” Vos called that idea …

Gov. Evers pitches $28Mfor women’s health care issues
5 years, 10 months ago

Gov. Evers pitches $28Mfor women’s health care issues

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers wants to restore funding for Planned Parenthood that his Republican predecessor cut as part of a nearly $28 million plan to expand access to women’s health care. I certainly think that giving more money to the state’s largest abortion provider is not something that I can ever see our caucus doing.” Evers unveiled …

Medicaid expansion study divides Democrats, Republicans
5 years, 10 months ago

Medicaid expansion study divides Democrats, Republicans

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans opposed to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to expand Medicaid coverage in Wisconsin got some ammunition Tuesday, while Democrats and health care advocates dismissed as unreliable the new report saying expansion would shift $600 million a year to the private insurance market. Democrats including Evers want Wisconsin to join 36 other states in accepting federal money …

Report: Evers to propose decriminalizing marijuana
5 years, 10 months ago

Report: Evers to propose decriminalizing marijuana

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Evers also will propose legalizing marijuana for medical conditions including cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain, the Wisconsin State Journal reported. Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul has said he supports legalizing medical marijuana to help people deal with pain and provide the state with new revenue. Wisconsin’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection …

Evers, Republicans offer competing income tax cut plans
5 years, 11 months ago

Evers, Republicans offer competing income tax cut plans

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. “I don’t think I could possibly sign a tax cut of that type where the money going forward is not there,” the governor said. “Our plan cuts taxes for families without raising them on anyone else — only creating winners.” Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told reporters before the hearing on the GOP bill that any …

Poll shows strong support for Evers priorities
5 years, 11 months ago

Poll shows strong support for Evers priorities

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A poll released Thursday suggests there is strong support for some of Democratic Gov. The poll showed that a majority of respondents want Wisconsin to accept federal Medicaid expansion, increase the minimum wage and public school funding, and take a nonpartisan approach to drawing the state’s electoral maps. Evers’ spokeswoman, Melissa Baldauff, said the poll results show …

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