Legislators on the JFC spent more than an hour debating the importance of expanding Badger Care, a state Medicaid program for low-income Wisconsinites.
Republicans who head the Legislature’s budget committee are telling Wisconsin’s business leaders that they are optimistic a tax cut will be a part of the next two-year spending plan.
On Upfront, Matt Smith speaks with Democratic Congressman Mike Pocan and Republican Senator Ron Johnson who both express differing opinions on the president’s first 100 days in office.
Legislators, particularly the 16 members of the Joint Finance Committee are doing a border-to-border tour of the state to hear and see what needs to be prioritized in the state budget for 2022-2023. Mental health-related issues have come up in every community and in every listening session.
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.
A judge has ruled that Republican leaders of the Wisconsin Legislature illegally hired private taxpayer-funded attorneys to represent them in anticipation of lawsuits over redistricting.
President Biden will likely focus his remarks around COVID-19 relief efforts and his plan to build back the economy- that includes his multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure plan.
President Joe Biden has nominated the sheriff of one of the nation’s most populous counties to lead the agency that deports people in the country illegally.
The State Department has ordered a significant number of its remaining staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to leave Afghanistan as the military steps up the pullout of American troops from the country.
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin says dairy products are held to higher federal standards of nutrition and quality that does not exist for plant-based foods.
Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed Republican-backed bills that would have prevented health officials from mandating the COVID-19 vaccine and allowed churches to be closed during the pandemic.
It calls on the FDA to enforce its regulations that define milk and cream and stop the labeling of products from nuts, seeds and plants as milk, yogurt or cheese.
A Senate bill filed Wednesday would require UW universities to open any in-person commencement ceremony to the parents and guardians of graduating students.
By Associated Press, Juliana Tornabene and Nick Viviani
Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a package of Republican-authored bills that would have directed how the state would spend $3.2 billion in federal COVID-19 relief money.
U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) have reintroduced the Medicare at 50 Act to give people between the ages of 50 and 64 years old the option of buying into Medicare.
