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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 remaining state funds by the close of the two-year period.

Wisconsin Watch · 6h

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signs 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 ensure the state gets a federal Medicaid match that it would lose under

Superior Telegram · 7h

Wisconsin Legislature passes and Evers signs budget

Wisconsin lawmakers voted to approve a state budget late Wednesday night that spends more than $111 billion over the next two years, cuts more than 300 state jobs and increases funding for the child care industry and the Universities of Wisconsin system. It also cuts taxes by about $1.4 billion.

Wisconsin, abortion and Supreme Court

NBC News on MSN · 1d

Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down state's 1849 near-total abortion ban

Abortion providers in the state resumed the procedure in 2023 after a judge ruled that a more recent law superseded the 176-year-old ban.

The Associated Press on MSN · 12h

Wisconsin repeals abortion ban

The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority struck down the state's 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by newer state laws regulating the procedure, including statutes that criminalize abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.

USA TODAY · 1d

Wisconsin lawmakers, advocates react to Supreme Court ruling upholding abortion access

Democrats cheered the ruling as an affirmation that abortion is legal in Wisconsin, while Republicans argue the court overstepped its authority.

Marijuana Moment6h

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Reject Marijuana Legalization Amendments That Democrats Sought To Add To Budget

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate and Assembly have rejected another attempt to legalize marijuana, defeating amendments to budget legislation that would have ended prohibition in the state ...

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Wisconsin lawmakers push to pass state budget before Trump signs federal spending package

Wisconsin lawmakers are rushing to pass the next state budget and get it signed into law before federal law changes take ...

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, Republican leaders reach a deal on large elements of a state budget

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, top Republicans have reached a deal on large swathes of a new Wisconsin state budget.

Wisconsin Examiner1d

‘It’s not perfect:’ Wisconsin legislators express mixed reaction to bipartisan budget deal

The budget committee voted 13-3 with Sen. LaTonya Johnson (D-Milwaukee) joining Republicans in favor of approving the ...

The New York Sun7d

In a Blow to House Democrats, Liberals on Wisconsin Supreme Court Decline To Redraw State’s Congressional Map

Judge Susan Crawford from Madison won her election to the supreme court last month — cementing liberal control for at least ...

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