Joseph Richie

3 weeks ago | statecourtreport.org | Joseph Richie |Sarah Kessler |Erin Smith

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will address the scope of Gov. Tony Evers’s state constitutional authority to approve spending bills passed by the legislature only “in part,” by line-item vetoing other parts. Presented with a 2023 budget bill that approved a two-year increase in school funding limits through the 2024–25 school year, Evers struck the “20” and the dash from references to “2024–25” so that they read “2425.” As altered, the bill increased school funding for 402 years, not 2.

Jul 8, 2024 | finance-commerce.com | Joseph Richie |Scott Andera

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