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Budget committee approves over $700 million in bonding for clean water programs

1 day ago | wisconsinexaminer.com | Baylor Spears

The Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee on Thursday took its first actions on the budget since the breakdown in negotiations between Republican lawmakers and Gov. Tony Evers by approving over $700 million in bonding authority for clean water and safe drinking water projects and taking action on several other agencies. Committee Co-Chairs Rep. Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) and Sen.
Budget negotiations between Gov. Evers, Republican leaders at an end for now

2 days ago | wisconsinexaminer.com | Baylor Spears

Republican lawmakers are planning to move forward on writing the two-year state budget without input from across the aisle after negotiations with Gov. Tony Evers broke down on Wednesday. Senate and Assembly leaders and Evers each released statements on Wednesday in the early evening saying that while negotiations have been in good faith, they are ending for now after meetings late on Tuesday evening and on Wednesday morning.
Republicans target a tax that keeps state Medicaid programs running

4 days ago | wisconsinexaminer.com | Shalina Chatlani

The tax and spending bill the U.S. House approved targets a strategy states have used to boost the Medicaid dollars they get from the federal government. The measure would cap or freeze the taxes states levy on medical providers, potentially leaving states with major holes in their Medicaid budgets. As a result, states would face the choice of either replacing the lost federal money with state dollars, scaling back services or providing coverage to fewer people.
Union at Meriter claims victory as nurses ratify new contract, end strike

6 days ago | wisconsinexaminer.com | Erik Gunn

Nurses at Meriter hospital in Madison returned to work Sunday with a new contract at the end of a five-day strike, the first in the hospital’s history. The agreement, reached Saturday and ratified by union members late Saturday night, for the first time gives nurses direct input on staffing concerns at the hospital, said Pat Raes, president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Wisconsin and also a nurse at the hospital.
Evers raises Pride flag over Wisconsin State Capitol

1 week ago | wisconsinexaminer.com | Henry Redman

by Henry Redman, Wisconsin Examiner May 30, 2025 For the seventh time, Gov. Tony Evers ordered the Progress Pride Flag to fly over the Wisconsin State Capitol for LGBTQ Pride Month. This year, Pride Month begins on the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which gave same-sex couples the right to get married in 2015.
Trump DHS lists Democratic strongholds, and deep red Shawano County, as defying immigration law

1 week ago | wisconsinexaminer.com | Henry Redman

by Henry Redman, Wisconsin Examiner May 30, 2025 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security listed Shawano County along with Dane County, Madison and Milwaukee as Wisconsin jurisdictions “defying immigration law” on Thursday. The department released the list as part of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump requiring that sanctuary jurisdictions across the country be listed.
Striking nurses hold vigil as bargaining resumes at Meriter hospital

1 week ago | wisconsinexaminer.com | Erik Gunn

Roughly 150 nurses and their allies gathered at dusk Thursday for a vigil to show support for the strike underway at Meriter hospital in Madison. The crowd was smaller than the throngs that have gathered outside the hospital during daily picketing and rallies, but the feelings they conveyed were no less intense.
Budget committee Republicans again cut increases in licensing agency staff

1 week ago | wisconsinexaminer.com | Erik Gunn

Republicans on the Legislature’s budget committee rejected a proposal Thursday to add permanent staff to the state agency responsible for ensuring that a range of professionals have licenses they need to do their jobs. Instead, the Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines to extend five contract positions for three more years as well as add a handful of other positions. The 2025-27 state budget marks the fourth one in which Gov.
Democrats in the state Legislature call for LGBTQ+ equality measures

1 week ago | wisconsinexaminer.com | Erik Gunn

Wisconsin Democratic lawmakers are circulating four draft bills and two joint resolutions to address issues of discrimination against members of the lesbian, gay, trans and queer community. The package was announced just before Pride Month begins on June 1. “We celebrate the history of the LGBTQ+ movement and the future of our population, and I can’t think of a more important time to do that,” said Rep. Christian Phelps (D-Eau Claire), at a Capitol press conference Thursday.
Trump visa changes put UW-Madison international students at risk again

1 week ago | wisconsinexaminer.com | Henry Redman

The visas of UW-Madison’s Chinese students, who make up about half of the school’s international student body, could be at risk after the administration of President Donald Trump said Wednesday night it plans to “aggressively” revoke Chinese student visas and pause the rescheduling of visa review appointments. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that international students with ties to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in “critical fields” could have their visas revoked.