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Tony Evers will seek a $500 million prison overhaul and the closing of Green Bay Correctional
MADISON – Gov. Tony Evers is proposing in his next two-year state budget a half of a billion dollar plan that would close a deteriorating 127-year-old state prison in Green Bay, rebuild another ...
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Gov. Tony Evers attempts to repeal Wisconsin lame-duck laws in budget again
Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, said in a statement. “Can you imagine the uproar from Gov. Evers and Democrats if President ...
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Tony Evers seeks to change law barring political appointees from serving after Senate rejection
The Legislature in a 2018 lame-duck session stripped the power of a governor to reinstate an appointee after Senate rejections. Many rejected appointees were fired by the Senate along party lines.
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Top Republican, Allouez and Waupun leaders react to Gov. Evers' prison overhaul plan
Remodeling the Waupun facility would create what Evers administration officials are calling a "vocational village," with a focus on expanding job training. Sen. Van Wanggaard, a Republican from ...
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Evers proposes closing Green Bay prison in $500M reform plan
“We have to get this done, period.” Republican Sen. Van Wanggaard, chair of the Senate judiciary committee, praised Evers for proposing the closure of the 127-year-old prison in Green Ba ...
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Wisconsin governor floats plan to close 19th-century prison and overhaul corrections system
“We have to get this done, period.” Republican Sen. Van Wanggaard, chair of the Senate judiciary committee, praised Evers for ...
Tony Evers will seek a $500 million prison overhaul and the closing of Green Bay Correctional
Gov. Tony Evers' plan to close the decrepit Green Bay prison and rebuild the Waupun prison hinges on closing the troubled ...