Category: State budget

Republicans on the budget-writing committee approved a motion Tuesday night that would put hundreds of millions of state dollars into Medicaid over the next biennium, including investments in the long-term care industry, hospitals and a series of healthcare providers.

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The Joint Finance Committee is set to focus on healthcare issues Tuesday as it aims to finish up its work on the state’s 2021-23 budget this week.  Read More

Republican lawmakers on the budget committee signed off on a measure that would fund mental health facilities in Wausau and western Wisconsin in the state’s next biennial budget.   Read More

The Legislature’s budget-writing committee approved a plan Wednesday that would add more staff at the Department of Safety and Professional Services to help with processing healthcare licenses and boost funding for technical changes to a state program tracking addictive prescription drugs.  Read More

The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee approved motions to the state’s 2021-23 budget that would boost student mental health and fund efforts to increase nurse educators and dentists practicing in rural Wisconsin.  Read More

The Joint Finance Committee on Thursday approved money for veteran suicide prevention efforts and for the state’s veterans homes to respond to future natural disasters and pandemics in the 2021-23 state budget.  Read More

Republicans on the budget-writing committee on Thursday opted to build the state’s next budget off of its current one, voting to remove hundreds of Gov. Tony Evers' proposals, like Medicaid expansion, from the two-year spending plan. Read More