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Wisconsin budget signed into law by Evers early Thu. morning

Wisconsin governor signs budget in early morning to secure Medicaid funds
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a new two-year budget that will affect nearly every person in the battleground state.
Wisconsin budget signed into law by Evers early Thursday morning
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed the state’s budget into law in the early morning hours Thursday after the state Legislature passed the bill during sessions that spanned all of Wednesday with the Assembly running into early Thursday.
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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.
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After Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and legislative Republicans struck a deal on major elements of a state budget final legislative votes are scheduled.
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Gov. Evers signed the budget, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 15, at 1:32 a.m. in his office Thursday, less than an hour after the Assembly passed it.
Gov. Tony Evers signs budget after Legislature races to secure funds for Wisconsin hospitals
Lawmakers and Gov. Tony Evers raced to pass the budget before action in Washington D.C. cuts off Wisconsin hospitals from more than $1 billion in potential federal funding.
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In a release, Evers said he partially vetoed parts of the budget that were outside of the bipartisan budget negotiations.
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
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