JANESVILLE— The city of Janesville and private boosters may need to seek out other state funding sources for the Woodman’s Sports & Convention Center after the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee on Thursday cut $15 million earmarked for the project out of the proposed state biennial budget.
Speakers from local communities and elsewhere in the state shared with the Joint Finance Committee their priorities for the upcoming biennial budget, which includes renovations to UW-Whitewater buildings.
The state Legislature's Joint Finance Committee plans a public-input meeting on the 2021-23 budget at UW-Whitewater in April.
Rep. Deb Kolste will join the state Legislature's Joint Finance Committee.
Area legislators are split along party lines in their support for the 2019-21 state budget approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature last week.
Wisconsin lawyers who take on public defender cases are paid the least in the nation. Attorneys and judges throughout Walworth County's courthouse are speaking to the need for change.Â
Janesville City Manager Mark Freitag told the state Joint Finance Committee on Friday he is encouraged by several funding proposals in Gov. Tony Evers’ 2019-21 state budget.
Members of the state's budget committee will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2019-21 budget Friday, April 5, at the Pontiac Convention Center, 2809 N. Pontiac Drive, Janesville.
The state Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance plans a public hearing in Janesville next week.
Reactions to Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to decriminalize marijuana and legalize it for medical use are mixed among area legislators, with opinions split mostly along party lines.