Green Bay prison would close, Waupun renovated under Gov. Tony Evers' budget
Evers' proposal would spend $245.3 million to convert Waupun's prison into a medium-security institution that would become ...
Gov. Evers calls for tax cuts, pushback on Trump’s tariffs in budget address
Evers has clashed with Republicans over tax cuts in the past, gutting a $3.5 billion tax cut in the last budget, while ...
Waupun Correctional Institution: Timeline of prisoner deaths, investigations, criminal cases, lawsuits, resignations at troubled prison
Here's what's been happening at the Waupun Correctional Institution the last two years following news that Gov. Evers ...
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Gov. Evers proposes prison reform programs, plan to close Green Bay prison
Gov. Tony Evers is pushing for prison reform in his biennial budget. The plan calls for closing the prison in Green Bay and ...
Gov. Evers says he wants to eliminate the sales tax on everyday items like diapers, menstrual products, toothpaste
Republican State Senator André Jacque of DePere is the co-author of a bill that would add Wisconsin to the list of states ...
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Gov. Evers proposes shutting down Green Bay’s prison, spending millions on corrections overhaul
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is proposing nearly $500 million to make sweeping changes to the state's correctional institutions ...
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Evers announces $500 million plan to reform Wisconsin corrections
Gov. Tony Evers announces corrections reform plan, proposing significant facility and policy changes to improve public safety ...
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Governor Evers visits La Crosse Head Start location as part of statewide tour
Governor Tony Evers continued his visits to Head Start programs in the state of Wisconsin on Wednesday, this time stopping at ...
Northeast Wisconsin lawmakers spar over issues highlighted in 2025-27 budget proposal
In past budget cycles during Evers' time as governor, the GOP has made drastic changes to his proposals. We could see a ...
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Governor's prison plan is ambitious to some, but families of prisoners who died say it doesn't go far enough
Tony Evers proposes sweeping prison overhauls and ... and a prison guard died in an assault by a 16-year-old boy last summer. Some family members of people who died at Waupun Correctional amid ...