GET ME REWRITE: Wisconsin GOP fights crime and inflation with dog whistle legislation

 

Headline:  Wisconsin State Journal, 4/26/2023

The Republican-led Assembly on Tuesday passed several measures to reduce unemployment benefits in Wisconsin, a response to the state’s ongoing labor shortage and Wisconsinites approving a nonbinding measure calling for people receiving taxpayer-funded benefits to work or seek work. 

The Assembly also approved a GOP measure that would require Wisconsinites receiving public health care assistance through BadgerCare Plus to renew their status with the state every six months, instead of automatically reenrolling in the system. 

The unemployment and health care measures that passed Tuesday mirror bills that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers vetoed last legislative session. It’s likely Evers will veto the measures again.

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