GET ME REWRITE: Desperate to hold onto control of legislature, Wisconsin GOP once again takes the constitutional amendment route

 

Photo credits:  Wisconsin State Assembly

Headline:  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1/31/2024

A proposed constitutional amendment would bar governors from using a partial veto to increase any tax or fee. A similar amendment was proposed in 2019, after Evers used his veto authority to steer an additional $65 million to Wisconsin schools in the 2019-21 state budget.

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