JFC Reduces Governor Evers' Budget for State Construction Projects
Thursday, June 13th, 2019 -- 10:40 AM
(AP) - The Legislature’s Republican-controlled finance committee has signed off on reducing Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ budget for state construction projects by about $615 million.Republicans on the finance committee erased Evers’ construction plan on Tuesday night and inserted their own into the budget on a 12-4 vote. All four Democrats on the panel voted against the GOP plan. Evers’ state budget proposal called for spending $2.5 billion, including $1.1 billion for University of Wisconsin System construction projects. Republicans on the finance committee introduced their own plan Tuesday. It would spend about $1.9 billion on construction projects, including $5 million to buy land and launch a request for bids to build a new prison to replace the Green Bay Correctional Institution.
Evers’ budget didn’t include any provisions for a new prison. The Republican plan matches Evers’ call to spend $77.6 million to renovate Camp Randall Stadium and $48 million to renovate the Kohl Center. Evers called for spending an additional $194 million to build new facilities to house juvenile offenders after the state’s youth prison closes. The Republicans reduced that figure to $44 million.
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