MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Governor Tony Evers is again calling a special meeting of the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, to approve funding to address hospital closures and PFAS contamination.
The Democratic governor can call a special meeting of the Republican controlled budget panel but he can’t force the committee to meet co chairs Senator Howard Marklein and Representative Mark Born quickly rejected Evers’ call.
The committee is already set to meet today on the Department of Health Services Plan for opioid settlement dollars and funding for Department of Transportation driver Ed grants among other requests.
Evers has repeatedly pushed JFC Republicans to approve the $125 million set aside in the budget to fight PFAs contamination and $15 million to address hospital closures in western Wisconsin.