{"id":2417242,"date":"2025-03-28T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evers-republicans-at-odds-over-state-building-plan-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T15:15:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:15:01","slug":"evers-republicans-at-odds-over-state-building-plan-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evers-republicans-at-odds-over-state-building-plan-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Evers, Republicans at odds over state building plan &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fevers-republicans-at-odds-over-state-building-plan-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2417242&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is expressing frustration over a deadlock in the State building Commission,where a tie between Democrats and Republicans blocked a proposed capital budget. Evers blames Republican lawmakers for halting essential infrastructure projects that impact corrections, higher education, and veteran services, arguing that delays increase costs as inflation rises.The proposed budget included significant funding for the University of Wisconsin System and other state departments, which Evers claims would generate ample economic activity and create thousands of jobs. In contrast, Republican leaders cite concerns over spending and the need for further discussion before moving forward with new bonding for these projects.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Evers, Republicans at odds over state building plan<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2077361\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is blaming Republican lawmakers for stopping potential building projects that impact corrections, higher education and veterans&rsquo; homes.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans on the State Building Commission say they voted against the proposed two<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-year capital budget recommendations<\/a> because of spending and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-leaders-speak-out-on-infrastructure-after-white-house-meeting\/\" title=\"GOP leaders speak out on infrastructure after White House meeting\">inflation concerns<\/a>, despite saying there are worthy projects.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3362766\/irg-report-superintendent-set-the-state-for-mps-financial-failure\/\">IRG Report: Superintendent set the state for MPS financial failure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3362763\/state-lawmakers-raise-concerns-over-browns-stadium-funding-plan\/\">State lawmakers raise concerns over Browns&rsquo; stadium funding plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3362764\/superintendent-encouraged-by-governors-budget-proposal\/\">Superintendent encouraged by governor&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-announces-california-gubernatorial-run-as-newsom-recall-nears-threshold\/\" title=\"Republican Announces California Gubernatorial Run as Newsom Recall Nears Threshold\">budget proposal<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eight-green-party-write-ins-will-run-in-the-general-election-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Eight Green Party write-ins will run in the general election - Washington Examiner\">commission &#038;ndash<\/a>; made up of four Democrats and four Republicans &ndash; deadlocked 4-4 on a recent vote that blocked the infrastructure projects from moving forward in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Evers, a second-term Democrat, says the delay will mean more costly projects as prices continue to rise.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have key infrastructure projects across our state that need repairs and investments, but Republican lawmakers continue to kick the can down the road, which only makes these projects more expensive with each day of delay while our buildings and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/power-restored-to-6-million-in-kyiv-following-russia-strikes\/\" title=\"Power Restored to 6 Million in Kyiv Following Russia Strikes\">infrastructure continue<\/a> to deteriorate. It makes no sense,&rdquo; Evers said.<\/p>\n<p>Senate President Mary Felzkowski, R-Tomahawk, told Wisconsin Public Radio some projects are worth but new bonding is too much. She also said more discussion is needed.<\/p>\n<p>Evers&rsquo; capital budget included almost $1.6 billion in projects for the University of Wisconsin System, more than $600 million for the Department of Corrections, $195 million for health care and $170 million for the Department of Veterans Affairs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\"><strong>LIST: THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Evers said the budget proposal would generate about $7.5 billion in economic activity and support more than 41,000 jobs across the state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These projects will support our veterans, help keep our communities safe, improve our university system, and create thousands of family-supporting jobs &ndash; this should be a no-brainer,&rdquo; Evers said. &ldquo;One way or another, these projects have to get done, and with reckless tariff taxes and trade wars that could cause the costs of these projects and building materials to go up, decisions by Republican lawmakers to obstruct this important work will only force taxpayers to pay more in the long run.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2077361\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2077361\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evers blames Republicans for halting key state building projects<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2417243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Tony-Evers-RNC.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[52425,3756,52426,32076,44071],"class_list":["post-2417242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-evers-2","tag-republicans","tag-state-building-plan","tag-washington-examiner","tag-wisconsin-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Tony-Evers-RNC.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2417242"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2417246,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417242\/revisions\/2417246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2417243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2417242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2417242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2417242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}