In veto, Gov. Evers removed deadline to close Green Bay prison

GREEN BAY, Wis (CIVIC MEDIA) – Governor Tony Evers issued nearly two dozen partial vetoes when he signed the state budget into law early in the morning Thursday, less than an hour after lawmakers passed it.

Perhaps the most significant veto, according to the Governor himself, was the removal of a 2029 deadline to close Green Bay Correctional Institution.

“Saying that we’re going to Green Bay by ’29 doesn’t mean a damn thing. We have to start working on this,” he told reporters…

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