GOP legislative leaders have delayed action on a proposal by Gov. Tony Evers. Below are highlights from an article by Wisconsin Democracy Campaign that appeared in the Urban Milwaukee website on June 2, 2019.
GOP legislative leaders have delayed action on a proposal by Gov. Tony Evers to increase fees on factory farms to help cover some clean water programs.
The move by the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, which is considering Evers’s 2019-21 budget, came amid opposition to the higher fees by the Wisconsin Dairy Alliance, a lobby group that represents the state’s largest dairy operations.
Read the article in its entirety at https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2019/06/02/campaign-cash-factory-farms-oppose-clean-water-fees/
