web01.fireside.fm Tue, 05 May 2026 21:46:27 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Wisconsin Watch - Episodes Tagged with “Joint Finance Committee” https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/tags/joint%20finance%20committee Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:30:00 -0400 The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that reports on government accountability and quality of life issues, like education, the economy and the environment. It’s more important to us to get the story right than it is to be first and we believe in collaborating, not competing, with other news outlets. Not only can you find our stories on WisconsinWatch.org, but we give all of our reports away for free to hundreds of other news organizations. We are excited to start sharing our reports in audio form and you can find them wherever you get your podcasts! en-us episodic From the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Wisconsin Watch The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that reports on government accountability and quality of life issues, like education, the economy and the environment. It’s more important to us to get the story right than it is to be first and we believe in collaborating, not competing, with other news outlets. Not only can you find our stories on WisconsinWatch.org, but we give all of our reports away for free to hundreds of other news organizations. We are excited to start sharing our reports in audio form and you can find them wherever you get your podcasts! no Wisconsin, news, investigative Wisconsin Watch info@wisconsinwatch.org ‘There’s no transparency’: Secretive ‘pocket veto’ scuttles Wisconsin projects https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/theres-no-transparency-secretive-pocket-veto-scuttles-wisconsin-projects cf591d56-467c-443c-8b18-55faa40a36c5 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:30:00 -0400 Wisconsin Watch full Wisconsin Watch The Joint Finance Committee has long allowed members to anonymously block projects, but some want to rein in its dubious practice of not holding hearings 26:00 no <p>Wisconsin Watch's Jacob Resneck reports on a story about how the state’s Joint Finance Committee has increasingly used its secretive “pocket veto” to thwart land acquisitions and other state spending requests. The committee may be violating state law, but Gov. Tony Evers has been reluctant to challenge a process that has been in place for decades under both Republicans and Democrats. Originally published on March 11th, 2023. </p> Wisconsin, joint finance committee Wisconsin Watch's Jacob Resneck reports on a story about how the state’s Joint Finance Committee has increasingly used its secretive “pocket veto” to thwart land acquisitions and other state spending requests. The committee may be violating state law, but Gov. Tony Evers has been reluctant to challenge a process that has been in place for decades under both Republicans and Democrats. Originally published on March 11th, 2023.

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]]> Wisconsin Watch's Jacob Resneck reports on a story about how the state’s Joint Finance Committee has increasingly used its secretive “pocket veto” to thwart land acquisitions and other state spending requests. The committee may be violating state law, but Gov. Tony Evers has been reluctant to challenge a process that has been in place for decades under both Republicans and Democrats. Originally published on March 11th, 2023.

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