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Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Tara Johnson on Dairy Days, difficulties in budget process

Wisconsin state Assembly Rep. Tara Johnson in the WIZM studio this week for La Crosse Talk discussing June dairy days in Wisconsin, supporting small farms, land conservation and how the difficulties in Republicans alone crafting the budget.
La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-8 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410 AM / 106.7 FM (north of Onalaska). Find all the podcasts here or subscribe to La Crosse Talk wherever you get your podcasts.
Started the show talking about road construction a bit before talking about farming, land conservation and some farm provisions that got stripped by Republicans in the budget.
We continued with budget talks, as Johnson described that when the Joint Finance Committee removes over 600 items from the budget — like legalizing recreational marijuana — they cannot go back in later. Johnson also noted that Republicans are realizing its harder to pass a budget with new maps and smaller majorities.
But, this conversation took place Monday and, since then, the talks between Republicans and Gov. Tony Evers have fallen off a bit.

Roy
June 6, 2025 at 6:20 am
Now you can stop watching for advancement in the legal dope matter, Solem.
It’s DOA.
As you say, Shelby Johnson’s thoughts are old news now since the Guv and Republicans are taking a breather. And you might tell Shelby that Republicans’
majority is still plenty large to block anything she might think of.
nick
June 6, 2025 at 9:34 am
I am no longer going to waste my time listening to Solem interview a Democrat in person.
Too bad, we cannot bottle hot air and use it to fuel something