Photos: Joint Finance Committee takes up budget changes
The Wisconsin Legislature's budget writing committee is poised to vote Friday on proposed cuts to the UW System and the Department of Natural Resources.
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Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, said proposed cuts to the Department of Natural Resources' science bureau are 'unacceptable.'
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Wisconsin Rep. Dean Knudson, R-Hudson, speaks during debate in a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, May 29, 2015. M.P. KING -- State Journal
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Wisconsin Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, right, speaks during debate in a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, May 29, 2015. Listening at left is Wisconsin Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee. M.P. KING -- State Journal
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Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, said Friday that a Republican plan for state land purchases would allow for buying the "best of the best."
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Wisconsin Rep. Michael Schraa, R-Oshkosh, speaks during debate in a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, May 29, 2015. M.P. KING -- State Journal
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Wisconsin Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, speaks during debate in a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, May 29, 2015. M.P. KING -- State Journal
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Wisconsin Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, speaks during debate in a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee at the state Capitol.
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A woman interrupts a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee with criticism directed at Wisconsin Sen. Thomas Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, not pictured, at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, May 29, 2015. She was escorted out of the room by Assembly Sergeant at Arms Anne Tonnon Byers, left. M.P. KING -- State Journal
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Capitol police officers escort a man out of the room after he and other protesters interrupted debate on UW system changes during a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, May 29, 2015. M.P. KING -- State Journal
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Wisconsin Sen. Thomas Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, speaks during debate in a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, May 29, 2015. M.P. KING -- State Journal
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Wisconsin Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, speaks during a press conference before a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee on Friday. An aide to Darling said a charter school provision is designed to spur change in the Madison School District.
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Wisconsin Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, right, speaks during a press conference with Wisconsin Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, left, before a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, May 29, 2015. M.P. KING -- State Journal
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Wisconsin Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, left, speaks during a press conference with Wisconsin Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, right, before a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, May 29, 2015. M.P. KING -- State Journal
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Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, speaks during a press conference before a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee at the state Capitol in Madison Friday. Other legislators present are, from left, Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls, Rep. Michael Schraa, R-Oshkosh, Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, and Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills.
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Wisconsin Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, speaks during debate in a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee at the state Capitol.
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Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, asked Gov. Scott Walker to clarify his stance on the Confederate flag.
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Wisconsin Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, speaks during debate in a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee at the state Capitol. Hintz has long opposed deregulating the rent-to-own industry.
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Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton.
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Rep. Dean Knudson, R-Hudson
The lawmakers restored at least in part two key operating flexibilities that were included in Walker's public authority model.
