Read the full article by Anya van Wagtendonk (WPR).
“Capping off a contentious week of floor sessions that saw tempers flare as lawmakers raced to adjourn for the year, the state Assembly passed bills Friday night tied to hard-fought deals about food assistance and cleaning up forever chemicals, known as PFAS.
Both proposals passed with bipartisan votes and would still need to be approved by the state Senate, which is expected to return to Madison for at least one session day in March.
The votes related to federal food assistance — known nationally as SNAP, and in Wisconsin as FoodShare — passed at a time when the program is set to face more scrutiny under changes signed into law by President Donald Trump.
Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act tightened restrictions on access to food assistance and increased penalties on states that make errors in administrating the benefits. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration has requested money and staff to facilitate those changes, with Evers arguing in his State of the State address Tuesday that a small investment now would save the state a larger amount in penalties.”…