Wisconsin’s attorney general is among those asking for more money in the next state budget.
A-G Josh Kaul yesterday asked the governor for nearly a half-billion dollars for his agency. Kaul says he wants to use the money, including an extra 175 million-dollars in new money, to hire more people for the state’s crime lab and open a 24 hour hotline for hate crimes in the state. Most other state agencies are also asking for more money in the state budget. They are unlikely to get it. Republican lawmakers will once again write the budget next year, and have turned down requests for more money each of the past four years.
