Wisconsin inched closer to the light at the end of the tunnel in preventing a constitutional crisis Tuesday in Madison.
Wage increases unveiled Wednesday by Wisconsin Republican lawmakers called for a substantial pay increase for Assistant District Attorneys and Public Defenders, slightly surpassing the increase proposed in Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ budget.
Under the Wisconsin GOP proposal, wages would increase for Public Defenders and Assistant District Attorneys to $36 an hour. The Budget-Writing committee unanimously passed the increase Tuesday.
Gov. Evers had previously proposed an increase to $35 an hour for Public Defenders and Assistant District Attorneys.
The Wisconsin GOP plan passed unanimously Tuesday by the Legislature’s budget-writing committee.
The Joint Committee on Finance met in Madison yesterday at 11 a.m. and discussed the wage increases.
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told the Wisconsin Law Journal on May 5 that he supports a “substantial” pay raise for Wisconsin Assistant District Attorneys (ADA’s).
“We have been working in our caucus to do a substantial raise, because we need to make sure we keep the people who are already there,” Vos said.
During a May 5, 2023 Milwaukee Press Club event, the Wisconsin Law Journal asked Vos: Given law students are graduating with significant student loan debt and are taking on serious cases as ADA’s, does he support increasing the current wages for Assistant District Attorneys.
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