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Evers, Democrats push bills to cut prison population

| January 9, 2020 8:05 AM

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers and fellow Democratic lawmakers have introduced a series of proposals designed to reduce overcrowded prisons, but without support from Republican leaders they are unlikely to gain traction in the GOP-controlled Legislature.

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