Tony Evers Can't Sneak Legal Weed Into the State Budget in Phil Hands' Latest Cartoon

Tony Evers can't sneak legal weed into the state budget in Phil Hands' latest cartoon

Once again, Gov. Tony Evers tried to legalize marijuana in his proposed state budget, and once again, Republicans stripped it out.

Marijuana Legalization Cut From Wisconsin Governor’s Proposed Budget

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers took another swing at legalizing cannabis in his proposed 2025-27 budget and struck out. On May 8, 2025, the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee eliminated marijuana legalization from the governor’s budget proposal. Marijuana regulation was part of the roughly 600 budget provisions eliminated by the committee. Subject to regulation, legalization under Evers’s proposal and companion bills AB50 and SB45 wo…