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WI Gov.’s budget cuts into legal services for poor
Civil legal service providers for poor people in Wisconsin are facing substantial cuts pending the inclusion of a budget proposal that eliminates all state money for those organizations.
Part of Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011-13 budget reallocates money collected by the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation and distributed to organizations such as Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee and Legal Action of Wisconsin to other aspects of the criminal justice system.
The current budget provides about $5 million for civil legal services for the poor, generated by a $4 increase in the $12 justice information fee.
“That would zero out,” said Legal Action executive director John Ebbott. “It’s just a horrible thing.”