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Video: GOP leaders will again give WI lawmakers a 10-month paid vacation


In 2026, Wisconsin lawmakers will again be getting a full year’s salary even though they won’t make any laws after February.

Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told an interviewer he believes the Legislature will finish its business long before the original end date on the session calendar.

Our founding editor, Pat Kreitlow, a former state senator, joined a former GOP staffer to discuss why voters ought to know what they’re getting — and not getting — from legislators on a short schedule.