Egrets fly near the Echo Lake Dam on Sept. 1, 2022, in Burlington, Wis. The dam, located in Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ district, received a $10 million earmark for repairs in the state budget as part of the final budget agreement between Gov. Tony Evers and legislative Republicans. (Angela Major / WPR)

Gov. Tony Evers didn’t veto two projects in the Assembly speaker’s district as part of the budget agreement with Republicans

By Noe Goldhaber

Wisconsin Watch

Wisconsin’s recently passed budget doesn’t include the extension of a popular land conservation program, but it does include two earmarks for environmental projects in the home district of the state’s most powerful Assembly Republican.

After Republican legislators declined to reauthorize the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund in the

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