Robin Vos, other Wisconsin lawmakers billed taxpayers $4,300 for one-day trip to Ohio

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Robin Vos, other Wisconsin lawmakers billed taxpayers $4,300 for one-day trip to Ohio


https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/14/vos-other-lawmakers-billed-taxpayers-4-300-one-day-trip-ohio/608485002/
Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 1:45 p.m. CT May 14, 2018 | Updated 1:46 p.m. CT May 14, 2018
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MADISON – Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and two of his GOP colleagues billed taxpayers $4,300 last year to take a state plane to Ohio so they could participate in a news conference with lawmakers from the Buckeye State.

Vos (R-Rochester) and Wisconsin Reps. Mike Rohrkaste (R-Neenah) and Tyler Vorpagel (R-Plymouth) flew to Columbus in February 2017 so they could join their Ohio counterparts to discuss the importance of giving states more power.

The Wisconsin lawmakers brought five staff members with them and returned the same day, according to a summary of the trip recently released under the Wisconsin's open records law.

Details of the trip come to light as Vos faces scrutiny over his travel.

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