Vos cool to drug testing, open to higher park fees

(AP) — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday he's open to charging more to enter and camp at Wisconsin state parks, but he's not enthused about random drug testing for high school students involved in extracurricular activities.

Vos, in an interview with The Associated Press, also said he didn't see any need to change the state's recount law that was used by the Green Party to force a recount of the presidential race.

Republicans also control the Senate, marking the seventh year the GOP has been in control of both houses of the Legislature and the governor's office.

A task force comprised of lawmakers and others looking at ways to combat heroin abuse recommended this month that high school students participating in sports and other extracurricular activities be randomly tested for drugs.

Earlier this year the state Department of Natural Resources released a list of ideas for how to pay for state parks, a report the Legislature required after it removed all state support for the parks in 2015.