Today, Governor Tony Evers made his deadline, and signed into law Wisconsin’s next state budget. The Republican-authored spending plan, which clocks in at more than $87 billion, largely made it […]
Finance Committee continues hashing out state budget
Yesterday morning, the state legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal bureau announced that Wisconsin is set to take in 4.4 billion dollars more in tax collections over the next three years than originally […]
State budget committee to weigh school spending priorities
Tomorrow, Wisconsin’s Budget-writing Finance Committee will take up spending priorities for the state’s public and private schools and the University of Wisconsin system. Since shredding the Governor’s proposed biennial budget […]
Amid protests, budget committee shreds Evers’ proposals
As the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee was poised to strip hundreds of Governor Evers’ proposals from the next state budget today, folks from across the state crowded inside the Capitol […]
State finance committee hosts virtual input session on 2021-2023 state...
Today, Wisconsin’s powerful budget-writing Joint Finance Committee (JFC) held its fourth and final public hearing on the upcoming biennial budget. The GOP-led legislative body plays a major role in rewriting […]
Governor proposes $4 million to support new historical society museum
The Wisconsin Historical Society’s flagship museum is currently located in a former hardware store at the top of State Street. The Society’s leadership has long advocated for remodels of the […]