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 past the governor intact. Evers used his veto power on fifty relatively minor provisions. Despite signing the budget, Evers said at a press conference in […]
State Budget + Wisconsin GOP Convention Debrief
Republicans—what are they thinking? That’s the theme for today’s show with Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd. First, Senator Jon Erpenbach from the Joint Finance Committee discusses missed opportunities related to the state budget and Wisconsin’s unexpected, once-in-a-lifetime surplus. Why isn’t the state legislature willing to spend it on education, broadband access, and healthcare? Then, John Nichols, […]
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 anticipated. The battle over how to use that money is just beginning. But, the infusion isn’t stopping the Republican-controlled finance committee from slashing Governor Tony […]
Changes to Revenue Projections Delay Wisconsin’s Budget Committe...
Photo by QuinceCreative on Pixabay. The state’s budget-writing committee was slated to meet earlier this afternoon. Those plans were stymied, though, by a new expected economic forecast for Wisconsin. While the state’s slated to get billions more than earlier projections, Wisconsin’s politicians are divided on how to spend the money. The delays come after a […]
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 earlier this month, the Republican-controlled body has spent the past three weeks rebuilding the spending plan from scratch. For more, our producer Jonah Chester spoke […]
Joint Finance Committee Reduces Funds in Budget to Address Homelessnes...
Photo by Connor Betts on Unsplash. Today the Republican majority on Wisconsin’s bipartisan budget-writing committee rejected a proposal that would have allocated $73 million for projects to help address homelessness. They instead chose to implement their own plan, which would allocate $1.2 million over two years for a housing assistance program. Governor Evers’ proposed plan […]
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