On March 11, President Biden signed House Resolution 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which provides nearly two trillion dollars in federal aid for relief and recovery from the COVID-19 global pandemic. The bill includes direct payments to states, counties and local governments throughout the nation. What does this mean for Wisconsin? Well […]
Wisconsin Property Tax Policy Perpetuates Historic Racism
Since 1999, the Wisconsin Budget Project, an initiative of Kids Forward, has advocated public spending on projects that benefit low to moderate income families. Recently, the project turned its lens on how the state property tax system favors the wealthy, and perpetuates longstanding racial segregation. Tamarine Cornelius is a policy analyst with Kids Forward, and […]
Evers Makes a Bad Budget a Little Better
Democratic Governor Tony Evers says he considered the unprecedented act of vetoing the entire budget proposed by Wisconsin GOP lawmakers. But eventually, he decided to take advantage of the most powerful veto authority in the country to try to reshape the state biennial budget more to his liking. Seventy-eight times Evers wielded his veto […]
Amid election, nonprofit calls for more talk of race
As Wisconsin’s elections approach, one non-profit is calling for voters to start talking about race. On the eve of last week’s primary, the group Kids Forward declared the start of a new campaign, called Race to the Polls. Spokesperson Wenona Wolf says it’s really more of a movement. “The real goal of the campaign is […]
Wisconsin Budget Impasse: The Future Impact on Schools and Roads
As we enter into the third week of August, only two states in the United States have yet to pass a state budget: Connecticut and Wisconsin. Wisconsin’s budget, now over a month overdue, has stalled, primarily due to deep divides between Governor Scott Walker, the State Senate and the State Assembly about how to address […]
