by Bob Hague | Mar 5, 2024
Some help for Wisconsin parents paying for childcare. At an event in Milwaukee, Governor Tony Evers on Monday signed into law an expansion of the tax credit available to filers with children and dependents. The Democratic governor said the the Republican authored...
by Bob Hague | Feb 21, 2024
A $2.1 billion Republican tax cut package which draws down the state surplus is now ready for Governor Tony Evers to act on. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg) said it will help Wisconsin compete with neighboring states. “All of our neighbors except...
by Bob Hague | Feb 1, 2024
The state Assembly on Tuesday passed a Republican tax cut package. Four bills include an expansion of the state’s second lowest tax bracket. “So if you’re an individual or a married couple earning more than $28,000, your tax rate is going to go down from...
by Raymond Neupert | Jan 5, 2024
Wisconsin’s tax rates remained extremely low in 2023. That’s according to an annual report by the Wisconsin Policy Forum. Wisconsin Policy Forum researcher Ari Brown says Wisconsin’s tax rates are about as low as they can get. “Overall tax...
by Bob Hague | Oct 13, 2023
A Brewers ballpark deal has cleared a key state Assembly vote. An amended version of the bill (AB 438) to fund American Family Field repairs passed the Assembly Committee on State Affairs Thursday. The measure now offers substantially better financial terms for...
by Bob Hague | Sep 12, 2023
State Assembly Republicans on Tuesday passed a package of tax cuts totaling nearly $3 billion. “The governor after his line item veto, the average tax cut was about $36,” said Oostburg Republican Terry Katsma. “This proposal that we have here today is going to result...
by Raymond Neupert | Jul 6, 2023
Democrat Governor Tony Evers has used the line-item veto to give Wisconsin school districts their largest base revenue increase in history. “I have also used my broad veto authority to provide school districts with predictable long-term increases for the...
by Raymond Neupert | Jun 29, 2023
State Assembly Democrats made one final plea for more funding in the state budget as the chamber debated the bill on Thursday. Democrat minority leader Greta Neubauer says Republicans can still fund social programs. “There is still time for our Republican...
by Raymond Neupert | Jun 22, 2023
Heading into the final budget session on Thursday, Republicans on the legislative joint finance committee say they’ve delivered over 4 billion dollars in tax cuts. Co-chair Republican Representative Mark Born says the cuts should come as no surprise. ...
by Bob Hague | Jun 20, 2023
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has signed an historic shared revenue deal. At a Wausau fire station Tuesday, the governor explained stagnant state funding has put local governments in a bind. “So with shared revenue being held stagnant for the last decade local...
by Bob Hague | Jun 15, 2023
Both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature on Wednesday approved an historic compromise to overhaul state funding for local governments. The shared revenue bill will provide an additional $275 million to counties and municipalities. It’s now ready for Governor...
by Bob Hague | Jun 14, 2023
Governor Tony Evers said Wednesday that he won’t sign a state budget that includes a big cut to the UW System. The $32 million cut from Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature is equivalent to what the UW had projected for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Assembly...
by Bob Hague | Jun 13, 2023
Democrats in the legislature say some medium sized Wisconsin cities are getting short-charged in the shared revenue sales tax bill. “The deal that has been negotiated certainly moves us in a better direction. The 20% minimum increase certainly is helpful to many...
by Bob Hague | Jun 9, 2023
Republican leaders and Democratic Governor Tony Evers have reached a deal on a shared revenue bill. It will increase state funding for local governments and schools. Critically, it allows Milwaukee area leaders to raise sales taxes without a referendum, in order to...
by Bob Hague | May 18, 2023
At the Capitol, Assembly Republicans have passed their shared revenue bill on Wednesday. But Democrats say the measure falls short, and it’s unclear whether Governor Tony Evers and the state Senate are on board. At a press conference prior to Wednesday’s floor...
by Bob Hague | Apr 27, 2023
Local officials are responding to an historic shared revenue plan from Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly. “Just to put into perspective, we’ve lost almost 38% of our state shared funding over the last 23 years,” said Beaver Dam Mayor Becky Glewen during a...
by Bob Hague | Mar 31, 2023
On Major League Baseball’s Opening Day, Governor Tony Evers’ pitch to spend state funds on the Milwaukee Brewers’ ballpark is still viewed with caution by Republicans on the legislature’s budget panel. “That appears to have been a plan that the governor basically...
by Bob Hague | Mar 28, 2023
At the Capitol, work begins in earnest on the next two year state budget, as the Wisconsin Legislature’s budget writing Joint Finance Committee begins agency briefings this week. The Departments of Corrections and Transportation start things out Tuesday. The...
by Bob Hague | Mar 15, 2023
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ plan to fund improvements at American Family Field strikes out with Republicans in the state Assembly. “It’s unfortunate that the governor decided to just throw a plan out there . . that hadn’t consulted anyone,”...
by Bob Hague | Mar 6, 2023
Republican lawmakers on the Wisconsin legislature’s budget panel have dropped a proposed flat rate income tax. Governor Tony Evers says he’s pleased. “That’s good because I probably would have vetoed it if they would have put one...
