by WRN Contributor | Aug 27, 2019
Wisconsin House Democrats charge the president’s tax and trade polices are harming families, farms and businesses in Wisconsin. U.S. Representatives Ron Kind, Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan issued a statement Monday criticizing Donald Trump’s tax changes, which...
by Raymond Neupert | Jul 3, 2019
Governor Tony Evers has issued a partial veto of the state budget. At Wednesday’s signing, Evers said he’s excited to be able to return some of the things he promised to bring to Wisconsin residents when he was elected, including more school funding....
by Bob Hague | Jun 21, 2019
The Miller Park Stadium tax is a step closer to ending. You could say the roof is nearly closed, on the five-county, one-half percent sales tax that funded construction and operation of the Brewers stadium. It’s been in place since 1996 in Milwaukee, Ozaukee,...
by Raymond Neupert | Jun 12, 2019
Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee approved a package of budget items last night, but not without some controversy. They voted to require the UW System to appear before Joint Finance in order to get 8 million dollars for dairy research. Democrat Representative...
by Raymond Neupert | Jun 7, 2019
Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee have rejected a plan by Governor Evers and Democrats to put some more accountability and oversight in place at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. The measure would have required the agency to account for...
by Bob Hague | Jun 5, 2019
A group of Republican state Senators propose a roads funding plan. The $133 million proposal comes as the Joint Finance Committee is set to consider transportation funding on Thursday. It includes giving each county $1 million, and towns $1,000 per mile for their...
by WRN Contributor | May 29, 2019
Members of the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee have approved an additional $58 million in funding for the UW-System. Of that amount, $45 million would be available only if lawmakers approve what it’s being spent on. The amount is less than...
by Raymond Neupert | Apr 25, 2019
A state legislator is pushing to put the state’s share of the Powerball winnings to road funding. That tax windfall is 36 and a half million dollars, and state senator Tim Carpenter (D-Milwaukee) says cities and counties have projects that are ready to go, if...
by [email protected] | Apr 10, 2019
An increase in the state gasoline tax just can’t gain any traction, according to Marquette Law School Poll director Charles Franklin. “People still don’t want to raise the gas tax,” Franklin said Wednesday. The percentage of poll respondents...
by Raymond Neupert | Apr 8, 2019
You’ve now got less than a week to file your state and federal income taxes. State revenue secretary Peter Barca says e-filing your taxes is the way to go, if you haven’t started yet. “We have an e-file service that people can use to help you...
by Bob Hague | Feb 28, 2019
Governor Tony Evers answered the gas tax question on Thursday night. In his state budget address, the governor touched on a number of issues he’d already previewed, including K-12 schools funding and Medicaid expansion. But he wrapped up with transportation....
by Raymond Neupert | Feb 15, 2019
A group of state legislators want to get rid of the Five County sales tax for Miller Park. State Senator Van Wanggaard says the people of southeast Wisconsin have paid enough for upkeep at the stadium and he’d like to see it all ended by the end of the year....
by Bob Hague | Feb 12, 2019
Republicans in the state Assembly have passed a middle-class tax cut that’s at odds with Governor Tony Evers, who has his own tax cut plan. Our fully-funded tax cut plan will provide $340 million in tax relief for the middle class! That works out to $310 for the...
by Bob Hague | Feb 7, 2019
A Republican-authored middle-class tax cut has passed the legislature’s finance committee. “We have a reasonable, simple plan, said Representative Mark Born, part of the Republican majority who advanced the plan over the objections of Democrats....
by Raymond Neupert | Feb 7, 2019
Toll roads might be the future of road funding for Wisconsin, according to state Republicans. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald broached the subject at a Wisconsin Counties Association meeting Wednesday. Fitzgerald says tolling...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 31, 2019
Wisconsin tax collections are projected to come in lower than expected. That means Governor Tony Evers and state lawmakers will have less money to work with as they hash out the state budget over the coming months. The Legislature’s non-partisan budget office...
by Bob Hague | Jan 17, 2019
Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature are pitching a middle class tax cut, one that puts them at odds with Democratic Governor Tony Evers. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Thursday that it will be paid for from the state budget surplus. “We actually have this...
by Bob Hague | Oct 15, 2018
Locked in a tough reelection race with Democrat Tony Evers, Governor Scott Walker is out with a new campaign process – two-thirds state funding for K-12 education in the state. We will fund 2/3rds of school costs in our next state budget. Our good fiscal...
by Raymond Neupert | Sep 6, 2018
The House and Senate are figuring out how to pass the new Farm Bill, and Congressman Sean Duffy is touting the needs of Wisconsin farmers. Duffy wants to ensure that Wisconsin farmers have access to fair assistance from Washington. “Making sure that we have a...
by Raymond Neupert | Aug 15, 2018
Officials with the IRS are calling on taxpayers to make sure they’re withholding the right amount of money from their paychecks. IRS spokesman Christopher Miller says the paycheck checkup is easy to use, all you need is some basic information from your paystub....
