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Our State Budget Should Reflect the Interests of WI Families

1 week 6 days ago By Wisconsin Famil...

As the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee begins wrapping up details on the state’s two-year budget, the MacIver Institute says it’s time for legislative leadership to quit negotiating with Governor Evers and actually lead.

CLEANING UP THE MESS THE DEMOCRATS MADE:

1 week 6 days ago By Senator Ron Johnson 2 comments

Much to like in Republicans’ tax plan

1 week 6 days ago By Badger Institute 1 comment

But part should be jettisoned, and we need to keep working toward flat tax

Taxpayers getting jobbed

1 week 6 days ago By Badger Institute

Northern Wisconsin Job Corps center spent $290,000 per graduate on ineffective training

Budget Bulletin: Keeping Our Communities Safe

2 weeks 6 days ago By Howard Marklein 1 comment

The Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) met again this week as we continued our work on the state budget. We completed our work on five more state agencies.

Talking about Budget Negotiations

2 weeks 6 days ago By Rep. Robin Vos

I joined Andrew Mertins from FOX 11 in Green Bay and Zac Schultz on PBS Here & Now to provide more insight on how budget negotiations have gone this past week.

Wisconsin State Budget Spending

3 weeks 4 hours ago By IRG

State budget negotiations in Wisconsin broke down today after two conservative senators, Sen. Chris Kapenga and Sen. Steve Nass, publicly announced they would not support the budget as currently crafted by the GOP budget writing committee.

Budget Bulletin: Investing in Education and Workforce Development, and Cutting Taxes

3 weeks 6 days ago By Howard Marklein

The Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) met twice this past week, completing our work on twelve more state agencies. One of the most important areas we focused on was education, which continues to be the largest expenditure in our state budget.