JFC nixes state aid increase to munis after pulling Evers plan to relax property tax caps

The Joint Finance Committee rejected Gov. Tony Evers’ call to give municipalities a $15.1 million boost in state aid during the second year of the budget. The guv wanted to give each community a 2 percent increase in state aid after cuts over the past 15 years left county and municipal aids 20.7 percent lower in 2019 than in 2003. But Republicans rejected a Dem motion to embrace the plan, leaving ...