State tax collections through mid-2023 will be nearly $1.2 billion higher than what Gov. Tony Evers’ administration had expected just two months ago, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. LFB Director Bob Lang wrote in a memo to the Joint
GOP senators Tuesday took a step toward overturning Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate over the objections of many health groups and Dems who argued the requirement should remain in place with a pandemic that is still raging. GOP state Sen.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State tax collections through mid-2023 will be nearly $1.2 billion higher than what Gov. Tony Evers’ administration had expected just two months ago, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. LFB Director Bob
Madison – The Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC), State Representative Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) and State Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green), released the following statement after the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) released general fund revenue and expenditure
The Assembly today passed an amended COVID-19 bill that reinserted some provisions stripped out by the Senate two weeks ago. Lawmakers voted 58-34 along party lines on a pair of amendments before a party-line vote on final passage. One of
CONTACT: Alyssa Mauk, ACLU of Wisconsin communications director, amauk@aclu-wi.org WAUKESHA COUNTY – The ACLU of Wisconsin today criticized the hiring of Joseph Mensah as a Waukesha County sheriff’s deputy. Mensah resigned from the Wauwatosa Police Department after he fatally shot
MADISON, Wis. — All Wisconsinites deserve to be safe in their place of work, or when they run errands in their community. Republicans in the State Senate are voting today to threaten that safety with a Joint Resolution to end
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) announced that the WEDC board of directors has approved an $8 million incentive package with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) in Chippewa Falls. “This is an important
Fall Burns Control Invasive Species, Boost Native Plants Contact: Joe Henry, Joseph.Henry@wisconsin.gov, 920-362-1908 MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) completed a record number of prescribed burns within state natural areas in the fall to maintain and care
Contact: Ben Voelkel WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), said this regarding his vote to confirm Antony Blinken as Secretary of State: “Elections have consequences, and I believe any president should be able to staff their administration with people
Contact: Nada Elmikashfi, 608-266-5342 MADISON — Today the Department of Health Services announced the future groups that will be eligible for the Covid – 19 vaccine beginning March 1, 2021. The groups in priority order include education and child care,
State tax collections through mid-2023 will be nearly $1.2 billion higher than what Gov. Tony Evers’ administration had expected just two months ago, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. LFB Director Bob Lang wrote in a memo to the Joint Finance co-chairs late this afternoon that the state is now
GOP senators Tuesday took a step toward overturning Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate over the objections of many health groups and Dems who argued the requirement should remain in place with a pandemic that is still raging. GOP state Sen. Steve Nass, who co-authored the resolution, countered the public is
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — State tax collections through mid-2023 will be nearly $1.2 billion higher than what Gov. Tony Evers’ administration had expected just two months ago, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. LFB Director Bob Lang wrote in a memo to the Joint Finance co-chairs
Madison – The Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC), State Representative Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) and State Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green), released the following statement after the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) released general fund revenue and expenditure projections. “Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and government-mandated shut downs, the
The Assembly today passed an amended COVID-19 bill that reinserted some provisions stripped out by the Senate two weeks ago. Lawmakers voted 58-34 along party lines on a pair of amendments before a party-line vote on final passage. One of those amendments added back provisions that strip local government officials
CONTACT: Alyssa Mauk, ACLU of Wisconsin communications director, amauk@aclu-wi.org WAUKESHA COUNTY – The ACLU of Wisconsin today criticized the hiring of Joseph Mensah as a Waukesha County sheriff’s deputy. Mensah resigned from the Wauwatosa Police Department after he fatally shot three people while on duty in the span of five
MADISON, Wis. — All Wisconsinites deserve to be safe in their place of work, or when they run errands in their community. Republicans in the State Senate are voting today to threaten that safety with a Joint Resolution to end the Governor’s public health emergency order, which would eliminate the
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) announced that the WEDC board of directors has approved an $8 million incentive package with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) in Chippewa Falls. “This is an important first step toward establishing Chippewa Falls as HPE’s Global Center
Fall Burns Control Invasive Species, Boost Native Plants Contact: Joe Henry, Joseph.Henry@wisconsin.gov, 920-362-1908 MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) completed a record number of prescribed burns within state natural areas in the fall to maintain and care for some of Wisconsin’s rarest ecosystems and a site containing
Contact: Ben Voelkel WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), said this regarding his vote to confirm Antony Blinken as Secretary of State: “Elections have consequences, and I believe any president should be able to staff their administration with people that agree and are compatible with them. Even though I
Contact: Nada Elmikashfi, 608-266-5342 MADISON — Today the Department of Health Services announced the future groups that will be eligible for the Covid – 19 vaccine beginning March 1, 2021. The groups in priority order include education and child care, individuals enrolled in Medicaid long-term care programs, some public-facing essential