The Joint Finance committee voted 12-4 along party lines to approve the state budget after Republicans signed off on a $3.5 billion income tax cut and voted to cut $32 million from the UW System. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu,
The Joint Finance Committee today voted 12-4 along party lines to approve a plan that would cut income taxes by $3.5 billion.
The Joint Finance Committee today voted 12-4 along party lines to increase state employee compensation by over $700 million.
The Joint Finance Committee this evening voted along party lines to cut $32 million from the UW System budget over its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, as Dems blasted the decision.
MADISON, Wis.—University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman issued this statement today: “The compensation adjustments announced by the committee are appreciated. “However, Wisconsin’s public universities are already near the bottom nationally, at 42nd, in public funding. Investments at even half the rate
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers’ office is knocking a GOP plan to cut income taxes $3.5 billion over the next two years, saying Republicans are “doubling down on tax breaks for wealthy millionaires and
DELAFIELD, WI – Today, Wisconsin legislative leaders introduced a historic income tax reform plan, cutting taxes for all income earners by $3.5 billion in the next state budget. IRG Action Fund CEO CJ Szafir released the following statement upon the introduction
GOP lawmakers announced today they plan to pass a $3.5 billion income tax package that would drop Wisconsin to three tax brackets from four and reduce the rate of the top bracket by more than 1 percentage point.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) filed a lawsuit to stop Medicare from negotiating for lower drug prices, joining Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb in challenging the constitutionality of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare
MADISON – Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) released the following statement on the signing of 2023 Wisconsin Act 13, previously Senate Bill 247, authored by Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) and Representative Travis Tranel (R-Cuba City) and co-sponsored by Senator Cowles
WISCONSIN – Rep. Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) joined his Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives voting to pass legislation that eliminates guaranteed protections for pre-existing conditions. The Association Health Plans Act, Self Insurance Protection Act, and CHOICE Arrangement Act
MADISON – During Wednesday’s Assembly floor session Representative James Edming (R-Glen Flora) was proud to back Assembly Bill 321 or the Right to Read Act, legislation aimed at improving reading proficiency in Wisconsin. As of 2022, 67.4% of Wisconsin’s 4th graders failed to test at proficient
Madison — Representative Donna Rozar (R-Marshfield) released the following statement after the conclusion of the Assembly floor session: “I am grateful to my Assembly colleagues for leading on the issue of literacy and passing Assembly Bill 321 to address the literacy
MADISON – Today, Governor Tony Evers announced his appointments to the Green Ribbon Commission on Clean Energy and Environmental Innovation, a commission he created with Executive Order #195 in April to advise on the state’s Green Innovation Fund, the first environmental and
MADISON, WIS. – Raising Wisconsin is disappointed by members of the state Joint Committee on Finance (JFC)’s decision not to fund critical child health and well-being initiatives in the 2023-25 state budget. JFC members failed to extend Medicaid coverage for
The Joint Finance committee voted 12-4 along party lines to approve the state budget after Republicans signed off on a $3.5 billion income tax cut and voted to cut $32 million from the UW System. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, in a statement hailed the tax cuts. “For the
The Joint Finance Committee today voted 12-4 along party lines to approve a plan that would cut income taxes by $3.5 billion.
The Joint Finance Committee today voted 12-4 along party lines to increase state employee compensation by over $700 million.
The Joint Finance Committee this evening voted along party lines to cut $32 million from the UW System budget over its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, as Dems blasted the decision.
MADISON, Wis.—University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman issued this statement today: “The compensation adjustments announced by the committee are appreciated. “However, Wisconsin’s public universities are already near the bottom nationally, at 42nd, in public funding. Investments at even half the rate of inflation would have afforded us a real opportunity to
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers’ office is knocking a GOP plan to cut income taxes $3.5 billion over the next two years, saying Republicans are “doubling down on tax breaks for wealthy millionaires and billionaires instead of prioritizing relief for working families.” GOP members
DELAFIELD, WI – Today, Wisconsin legislative leaders introduced a historic income tax reform plan, cutting taxes for all income earners by $3.5 billion in the next state budget. IRG Action Fund CEO CJ Szafir released the following statement upon the introduction of the plan: “Bold income tax reform is the single
GOP lawmakers announced today they plan to pass a $3.5 billion income tax package that would drop Wisconsin to three tax brackets from four and reduce the rate of the top bracket by more than 1 percentage point.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) filed a lawsuit to stop Medicare from negotiating for lower drug prices, joining Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb in challenging the constitutionality of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Prescription Drug Negotiation Program, which allows Medicare to negotiate lower
MADISON – Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) released the following statement on the signing of 2023 Wisconsin Act 13, previously Senate Bill 247, authored by Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) and Representative Travis Tranel (R-Cuba City) and co-sponsored by Senator Cowles and others: “The condition of rural roads throughout the 2nd
WISCONSIN – Rep. Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) joined his Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives voting to pass legislation that eliminates guaranteed protections for pre-existing conditions. The Association Health Plans Act, Self Insurance Protection Act, and CHOICE Arrangement Act also allow employers and insurance companies to take away coverage
MADISON – During Wednesday’s Assembly floor session Representative James Edming (R-Glen Flora) was proud to back Assembly Bill 321 or the Right to Read Act, legislation aimed at improving reading proficiency in Wisconsin. As of 2022, 67.4% of Wisconsin’s 4th graders failed to test at proficient or above in reading which is the lowest reported since
Madison — Representative Donna Rozar (R-Marshfield) released the following statement after the conclusion of the Assembly floor session: “I am grateful to my Assembly colleagues for leading on the issue of literacy and passing Assembly Bill 321 to address the literacy crisis throughout Wisconsin. I am appalled when reviewing statistics for
MADISON – Today, Governor Tony Evers announced his appointments to the Green Ribbon Commission on Clean Energy and Environmental Innovation, a commission he created with Executive Order #195 in April to advise on the state’s Green Innovation Fund, the first environmental and clean energy fund in Wisconsin. As a member of the
MADISON, WIS. – Raising Wisconsin is disappointed by members of the state Joint Committee on Finance (JFC)’s decision not to fund critical child health and well-being initiatives in the 2023-25 state budget. JFC members failed to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers to 12 months in the postpartum period after