GOP Joint Finance members announce plans for $3.5 billion income tax package, $32M cut to UW

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. Members of the Joint Finance Committee also plan to cut $32 million from the UW System budget and 188 positions to target diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The university would be a...