Report: Evers’ budget plan, LeMahieu’s flat tax proposal would both lead to future budget challenges

Ongoing spending increases in Gov. Tony Evers' biennial budget could put the state in a tough financial spot when the 2025-2027 budget rolls around, but so could a GOP flat income tax proposal, according to a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report. The state is in a strong position with a more than $7 billion projected surplus, thanks in part to federal pandemic relief dollars. But Evers' budget propos...