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State agencies are seeking a more than $3.5 billion boost in general purpose revenue in the 2023-25 budget with a dozen asking for double-digit percentage increases. That’s despite Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ call for most departments to avoid asking for additional state tax dollars.
Quotes of the Week We have a governor who I believe coddles criminals. – GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels blaming Gov. Tony Evers for rising crime in Milwaukee. If Tim Michels really wanted to be helpful on this issue, he’d
Today’s Midday podcast covers three election-related lawsuits that involve the Wisconsin Elections Commission, federal courts, county courts and the Wisconsin Supreme Court. WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe at a WisPolitics.com Luncheon said the increasing amount of litigation is creating even more
Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe during a WisPolitics.com luncheon Tuesday said the biggest challenge for the agency in recent years has been combating misinformation. “There’s so much bad information that floats around election administration, and so for us as
Quotes of the Week It’s a large ask, it’s $2 billion, but we’ve been able to over the years before my time as governor, cut funding on our schools. So we’re slowly building back to a better starting point, but
Today’s Midday podcast covers President Joe Biden and Gov. Tony Evers visiting Milwaukee’s Laborfest on Monday to tout their support for unions and labor. GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels outside the event slammed Biden’s student loan forgiveness program and festival
Talking Trade host Sandi Siegel and MMAC World Trade Association Executive Director Katie Henry welcome Jennifer Jin from Briggs & Stratton, who details the impact of trade sanctions on the manufacturing supply chain. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and MMAC World Trade Association.
The Joint Finance Committee voted today to redirect $3 million to law enforcement that the state is receiving from a multi-million-dollar opioid settlement. The GOP-run committee today approved changes to how the Department of Health Services had originally proposed to
Gov. Tony Evers today pledged to call for a nearly $2 billion increase in funding for public schools in the 2023-25 budget if he’s reelected.
This week’s Midday podcast covers Assembly Speaker Robin Vos firing former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman from his job investigating the 2020 election. Vos also withdrew subpoenas that would have forced mayors of the state’s five largest municipalities to testify
Gov. Tony Evers today announced he’s putting another $90 million of federal COVID-19 funds into K-12 education with a portion of the new money dedicated to mental health services. Districts will have until the end of calendar year 2026 to
Quotes of the Week Our state is in a strong fiscal position, and there is no reason these dollars should sit in state coffers when families need help now. – Gov. Tony Evers touting his new $600 million tax cut
State tax collections for the 2021-22 fiscal year came in $1.6 billion higher than what the Legislative Fiscal Bureau projected just seven months ago, driven by strong growth in income and corporate taxes. The LFB in January had expected the
Gov. Tony Evers, two months out from his reelection bid, called for using a portion of the state’s projected $5 billion surplus to cut taxes by $600 million a year. The plan also includes a call to repeal the minimum
In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” attorney lawyer Ngosong Fonkem discusses the “seismic trade shift” in global supply chains caused by sanctions on Russia. Fonkem, a trade compliance specialist with Chicago law firm Page Fura, notes “this is the
Today’s Midday podcast covers the newly announced site for the type 1 facility in Milwaukee slated to replace the state’s juvenile prison in Lincoln County. But building that new facility alone won’t mean Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake, where juvenile
The co-chairs of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee say they will be making changes to the state’s plan for how it should use opioid settlement funds. The Department of Health Services recently submitted an updated proposal to JFC for how
The Joint Finance Committee Tuesday approved redirecting more than $21 million in bonding to offset rising costs for Milwaukee and Racine counties as they build new facilities for young offenders. Meanwhile, one committee member warned inflation will likely raise the
Quotes of the Week What I do know is that he’s not going to be able to stand in front of all these microphones and say, “Oh, I forgot to tell you folks I’m really a moderate Republican.” That’s just
In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” energy specialist Emily Pickrell highlights industries and companies likely to benefit from the federal Inflation Reduction Act. Pickrell is a journalist and energy scholar at the University of Houston and currently writes about
State agencies are seeking a more than $3.5 billion boost in general purpose revenue in the 2023-25 budget with a dozen asking for double-digit percentage increases. That’s despite Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ call for most departments to avoid asking for additional state tax dollars.
Quotes of the Week We have a governor who I believe coddles criminals. – GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels blaming Gov. Tony Evers for rising crime in Milwaukee. If Tim Michels really wanted to be helpful on this issue, he’d convince Republican legislators that there is something called shared revenue.
Today’s Midday podcast covers three election-related lawsuits that involve the Wisconsin Elections Commission, federal courts, county courts and the Wisconsin Supreme Court. WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe at a WisPolitics.com Luncheon said the increasing amount of litigation is creating even more work for the commission. wispolitics · Election related lawsuits abound
Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe during a WisPolitics.com luncheon Tuesday said the biggest challenge for the agency in recent years has been combating misinformation. “There’s so much bad information that floats around election administration, and so for us as election administrators to try and keep pace can be really
Quotes of the Week It’s a large ask, it’s $2 billion, but we’ve been able to over the years before my time as governor, cut funding on our schools. So we’re slowly building back to a better starting point, but we’re still looking at taking some of our money that
Today’s Midday podcast covers President Joe Biden and Gov. Tony Evers visiting Milwaukee’s Laborfest on Monday to tout their support for unions and labor. GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels outside the event slammed Biden’s student loan forgiveness program and festival goers inside had a range of thoughts on the $10,000
Talking Trade host Sandi Siegel and MMAC World Trade Association Executive Director Katie Henry welcome Jennifer Jin from Briggs & Stratton, who details the impact of trade sanctions on the manufacturing supply chain. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and MMAC World Trade Association.
The Joint Finance Committee voted today to redirect $3 million to law enforcement that the state is receiving from a multi-million-dollar opioid settlement. The GOP-run committee today approved changes to how the Department of Health Services had originally proposed to use the $31 million in funding the state will receive
Gov. Tony Evers today pledged to call for a nearly $2 billion increase in funding for public schools in the 2023-25 budget if he’s reelected.
This week’s Midday podcast covers Assembly Speaker Robin Vos firing former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman from his job investigating the 2020 election. Vos also withdrew subpoenas that would have forced mayors of the state’s five largest municipalities to testify in private in Gableman’s office, which caused a Waukesha County
Gov. Tony Evers today announced he’s putting another $90 million of federal COVID-19 funds into K-12 education with a portion of the new money dedicated to mental health services. Districts will have until the end of calendar year 2026 to spend $75 million of the money for various needs, including
Quotes of the Week Our state is in a strong fiscal position, and there is no reason these dollars should sit in state coffers when families need help now. – Gov. Tony Evers touting his new $600 million tax cut plan in light of a freshly estimated $5 billion surplus.
State tax collections for the 2021-22 fiscal year came in $1.6 billion higher than what the Legislative Fiscal Bureau projected just seven months ago, driven by strong growth in income and corporate taxes. The LFB in January had expected the state would finish the 2021-22 fiscal year with a surplus
Gov. Tony Evers, two months out from his reelection bid, called for using a portion of the state’s projected $5 billion surplus to cut taxes by $600 million a year. The plan also includes a call to repeal the minimum markup on fuel and cap at $35 the co-pay an
In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” attorney lawyer Ngosong Fonkem discusses the “seismic trade shift” in global supply chains caused by sanctions on Russia. Fonkem, a trade compliance specialist with Chicago law firm Page Fura, notes “this is the first time since the end of the Cold War that
Today’s Midday podcast covers the newly announced site for the type 1 facility in Milwaukee slated to replace the state’s juvenile prison in Lincoln County. But building that new facility alone won’t mean Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake, where juvenile girl offenders are also kept in Lincoln County, will close
The co-chairs of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee say they will be making changes to the state’s plan for how it should use opioid settlement funds. The Department of Health Services recently submitted an updated proposal to JFC for how Wisconsin should use the $31 million in opioid settlement funds
The Joint Finance Committee Tuesday approved redirecting more than $21 million in bonding to offset rising costs for Milwaukee and Racine counties as they build new facilities for young offenders. Meanwhile, one committee member warned inflation will likely raise the $42 million price tag for a new state-run facility to
Quotes of the Week What I do know is that he’s not going to be able to stand in front of all these microphones and say, “Oh, I forgot to tell you folks I’m really a moderate Republican.” That’s just not in the cards. He’s not that. He’s taken positions
In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” energy specialist Emily Pickrell highlights industries and companies likely to benefit from the federal Inflation Reduction Act. Pickrell is a journalist and energy scholar at the University of Houston and currently writes about energy, politics and technology for Forbes. She says the wide-ranging