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The state Senate this afternoon approved legislation to pump additional state aid into local governments after six Dems joined 15 Republicans in voting for the deal GOP leaders struck with Dem Gov. Tony Evers. Dems Melissa Agard, of Madison; LaTonya
The state would spend an additional $1.55 billion on transportation projects over the next two years, under a motion the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee approved tonight. With the additional funding, spending on transportation would hit $8 billion over the next two years.
Republicans signed off on a motion that would pump $1 billion into K-12 education, with $647 million of that coming from property taxes.
The Joint Finance Committee late today put off taking action on the UW System budget, hours after Speaker Robin Vos called for a $32 million cut in state aid.
Dems on the Joint Finance Committee today ripped their GOP colleagues for adding less than a fourth of the positions at DSPS than what Gov. Tony Evers had proposed, arguing it would slow down processing occupational licenses.
The state Department of Justice would get a $10 million boost in general purpose revenue, a fraction of the $92.2 million that Dem Gov. Tony Evers had proposed, under a GOP motion the Joint Finance Committee approved today.
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee today voted to put another $30.7 million aside to cover expected overtime costs for Wisconsin prison guards over the next two years.
Along with striking a deal on shared revenue, GOP leaders and Dem Gov. Tony Evers have agreed on a package that would boost funding for K-12 schools by $1 billion between state aid and property tax revenue.
GOP leaders and Dem Gov. Tony Evers have reached a deal that would drop a requirement that Milwaukee County and the city go to referendum to approve new sales taxes to address their pension liabilities, according to sources. Instead, the
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said the Legislature should pass a bill to boost state aid to local governments without Milwaukee-related provisions if stakeholders can’t reach a shared revenue agreement this week. Meanwhile, Joint Finance Co-chair Mark Born said the committee
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee approved a $2.3 billion capital budget this evening, greatly scaling back what Dem Gov. Tony Evers had proposed.
The state would spend an additional $45.5 million to promote the state and try to land major events over the next two years, under a motion the Joint Finance Committee approved. That pot of money includes $2 million to help the Green Bay Packers put on the 2025 NFL draft.
The Joint Finance Committee passed today on putting new state money into broadband expansion grants as majority Republicans said they planned to rely on coming federal dollars instead for the work.
WEDC would have to find $4 million in its existing appropriations to cover efforts to attract and retain talent, under a motion the Joint Finance Committee approved along party lines.
The Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines to pay for new technology at the Department of Revenue to improve delinquent tax collections. The committee also passed on Gov. Tony Evers’ call to add auditor positions at the agency’s debt collection operation. Also, the committee decided to keep 38 auditors as project positions rather than making them permanent jobs.
The Joint Finance Committee voted today to require the Department of Veterans Affairs to hire an outside contractor to study the troubled State Veterans Home at King to find ways to improve residents’ quality of life.
The Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines to increase state funding for youth apprenticeship grants and career and technical education programs in school districts to help address the state’s workforce shortage.
The Joint Finance Committee late Thursday approved investing $125 million to combat PFAS — but left the details of how to spend the money for a trailer bill introduced just this week.
The Joint Finance Committee voted unanimously today to give state prosecutors and public defenders a pay raise of $8.76 an hour — equal to $18,221 a year — as both fight vacancy rates that advocates say have led to slowdowns in the criminal justice system.
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau today projected state tax collections through mid-2025 would come in $755.1 million lower than what the agency expected just four months ago.
The state Senate this afternoon approved legislation to pump additional state aid into local governments after six Dems joined 15 Republicans in voting for the deal GOP leaders struck with Dem Gov. Tony Evers. Dems Melissa Agard, of Madison; LaTonya Johnson, of Milwaukee; Brad Pfaff, of Onalaska; Jeff Smith, of
The state would spend an additional $1.55 billion on transportation projects over the next two years, under a motion the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee approved tonight. With the additional funding, spending on transportation would hit $8 billion over the next two years.
Republicans signed off on a motion that would pump $1 billion into K-12 education, with $647 million of that coming from property taxes.
The Joint Finance Committee late today put off taking action on the UW System budget, hours after Speaker Robin Vos called for a $32 million cut in state aid.
Dems on the Joint Finance Committee today ripped their GOP colleagues for adding less than a fourth of the positions at DSPS than what Gov. Tony Evers had proposed, arguing it would slow down processing occupational licenses.
The state Department of Justice would get a $10 million boost in general purpose revenue, a fraction of the $92.2 million that Dem Gov. Tony Evers had proposed, under a GOP motion the Joint Finance Committee approved today.
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee today voted to put another $30.7 million aside to cover expected overtime costs for Wisconsin prison guards over the next two years.
Along with striking a deal on shared revenue, GOP leaders and Dem Gov. Tony Evers have agreed on a package that would boost funding for K-12 schools by $1 billion between state aid and property tax revenue.
GOP leaders and Dem Gov. Tony Evers have reached a deal that would drop a requirement that Milwaukee County and the city go to referendum to approve new sales taxes to address their pension liabilities, according to sources. Instead, the County Board and Common Council would have to approve the
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said the Legislature should pass a bill to boost state aid to local governments without Milwaukee-related provisions if stakeholders can’t reach a shared revenue agreement this week. Meanwhile, Joint Finance Co-chair Mark Born said the committee will not hold any more executive sessions after tomorrow until
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee approved a $2.3 billion capital budget this evening, greatly scaling back what Dem Gov. Tony Evers had proposed.
The state would spend an additional $45.5 million to promote the state and try to land major events over the next two years, under a motion the Joint Finance Committee approved. That pot of money includes $2 million to help the Green Bay Packers put on the 2025 NFL draft.
The Joint Finance Committee passed today on putting new state money into broadband expansion grants as majority Republicans said they planned to rely on coming federal dollars instead for the work.
WEDC would have to find $4 million in its existing appropriations to cover efforts to attract and retain talent, under a motion the Joint Finance Committee approved along party lines.
The Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines to pay for new technology at the Department of Revenue to improve delinquent tax collections. The committee also passed on Gov. Tony Evers’ call to add auditor positions at the agency’s debt collection operation. Also, the committee decided to keep 38 auditors as project positions rather than making them permanent jobs.
The Joint Finance Committee voted today to require the Department of Veterans Affairs to hire an outside contractor to study the troubled State Veterans Home at King to find ways to improve residents’ quality of life.
The Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines to increase state funding for youth apprenticeship grants and career and technical education programs in school districts to help address the state’s workforce shortage.
The Joint Finance Committee late Thursday approved investing $125 million to combat PFAS — but left the details of how to spend the money for a trailer bill introduced just this week.
The Joint Finance Committee voted unanimously today to give state prosecutors and public defenders a pay raise of $8.76 an hour — equal to $18,221 a year — as both fight vacancy rates that advocates say have led to slowdowns in the criminal justice system.
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau today projected state tax collections through mid-2025 would come in $755.1 million lower than what the agency expected just four months ago.