(MADISON) – After the Wisconsin State Assembly passed the 2023-2025 Budget tonight, Representative Melissa Ratcliff (D- Cottage Grove) released the following statement: “With a record surplus, we had an historic opportunity to create a budget that invested in our middle class, ensured access to safe, affordable childcare, effectively addressed the workforce shortage, and fully supported our public schools and students. This could have been a budget that put the people of Wisconsin first. Instead, the Republican majority in the State Assembly has rammed through a budget that, among other injustices, prioritizes tax cuts for the wealthiest in our state and

Madison, WI – Today, State Representative Alex Dallman (R-Green Lake) joined his Republican colleagues in voting for the passage of the 2023-2025 state budget (AB 43/SB 70). Here are some of the highlights of the biennial budget that now heads to the Governor’s desk for consideration: Budget Listening Sessions Assembly Republicans traveled all across the state and hosted budget listening sessions to hear directly from their constituents. There were 180 total listening sessions held by Republican members of the Assembly, including seven budget listening sessions which I hosted across the 41st District. K-12 Education Funding Republicans invested over $1 billion in public

DELAFIELD, WI – This evening, the Assembly approved the state budget, which will cut taxes in Wisconsin by an astounding $4.4 billion, $3.5 billion devoted solely to income tax relief. The budget will also provide increased funding for education and overhaul the way we teach children how to read. IRG Action Fund CEO CJ Szafir released this statement in response to the news:

MADISON – State Representative Dave Murphy (R-Greenville) applauded the budget passed by the State Assembly as a “budget built for the people” of Wisconsin. “We voted for an historic increase in K-12 funding,” said Murphy. “We’re going to make sure every student has access to a high quality education that fits their needs.” As part of the one billion dollars spent on K-12 schools, the budget funds per-pupil increases that can be used flexibly by each school district depending on what’s required. There’s also $30 million for mental health services and $50 million to improve students’ reading ability. “We also

MADISON – State Representative Mike Bare (D-Verona) released the following statement after the Wisconsin State Assembly voted to pass the 2023-2025 biennial state budget:  “A budget is about choices and priorities. Governor Evers proposed a budget that would set our state up for success. We had a record $7 billion budget surplus. We could have addressed some of our most vexing challenges. Republicans in the Assembly chose instead to line the pockets of our state’s wealthiest residents with a tax cut. Everything in a budget exists together in a delicate balance. But far too much of the balance was taken

Madison- Tonight, the Wisconsin State Assembly passed the biennial State budget. The budget, stripped of investments such as the Right to Counsel, will head to Governor Evers’ desk.           Representative Clancy (D-19) issued the following statement: “There is so much wrong here it is hard to know where to begin. Diversity and Equity funding, special education, public transit, mental health, and more all are failed by the budget put before us today. We sit on a $7 billion surplus. It could have become a compelling vision for the State of Wisconsin, but instead we have…this. This budget fails our residents who need

MADISON – Today, the Wisconsin State Assembly debated the 2023-2025 biennial budget. Representative Jodi Emerson (D-Eau Claire) issued the following statement: “While there are good things in this budget, it does not serve the most pressing needs of the moment or adequately address the challenges that Wisconsinites are facing. “I and my Democratic Assembly colleagues introduced numerous amendments to ameliorate the failings of this bill by attempting to fund education, child care, Medicaid expansion, and fight for the working families of Wisconsin, but Republicans rejected all of our proposals. “Today was the final opportunity for members of the Assembly to consider what

MADISON, Wis. – Today the Wisconsin State Assembly voted to pass the 2023-2025 budget, while rejecting a collection of Democratic budget amendments.  “This budget is a missed opportunity to serve Wisconsin families while strengthening the Wisconsin workforce. By not funding Child Care Counts and failing to expand Medicaid, Republicans turned their back on working families and failed to address a critical worker shortage. Republicans chose to cut taxes for the wealthiest eleven Wisconsinites while the working class got peanuts. I cannot compromise when Wisconsin working families and businesses are on the line.” “Today we gave Republicans an opportunity to address

Madison…Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) released the following statement on the passage of the budget in the Assembly. “This is a budget made for Wisconsin. I am proud to join my Republican colleagues by voting in favor of generational investments to benefit Wisconsin’s children, businesses, and taxpayers. Legislative Republicans worked tirelessly to provide a budget that truly invests in our core priorities as a state in a targeted and efficient manner. “Wisconsin’s taxpayers are going to feel significant tax relief with the $4.4 billion tax cut, which also includes the final repeal of the personal property tax. We were able to

MADISON, Wis. — Rep. Neubauer released the following statement regarding the conclusion of debate on the 2023-2025 biennial budget: “The budget that legislative Republicans brought to the floor today simply does not meet the needs of the moment. I could not, and will not, support legislation that fails to address our biggest challenges.  “The Republicans’ budget has major gaps in serving every community and every Wisconsinite. It wrongly targets diversity, equity and inclusion and our UW System and fails to make a host of important investments that the people of Wisconsin have asked for again and again. “Wisconsinites deserve policies

MADISON – Today, Rep. Jessie Rodriguez (R-Oak Creek) voted in favor of 2023 Senate Bill 70 – Wisconsin’s 2023-25 budget bill. She issued the following statement: “Today I voted for a budget that is made for Wisconsin. My colleagues on the finance committee and I traveled our state to hear from the people of Wisconsin, and I also held Budget Town Halls in my home district. We listened to ensure our budget reflects the priorities of Wisconsinites, and I’m confident our budget does exactly that. “As we traveled the state, one request we heard often was for more money for K-12 education – and

MADISON… Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August (R-Lake Geneva) released the following statement regarding the passage of the biennial state budget bill by the State Assembly: “The Republican budget helps lower the tax burden on all Wisconsinites through a historic tax cut.  We are sending the surplus back to its rightful owners – the taxpayers. Republican priorities like transportation, schools, and our local governments will all see significant increases.  This budget holds agencies like the university system accountable by refocusing them on their mission of educating and training our future workforce, not liberal woke agendas. Republicans believe taxpayers know how to

Madison – Today, the Assembly convened to vote on Assembly Bill (AB) 43, the 2023-25 Biennial Budget Bill. Representative Dave Considine (D-Baraboo) issued the following statement on the passage of the state budget: “I do not understand why the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) co-chairs bothered to spend their time and money holding budget listening sessions around the state. I attended the JFC listening session in Wisconsin Dells and listened to the others. From what I heard, the budget does not reflect the wants and needs of the people of Wisconsin. This budget certainly does not reflect the priorities my constituents spoke about at

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling that has dealt a major blow to affirmative action at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. This decision will effectively end the use of affirmative action to ensure a rich and diverse student body at our colleges and universities, deprive millions of deserving applicants from communities of color the opportunity to pursue higher education, and return us to the days when college campuses were nearly uniformly white, and privileged. Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice strongly condemns this ruling. As an interfaith organization, we are dedicated to the principles