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The Joint Finance Committee this evening voted along party lines to cut $32 million from the UW System budget over its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, as Dems blasted the decision.
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.
Wisconsin’s balance was just more than $1.7 billion, which equated about 8.9 percent of general fund expenditures in the 2021-22 fiscal year. To reach the median percent of 11.6 percent, Wisconsin would’ve needed an additional $525 million in the fund.
The Assembly did not take up a bill that was on today’s calendar to move the Wisconsin Technical College System off the property tax rolls and replace that money with more state aid. AB 2 was initially introduced to repeal the personal property tax, but the shared revenue bill Evers signed this week included a provision to eliminate the tax.
The Assembly today approved 90-4 legislation to overhaul Wisconsin’s three-tiered alcohol industry and create a new Division of Alcohol Beverages within the Department of Revenue.
The Assembly 82-11 today passed a bill to allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control pills without a doctor’s approval. AB 176 now heads to the Senate for consideration.
The Joint Finance Committee is set to meet tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. to finish up the state budget. The committee’s agenda includes the UW System, Budget Management and Compensation Reserves, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, Shared Revenue and Tax
The Assembly today approved 67-27 a bill to change the way Wisconsin schools teach reading, sending the measure to the Senate.
Republican lawmakers are still hashing out details of a proposed income tax cut of more than $3 billion while Brewers talks have stalled, GOP Assembly leaders told reporters today.
Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee Chair Scott Krug on Tuesday praised Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, telling WisPolitics he wants to have a joint hearing with the Senate on her work over the years.
Gov. Tony Evers today signed into law legislation that would increase state aid to counties and municipalities by more than $1 billion and boost funding for the state’s voucher program. The bills are part of a deal the Dem guv
UW System President Jay Rothman told lawmakers “all options” are on the table when it comes to the state’s two-year campuses, including closures, if the system’s funding is cut.
“I don’t think it’s something we like to do; we have to do,” Schimming said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “I say to Republicans across the state, ‘Look, we can’t keep going into Election Day 200,000 votes down and make it up in 13 hours. It’s just the arithmetic does not work.'”
Contact: WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross, 608-669-8418 LA CROSSE — Republican Party of Wisconsin conventioneers voting in a WisPolitics straw poll preferred Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024 and U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany to be the party’s nominee
GOP activists today approved resolutions at the state GOP convention in La Crosse to define unborn babies as people, ban critical race theory and arm teachers.
Republican Party of Wisconsin Chair Brian Schimming pledged the party will focus on ballot security and voting early, arguing the party is “not flat on its back.”
State Treasurer John Leiber at the GOP state convention urged party unity, telling activists Republicans should always remember the party’s goal is to elect candidates who work toward GOP principles and policies.
GOP leaders told party activists today at the Republican state convention they plan to cut income taxes for Wisconsinites by at least $3 billion as they wrap up work on the state budget.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson at the state GOP convention blamed “radical leftists” and the mainstream media for deep divisions in America, adding bipartisan solutions are the way forward.
Three Wisconsin GOP House members argued to reduce violent crime America needs to hold DAs accountable and stop calling police inherently racist. U.S. Reps. Tom Tiffany, Glenn Grothman and Derrick Van Orden on a panel moderated by Fond du Lac
The Joint Finance Committee this evening voted along party lines to cut $32 million from the UW System budget over its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, as Dems blasted the decision.
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.
Wisconsin’s balance was just more than $1.7 billion, which equated about 8.9 percent of general fund expenditures in the 2021-22 fiscal year. To reach the median percent of 11.6 percent, Wisconsin would’ve needed an additional $525 million in the fund.
The Assembly did not take up a bill that was on today’s calendar to move the Wisconsin Technical College System off the property tax rolls and replace that money with more state aid. AB 2 was initially introduced to repeal the personal property tax, but the shared revenue bill Evers signed this week included a provision to eliminate the tax.
The Assembly today approved 90-4 legislation to overhaul Wisconsin’s three-tiered alcohol industry and create a new Division of Alcohol Beverages within the Department of Revenue.
The Assembly 82-11 today passed a bill to allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control pills without a doctor’s approval. AB 176 now heads to the Senate for consideration.
The Joint Finance Committee is set to meet tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. to finish up the state budget. The committee’s agenda includes the UW System, Budget Management and Compensation Reserves, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, Shared Revenue and Tax Relief, General Fund Taxes and Budget Stabilization Fund. Those are
The Assembly today approved 67-27 a bill to change the way Wisconsin schools teach reading, sending the measure to the Senate.
Republican lawmakers are still hashing out details of a proposed income tax cut of more than $3 billion while Brewers talks have stalled, GOP Assembly leaders told reporters today.
Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee Chair Scott Krug on Tuesday praised Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, telling WisPolitics he wants to have a joint hearing with the Senate on her work over the years.
Gov. Tony Evers today signed into law legislation that would increase state aid to counties and municipalities by more than $1 billion and boost funding for the state’s voucher program. The bills are part of a deal the Dem guv reached with GOP leaders that would also pump an additional
UW System President Jay Rothman told lawmakers “all options” are on the table when it comes to the state’s two-year campuses, including closures, if the system’s funding is cut.
“I don’t think it’s something we like to do; we have to do,” Schimming said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “I say to Republicans across the state, ‘Look, we can’t keep going into Election Day 200,000 votes down and make it up in 13 hours. It’s just the arithmetic does not work.'”
Contact: WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross, 608-669-8418 LA CROSSE — Republican Party of Wisconsin conventioneers voting in a WisPolitics straw poll preferred Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024 and U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany to be the party’s nominee for the U.S. Senate. Just under 53 percent (169 votes)
GOP activists today approved resolutions at the state GOP convention in La Crosse to define unborn babies as people, ban critical race theory and arm teachers.
Republican Party of Wisconsin Chair Brian Schimming pledged the party will focus on ballot security and voting early, arguing the party is “not flat on its back.”
State Treasurer John Leiber at the GOP state convention urged party unity, telling activists Republicans should always remember the party’s goal is to elect candidates who work toward GOP principles and policies.
GOP leaders told party activists today at the Republican state convention they plan to cut income taxes for Wisconsinites by at least $3 billion as they wrap up work on the state budget.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson at the state GOP convention blamed “radical leftists” and the mainstream media for deep divisions in America, adding bipartisan solutions are the way forward.
Three Wisconsin GOP House members argued to reduce violent crime America needs to hold DAs accountable and stop calling police inherently racist. U.S. Reps. Tom Tiffany, Glenn Grothman and Derrick Van Orden on a panel moderated by Fond du Lac DA Eric Toney blasted the Biden administration for failing to