Evers wants until March 5 to deliver budget address
Gov. Tony Evers is asking lawmakers to give him until March 5 to deliver his budget address, noting his predecessor also had until the...
Hintz appoints Goyke, Taylor to JFC
Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz is re-appointing Madison Dem Chris Taylor to the Joint Finance Committee and adding Milwaukee lawmaker Evan Goyke. Goyke replaces Rep....
Vos adds Katsma, Zimmerman to Assembly GOP JFC team
Speaker Robin Vos today added Reps. Terry Katsma, of Oostburg, and Shannon Zimmerman, of River Falls, to the Assembly GOP Joint Finance team. The two...
Criminal justice interests band together to push $70 million budget package
Criminal justice interests are banding together for the first time to push a $70 million package that would add assistant DAs, create new positions...
Walker administration projects $2.1 billion in new GPR through mid-2021
The outgoing Walker administration delivered Gov.-elect Tony Evers a dose of good news for his first budget with the state expected to have new...
DOT projects slight dip in spending in next biennium, gas tax collections to drop
The state Department of Transportation is projecting a dip in spending of $76.7 million over the next two years, a decrease of about 1.3...
Fitzgerald adds LeMahieu to Finance, brings back other returning members
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, today appointed Sen. Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, to the Joint Finance Committee. He replaces outgoing Sen. Leah Vukmir, who left...
Walker urges passage of Kimberly-Clark bill by the end of November
Gov. Scott Walker made a pitch to pass an incentive bill to keep a Kimberly-Clark plant open in Wisconsin as part of his first...
Shilling re-appoints Erpenbach, Johnson to Joint Finance
Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling today re-appointed fellow Dems Jon Erpenbach and LaTonya Johnson to the Joint Finance Committee. Erpenbach, D-Middleton, was first elected to...
Top Kimberly-Clark exec says he’s not aware of offers from Arkansas to keep plant...
A top Kimberly-Clark official says he has “no interest in a bidding war” between Wisconsin and Arkansas over keeping a plant open in their...
Republicans tout Kimberly-Clark bill as Dems counter incentives are too large
Republican backers of a bill to provide tax incentives to Kimberly-Clark say the package is the last chance to save hundreds of union jobs...
JFC approves Evers transition budget
The Joint Finance Committee today quickly approved Tony Evers' request for $94,600 to fund his transition team. The proposal was introduced and adopted by unanimous...
Vos re-appoints Nygren as JFC co-chair
Speaker Robin Vos has reappointed Rep. John Nygren co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee. Nygren, R-Marinette, has served as co-chair of the powerful budget committee...
Darling re-appointed JFC chair
Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, has been re-appointed co-chair of Joint Finance, tying her for the most terms leading the powerful budget committee. Darling has...
DOA reports slight improvement in general fund balance compared to previous estimate
The state finished the 2017-18 fiscal year with $579 million in the general fund, a slight improvement from previous projections, the Department of Administration...
