Budget committee approves ag bills
The Joint Finance Committee on Monday unanimously backed a series of bills to help the state’s struggling ag industry. The six bills were a combination...
JFC approves GOP tax package
The Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines Monday to sign off on a $392.4 million package that would cut income taxes, provide local...
JFC approves plan for county-run youth lockups, rejects plan for state-run facilities
The Joint Finance Committee today signed off on the Evers administration’s plan to fund the county-run facilities that represent one piece of a three-pronged...
Evers calls special session to put $250 million more into education
Gov. Tony Evers today announced he’s calling a special session of the Legislature to put nearly $250 million of an anticipated surplus toward education...
LFB: State to take in $818 million more in taxes through mid-2021
The state is now expected to take in an additional $818.2 million through mid-2021 than previously projected, driven largely by strong corporate tax collections,...
JFC approves two new positions, but cuts two as well
The Joint Finance Committee approved the creation of two new positions in the Evers administration, but added a requirement that two vacant positions be...
JFC approves $2.8 million to help fund disaster cleanup costs
The Joint Finance Committee approved transferring $2.8 million to help cover the costs of cleaning up from natural disasters. That’s $1.1 million less than state...
JFC approves school mental health pilot program, other bills
The Joint Finance Committee signed off on a series of spending proposals today, including one that would create a mental health consultation pilot program...
Evers calls on JFC to take up funding to address homelessness
Gov. Tony Evers sent a letter to the co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee today calling on them to convene and take up a...
JFC co-chairs demand Evers administration use existing vacancies for wanted new jobs
The Joint Finance Committee co-chairs today refused to take up requests from the Evers administration to create 21 new positions, instead ordering the asks...
JFC signs off on DOJ settlement for first time under lame-duck process
The Joint Finance Committee today for the first time signed off on a proposed settlement worked out by DOJ under December’s lame-duck laws. But Dem...
JFC approves releasing additional funding for UW System, rehashes old fights
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously approved releasing $45 million for the UW System over the next two years after Republicans proposed tweaking the allocation...
JFC releases suicide hotline money
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously backed releasing $220,000 appropriated in the budget for a suicide prevention line after adding new reporting requirements and redirecting...
JFC approves Administration, Tourism requests as Republicans add reporting requirements
The Joint Finance Committee approved requests from the departments of Administration and Tourism to release money, but only after Republicans added new reporting requirements...
JFC approves money for farmer mental health amid accusations of partisanship
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously approved DATCP’s request to put $200,000 in general purpose revenue into a program providing mental health assistance for farmers,...
