JFC Republicans added two earmarks to WEDC grant programs, but rejected a call from Dem committee members to require an annual report on grant recipients who failed to achieve contractually required results. Dems challenged their GOP colleagues to support their

The Joint Finance Committee approved putting $72.3 million in general purpose revenue into a plan former Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans devised to help lower the costs for those who purchase their health care on the Obamacare exchanges. But the

JFC Republicans are proposing increases in the registration and title transfer fees as part of a $483.7 million transportation package they plan to take up this evening. The plan, which doesn’t include a gas tax increase, would boost the registration

Counties and towns would see a one-time boost of state aid for road work under a $133.6 million package 10 Senate Republicans released Wednesday. The plan — backed by all six caucus members of the Joint Finance Committee — would

The Joint Finance Committee approved a plan to pump $588.2 million in general purpose revenue into the Medicaid program, pushing up reimbursement rates for hospitals, nursing homes and personal care workers. The investment of state tax dollars would mean an

The Joint Finance Committee approved 11-4 along party lines boosting programs in the Department of Children and Families by $125.5 million in all funds over the next two years. The bulk of that increase — $77.3 million — would go

Joint Finance Committee Republicans rejected Gov. Tony Evers’ call to create a new bureau to house the DNR’s scientists while approving two of the five new positions he wanted to create. The GOP motion also proposed increasing by $4 million

Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee voted Tuesday to add another two years to the freeze on tuition for in-state undergraduates at the UW System. But they nixed Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to backfill that lost tuition revenue with an

The Joint Finance Committee approved $38.4 million in general purpose revenue to boost pay for prosecutors and public defenders while adding 26.5 positions in district attorney offices across the state. The bulk of that money — $25.7 million — would

Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee approved putting an additional $500 million into K-12 education over the next two years as Dems slammed the plan as embarrassingly inadequate, particularly on special education. The GOP plan, approved along party lines, included

GOP lawmakers have reached a deal to pump an additional $500 million into K-12 education, including a $97 million increase for special education. Both figures are well short of the $1.4 billion increase that Gov. Tony Evers proposed. That plan

Assembly Republicans today pledged to pump an additional $500 million into K-12 education, including the first increase in special education aid in more than a decade. The proposal still falls well short of the $1.4 billion more that Gov. Tony

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today said that they were open to providing a boost for special education and were still trying to determine “what the big number is” for K-12 school funding. Addressing reporters

The Joint Finance Committee signed off on Tony Evers’ plan to give state and UW System employees raises of 2 percent in each of the next two years while approving higher pay boosts for prison guards than the guv had

The Joint Finance Committee reworked Tony Evers’ proposal to promote tourism in Wisconsin, including paring back money designated for marketing. The centerpiece of Evers’ plan was a call to put $5 million for the agency’s marketing appropriation while putting in

GOP legislative leaders are considering splitting the budget into two bills — one that would outline spending and the other containing policy — in an attempt to get around the guv’s partial veto authority. Gov. Tony Evers has the most

The state would pump $12.5 million more into workforce development than what Gov. Tony Evers proposed under a motion the Joint Finance Committee approved today. While more than what the guv floated, it’s short of the additional $15 million that

The Joint Finance Committee approved a $25 million boost in state funding to the Wisconsin Technical College System — more than Gov. Tony Evers originally proposed, but less than he wanted after revenue projections climbed an additional $753 million. The