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The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee extended for another three years five project positions in the Department of Safety and Professional Services’ call center operation.
The Joint Finance Committee will meet Thursday to vote on eight agency budgets, including the Department of Safety and Professional Services.
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee today stripped 612 of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals from the state budget, taking the document back to current law as members began their work on the two-year spending plan.
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee will kick off work on the state budget Thursday by voting on a motion that would strip 612 of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals from the document he sent the Legislature in February.
Under Gov. Tony Evers’ budget, property taxes on the mythical median-valued home would go up $4 on the bills local governments send out in December and another $46 the following year, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
The GOP co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee downplayed the possibility of negotiations with Dem Gov. Tony Evers on a tax plan or changes Congress may make to the Medicaid program delaying their work on the state budget.
Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Mark Born today pushed UW President Jay Rothman to justify what the GOP lawmaker called “administrative bloat” in the system as he questioned proposals in Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed state budget. Meanwhile, Corrections Secretary Jared Hoy answered questions about the guv’s call to revamp the prison system.
The co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee this morning announced four public hearings on the state budget, kicking off April 2 at Kaukauna High School.
The proposed relief will include a call to eliminate the income taxes on tips.
The package to be introduced in the guv’s budget on Feb 18 includes $30 million in state funding for an effort Evers created in 2021 using federal COVID-19 funds to help food banks keep shelves stocked.
Gov. Tony Evers today announced new plans to improve water quality in his upcoming state budget, including more than $145 million to address PFAS contamination.
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau today projected the state will now finish the 2023-25 budget with a $4.3 billion surplus, while upping expectations for how much Wisconsin will collect in tax revenue over the next two years.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers will use his State of the State tonight to announce plans to include $300 million in his upcoming budget to provide comprehensive mental health services in schools, including peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs.
Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, today announced she is reappointing Reps. Deb Andraca and Tip McGuire to the Joint Finance Committee. It is the second full session that McGuire, D-Kenosha, will serve on the budget committee. Andraca, D-Whitefish Bay,
Meanwhile, Reps. Alex Dallman, R-Green Lake; Jessie Rodriguez, R-Oak Creek; and Shannon Zimmerman, R-River Falls; all will return to the committee next session.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, this afternoon announced he has reappointed Mark Born, R-Beaver Dam, co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee. Vos also appointed Rep. Tony Kurtz, R-Wonewoc, vice-chair.
The Joint Finance Committee today unanimously signed off on 10 settlements reached by the state Department of Justice in various enforcement actions, as well as putting another $2.4 million into state disaster assistance relief.
Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein today reappointed Sens. LaTonya Johnson and Kelda Roys to the Joint Finance Committee.
LeMahieu also reappointed Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, chair, making the three straight sessions that he will lead the Senate GOP team on the budget committee.
Gov. Tony Evers wants to deliver the State of the State Jan. 22 or Jan. 28 and then follow up with his budget address on either Feb. 25 or March 4.
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee extended for another three years five project positions in the Department of Safety and Professional Services’ call center operation.
The Joint Finance Committee will meet Thursday to vote on eight agency budgets, including the Department of Safety and Professional Services.
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee today stripped 612 of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals from the state budget, taking the document back to current law as members began their work on the two-year spending plan.
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee will kick off work on the state budget Thursday by voting on a motion that would strip 612 of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals from the document he sent the Legislature in February.
Under Gov. Tony Evers’ budget, property taxes on the mythical median-valued home would go up $4 on the bills local governments send out in December and another $46 the following year, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
The GOP co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee downplayed the possibility of negotiations with Dem Gov. Tony Evers on a tax plan or changes Congress may make to the Medicaid program delaying their work on the state budget.
Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Mark Born today pushed UW President Jay Rothman to justify what the GOP lawmaker called “administrative bloat” in the system as he questioned proposals in Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed state budget. Meanwhile, Corrections Secretary Jared Hoy answered questions about the guv’s call to revamp the prison system.
The co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee this morning announced four public hearings on the state budget, kicking off April 2 at Kaukauna High School.
The proposed relief will include a call to eliminate the income taxes on tips.
The package to be introduced in the guv’s budget on Feb 18 includes $30 million in state funding for an effort Evers created in 2021 using federal COVID-19 funds to help food banks keep shelves stocked.
Gov. Tony Evers today announced new plans to improve water quality in his upcoming state budget, including more than $145 million to address PFAS contamination.
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau today projected the state will now finish the 2023-25 budget with a $4.3 billion surplus, while upping expectations for how much Wisconsin will collect in tax revenue over the next two years.
Dem Gov. Tony Evers will use his State of the State tonight to announce plans to include $300 million in his upcoming budget to provide comprehensive mental health services in schools, including peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs.
Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, today announced she is reappointing Reps. Deb Andraca and Tip McGuire to the Joint Finance Committee. It is the second full session that McGuire, D-Kenosha, will serve on the budget committee. Andraca, D-Whitefish Bay, was first appointed to the committee in August 2023, replacing
Meanwhile, Reps. Alex Dallman, R-Green Lake; Jessie Rodriguez, R-Oak Creek; and Shannon Zimmerman, R-River Falls; all will return to the committee next session.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, this afternoon announced he has reappointed Mark Born, R-Beaver Dam, co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee. Vos also appointed Rep. Tony Kurtz, R-Wonewoc, vice-chair.
The Joint Finance Committee today unanimously signed off on 10 settlements reached by the state Department of Justice in various enforcement actions, as well as putting another $2.4 million into state disaster assistance relief.
Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein today reappointed Sens. LaTonya Johnson and Kelda Roys to the Joint Finance Committee.
LeMahieu also reappointed Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, chair, making the three straight sessions that he will lead the Senate GOP team on the budget committee.
Gov. Tony Evers wants to deliver the State of the State Jan. 22 or Jan. 28 and then follow up with his budget address on either Feb. 25 or March 4.