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 respective states. The company has faced a choice between shutting down the Neenah Cold Spring facility
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 and a diverse industry in northeastern Wisconsin. But Dems pushed back on the legislation, arguing the
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 consent in just a matter of minutes, a rarity for the committee. Lawmakers also didn’t
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 since the 2013-14 session. Vos said Nygren’s job is “even more important this next session
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 led the committee since the 2011-12 session other than a brief period when Dems won
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 announced late this afternoon. The final accounting for the fiscal year found the state had $41.2
The property tax bill for the median-valued home came in $27 higher than the Legislative Fiscal Bureau originally estimated, according to a new analysis from the agency. That bill of $2,876 last year is below the $2,963 for a median-valued
State agencies have turned in requests for an additional $2.45 billion in the next budget so far, driven largely by the departments of Public Instruction, Health Services and Corrections, according to a WisPolitics.com tally. And the total could climb higher.
State Superintendent Tony Evers is asking for an additional $1.4 billion in state money over the next two years to fund K-12 education, more than double the boost schools got in the 2017-19 budget. The request comes as Evers challenges
The UW System is requesting an increase of $108 million in state aid during the next two-year budget, much of it through the performance-based funding championed by Gov. Scott Walker and GOP lawmakers. Under the request, which the Board of
The Walker administration plans to begin collecting on Oct. 1 sales taxes from online retailers with no presence in Wisconsin, a projected $90 million boost to state coffers in the current fiscal year, according to a new LFB memo. The
The Department of Health Services is now projecting the state will have a GPR surplus of $102.4 million in the Medicaid fund at the end of the 2017-19 budget. The report on the fourth quarter, marking the halfway point of
The Joint Finance Committee tweaked Gov. Scott Walker’s plan for a boost in federal highway aids, putting more of the money toward fixing Wisconsin’s deteriorating bridges and less into knocking out I-94 north-south to, at least partially, benefit the Foxconn
State Sen. Lena Taylor was ordered to undergo training after it was found she bullied an employee who filed a complaint against her as well as other staffers, according to newly released documents. Along with giving Taylor three months to
The Joint Finance Committee signed off today 11-4 along party lines on the UW System’s plan to divvy up $26.3 million in outcome-based funding. The debate over the proposal, which outlines how the university would measure campus success to get
