Evers announces budget will include $43 million to help ag industry
Gov. Tony Evers today announced his budget will include $43 million to help Wisconsin’s ag industry with almost half of that going to help...
Evers’ budget to include proposals aimed at reigning in prescription drug costs
Gov. Tony Evers announced this morning his upcoming budget will include a series of proposals aimed at reigning in the costs of prescription drugs,...
New projection puts state tax collections $1.2 billion higher through mid-2023 than previously expected
State tax collections through mid-2023 will be nearly $1.2 billion higher than what Gov. Tony Evers’ administration had expected just two months ago, according...
Vos adds Kurtz, Rodriguez to Joint Finance
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, today added Reps. Tony Kurtz, R-Wonewoc, and Jessie Rodriguez, R-Oak Creek, to the Joint Finance Committee.
They fill the vacancies...
Vos appoints Born Joint Finance co-chair
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos today appointed Rep. Mark Born, R-Beaver Dam, to take over as co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee.
Born, who has served...
Evers to deliver State of the State, budget addresses virtually
Gov. Tony Evers plans to deliver his State of the State and budget addresses virtually.
Evers announced today he wants to deliver the State of...
LeMahieu rounds out Senate GOP Finance team
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu today rounded out his Finance Committee team, appointing Sen. Duey Stroebel vice-chair and adding four new members.
LeMahieu, R-Oostburg,...
Corporate tax collections drive $1.2 billion surplus to end fiscal year
A continued surge in corporate tax collections over the rest of this fiscal year will help produce a $1.2 billion surplus to end the...
Vos reappoints Nygren Joint Finance co-chair
Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, today reappointed John Nygren as the Assembly lead of Joint Finance.
The appointment, which had been expected, makes the Marinette Republican...
LeMahieu appoints Marklein JFC co-chair
Senate Majority Leader-elect Devin LeMahieu today appointed Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee.
Marklein replaces Sen. Alberta Darling, a River...
State revenues beat original projections, off slightly from January projection
Despite a COVID-19 pandemic that roiled the state’s economy for the final quarter of the year, the state still took in more tax revenue...
Joint Finance approves plans for WHEDA surplus, agency overdrafts while signing off on DOJ...
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously backed a modified proposal from WHEDA to use a $16.7 million surplus from 2018-19, the Evers’ administration’s plans to...
Joint Finance Committee to take up four DOJ settlements Tuesday
The Joint Finance Committee will meet Tuesday with an agenda that includes four settlements the Department of Justice has asked lawmakers to approve.
The committee...
LFB: Tax collections again drop in May compared to ‘19, but not as steep...
Wisconsin tax collections in May dropped again compared to the same period a year before due to the fiscal impact of COVID-19, but significantly...
UW System accounts for nearly two-thirds of Evers’ 5 percent GPR reduction
-- The UW System will account for nearly two-thirds of Gov. Tony Evers’ $70 million reduction in general purpose operations.
That amounts to about $45.8...
