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Gov. Tony Evers wants to provide $290 million in one-time state funds to the board that oversees the Milwaukee Brewers stadium to finance ongoing improvements.
Gov. Tony Evers announced this morning his budget will call for a series of changes to election laws, including automatically registering voters when they get driver’s licenses and allowing clerks to begin canvassing absentee ballots the day before an election.
Gov. Tony Evers today unveiled a series of provisions he’ll include in his state budget to help renters, including allowing local governments to impose moratoriums on evictions.
Gov. Tony Evers announced today the budget he’ll formally release on Wednesday will include $1.2 billion in tax cuts geared toward the middle class, parents, seniors and students.
Gov. Tony Evers today called for stiffening the penalty for drunk driving while again proposing to allow illegal immigrants to obtain a state-issued driver’s license.
Gov. Tony Evers announced today his budget will propose increasing the eligibility for a property tax credit for veterans and surviving spouses, which would provide an additional $53.2 million in tax breaks over the biennium. Under his plan, the existing
Gov. Tony Evers announced today his budget will propose making it harder for lawmakers to block stewardship projects, including a provision that would double to $500,000 the threshold for when the Legislature is able to review a proposal.
Gov. Tony Evers tells WisPolitics.com his budget will call for dedicating 20 percent of future state tax collections to boost shared revenue by more than $576 million while also allowing local governments to levy a higher sales tax of their
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau today projected the state will finish the current fiscal year with a $7.1 billion surplus, $524 million more than what the Evers administration expected just two months ago.
Gov. Tony Evers told WisPolitics.com he’s “leery” about calls to dedicate a portion of the state’s sales tax revenues to local governments, saying he would prefer an approach that would provide municipalities a more stable increase each year.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, today appointed Sens. Pat Testin, of Stevens Point, and Eric Wimberger, of Green Bay, to his caucus’ two vacant posts on the Joint Finance Committee. They fill the slots of GOP Sens. Kathy Bernier,
Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, has reappointed Rep. Evan Goyke, of Milwaukee, to the Joint Finance Committee and added Rep. Tip McGuire, of Kenosha.
Gov. Tony Evers plans to deliver his annual State of the State address Feb. 7. Meanwhile, he’s asked GOP legislative leaders to keep open Feb. 28 or March 7 for his budget address.
Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, today reappointed Rep. Mark Born, R-Beaver Dam, as the Assembly co-chair of the powerful Joint Finance Committee.
The Evers administration now expects a record-high budget surplus of nearly $6.6 billion to end the fiscal year June 30, well above previous expectations that it would come in north of $5 billion.
Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard, D-Madison, today reappointed Sen. LaTonya Johnson, of Milwaukee, to the Joint Finance Committee and added Sen. Kelda Roys, of Madison.
Gov. Tony Evers announced today he’ll call for a $101.4 million boost in shared revenue as part of the 2023-25 budget, including a new $10 million supplement to help cover public safety costs. Evers, who has faced a barrage of
State agencies are seeking a more than $3.5 billion boost in general purpose revenue in the 2023-25 budget with a dozen asking for double-digit percentage increases. That’s despite Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ call for most departments to avoid asking for
The Joint Finance Committee voted today to redirect $3 million to law enforcement that the state is receiving from a multi-million-dollar opioid settlement. The GOP-run committee today approved changes to how the Department of Health Services had originally proposed to
Gov. Tony Evers today pledged to call for a nearly $2 billion increase in funding for public schools in the 2023-25 budget if he’s reelected.
