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The Joint Finance Committee today plans to vote on more than $500 in tax cuts between a package Republicans plan to add to the budget and a separate bill on today’s agenda. The GOP tax motion introduced this morning includes
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WHCA / WiCAL and LeadingAge Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Joint Finance is set today to take up a proposal from Sen. Dale Kooyenga that would use tax revenue from online sales to reduce taxes
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A bipartisan group of lawmakers today urged a joint panel on criminal justice to quickly approve legislation that would push back the closure of Wisconsin’s troubled youth prisons and give counties more
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Free event: June 17: Navigating the New Economy: The booming border –Sponsored by WAGET, the Wisconsin Academy of Global Education and Training in partnership with WisBusiness.com and the Kenosha News — Even if the Foxconn
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee approved a nearly $1.9 billion capital budget, paring back nearly $600 million that Gov. Tony Evers originally wanted to spend
The Joint Finance Committee approved a nearly $1.9 billion capital budget Tuesday, paring back nearly $600 million that Gov. Tony Evers originally wanted to spend on building projects. More than $1 billion of the GOP capital budget, which was approved
The Joint Finance Committee signed off on extending the Stewardship Fund another two years through mid-2022, embracing Gov. Tony Evers’ original request for the program. But the motion cleared 12-4 along party lines after Evers tweeted ahead of the committee
The Joint Finance Committee voted to nix fee hikes Gov. Tony Evers proposed for those who operate large animal farms, pare back the additional positions he proposed to oversee them and funded the whole thing with a different approach. The
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee gaveled in shortly after 4 p.m. today, but won’t take up taxes today. The posted agenda includes the capital budget, DATCP, Juvenile Corrections, the Stewardship Fund and Veterans,
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee kicks off its final sprint with an agenda today that includes taxes and the capital budget. The full agenda for the committee, which is scheduled
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said today cutting taxes for the middle class continues to be a priority for his caucus. But he says that can be accomplished without raising taxes on others.
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Budget watchers see options, challenges for JFC with final votes on tap next week Rape victim whom Karofsky charged with lying says she backs former prosecutor’s
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — Republicans on the Legislature’s budget committee last night approved jacking up fees and eliminating breaks for retailers to help pump $483.7 million of new
Republicans on the Legislature’s budget committee approved jacking up fees and eliminating breaks for retailers to help pump $483.7 million of new revenue into transportation over the next two years while borrowing an additional $326.2 million for projects. That’s in
The Joint Finance Committee approved a $10.1 million GPR boost to the Department of Justice that would include providing assistant attorneys general raises of 2 percent each in 2020 and 2021 while adding nine positions to the state crime lab.
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 today plans to vote on more than $500 in tax cuts between a package Republicans plan to add to the budget and a separate bill on today’s agenda. The GOP tax motion introduced this morning includes reducing the rate for the second lowest income tax bracket.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WHCA / WiCAL and LeadingAge Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Joint Finance is set today to take up a proposal from Sen. Dale Kooyenga that would use tax revenue from online sales to reduce taxes on income in the state’s the second lowest bracket as
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A bipartisan group of lawmakers today urged a joint panel on criminal justice to quickly approve legislation that would push back the closure of Wisconsin’s troubled youth prisons and give counties more time to apply for grants to build regional facilities. Under
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee approved a nearly $1.9 billion capital budget, paring back nearly $600 million that Gov. Tony Evers originally wanted to spend on building projects. More than $1 billion of the GOP
The Joint Finance Committee approved a nearly $1.9 billion capital budget Tuesday, paring back nearly $600 million that Gov. Tony Evers originally wanted to spend on building projects. More than $1 billion of the GOP capital budget, which was approved 12-4 along party lines, would go to projects in the
The Joint Finance Committee signed off on extending the Stewardship Fund another two years through mid-2022, embracing Gov. Tony Evers’ original request for the program. But the motion cleared 12-4 along party lines after Evers tweeted ahead of the committee meeting that he now supported reauthorizing the program for 10
The Joint Finance Committee voted to nix fee hikes Gov. Tony Evers proposed for those who operate large animal farms, pare back the additional positions he proposed to oversee them and funded the whole thing with a different approach. The GOP plan, approved 12-4 along party lines, also included $8
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee gaveled in shortly after 4 p.m. today, but won’t take up taxes today. The posted agenda includes the capital budget, DATCP, Juvenile Corrections, the Stewardship Fund and Veterans, which Co-chair John Nygren, R-Marinette, said the committee will take
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Edge Messaging From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee kicks off its final sprint with an agenda today that includes taxes and the capital budget. The full agenda for the committee, which is scheduled to convene at 1 p.m., includes: Appropriation Obligation Bonds Building
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said today cutting taxes for the middle class continues to be a priority for his caucus. But he says that can be accomplished without raising taxes on others. “Because of our good budgeting and the great economy, we
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — A coalition of conservative groups is warning lawmakers against trying to add new regulations of wedding barns to the state budget. The Evers administration earlier this year said it planned to continue the existing policy of not
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Budget watchers see options, challenges for JFC with final votes on tap next week Rape victim whom Karofsky charged with lying says she backs former prosecutor’s Supreme Court bid CNN’s Raju says despite Senate GOP opposition,
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — Republicans on the Legislature’s budget committee last night approved jacking up fees and eliminating breaks for retailers to help pump $483.7 million of new revenue into transportation over the next two years while borrowing
Republicans on the Legislature’s budget committee approved jacking up fees and eliminating breaks for retailers to help pump $483.7 million of new revenue into transportation over the next two years while borrowing an additional $326.2 million for projects. That’s in the neighborhood of what Gov. Tony Evers had proposed. But
The Joint Finance Committee approved a $10.1 million GPR boost to the Department of Justice that would include providing assistant attorneys general raises of 2 percent each in 2020 and 2021 while adding nine positions to the state crime lab. But Tony Evers had proposed 14 new positions in the
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 motion, saying Republicans have sought to require similar reports of