The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 to approve two of the guv’s welfare bills, including one that would create a pilot program to send monthly payments to recipients of the Earned Income Tax Credit instead of a lump sum after
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee will reconvene today to exec several bills, including one that would boost state aid for small, rural districts. The bill, which also would allow
A bill that would spend $6.8 million on an effort to attract workers to Wisconsin cleared the Joint Finance Committee on a 11-3 party-line vote. Dem committee members, though, argued the bill was a misuse of resources and that it
Joint Finance Committee members voted 14-1 to boost the historic rehabilitation credit to $3.5 million per project starting July 1, instead of $500,000. Only Sen. Duey Stroebel, R-Saukville, voted against it, while Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, was out sick and did
School officials lined up in support of a bill to boost sparsity aid and raise low-revenue caps, saying the changes would help them recruit and retain teachers while providing a higher-quality education to students. Still, Joint Finance Committee Dems sought
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Legislature’s top two Republicans today said open road tolling is the most viable option to address Wisconsin’s long-term transportation needs and attract federal funding that could be included in an infrastructure
The co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee said today they’re considering changes to the guv’s proposal to create a new tax credit of $100 per child, but declined to get into specifics. The guv has proposed the $100 credit kick
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — A bill that would increase the amount of money that could be claimed under Wisconsin’s historic rehabilitation tax credit is one of several measures before the JFC today.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem guv candidate and state firefighters union president Mahlon Mitchell said he’d back a proposal from Gov. Scott Walker to match Foxconn’s job creation tax credits for Kimberly-Clark. Walker yesterday said he
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The conservative Concerned Veterans for America today announced a $1.5 million statewide TV and digital ad campaign targeting U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, on the Tomah VA scandal.
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Lawmakers collected more than $1.3 million in per diem last year as the budget stretched into September, about $139,000 more than 2015, when they finished the spending plan
