For More Information, Contact: Rep. Chris Taylor, 608-266-5342 A healthy Wisconsin environment leads to healthy Wisconsin families MADISON – Today, Secretary Preston Cole testified before the Joint Finance Committee on Governor Evers’ budget for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
We’ve put together short, easy-to-understand summaries that explain the effect that Governor Evers’ budget would have on Wisconsin families with regards to K-12 education, immigration communities, and higher education. K-12 education: Governor Evers has proposed a budget that significantly increases
For More Information, Contact: Rep. Chris Taylor, 608-266-5342 DPI Supt. Carolyn Stanford Taylor highlighted Gov. Evers’ historic investments in K-12 schools MADISON – Today, State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor testified before the Joint Finance Committee on Governor Evers’ budget for
Contact: Erin Grunze, Executive Director April 3, 2019 608-256-0827; egrunze@lwvwi.org The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin is generally pleased by the increased support for public transit proposed in Governor Evers’ executive budget. “Although we hoped for
Contact: Erin Grunze, Executive Director April 3, 2019 608-256-0827; egrunze@lwvwi.org Contaminated drinking water is a serious issue faced by a growing number of Wisconsin residents. Reports from locations around the state of well water containing E.coli, nitrate,
Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee today grilled Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm on the plan to accept the federal Medicaid expansion, a proposal Palm said is the center of her agency’s budget. Gov. Tony Evers’ budget calls for expanding
CONTACT: Rep. Goyke, 608.266.0645 Governor Evers Invests in Wisconsin’s Transportation Infrastructure & Public Transit MADISON – Today the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) received public testimony from Secretary Craig Thompson regarding the vital investments made by Governor Evers in Wisconsin’s
GOP members of the Joint Finance Committee voiced concerns to Transportation Secretary Craig Thompson about Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to reinstate the prevailing wage on state projects and let those in the state illegally get driver’s licenses. And they also
Republican members of the Joint Finance Committee on Wednesday peppered DPI Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor with questions about the guv’s education proposal, questioning if the state can afford the proposed $1.4 billion increase for public schools. But prompted by questions
Members of the Joint Finance Committee drew early battle lines Wednesday as they kicked off the first agency briefings of Gov. Tony Evers’ $84 billion budget. JFC Co-chair Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, started today’s hearing by knocking Evers for proposing
The state would face a structural deficit of nearly $2 billion heading into the 2021-23 budget under Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal for the 2019-21 biennium, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. That would be a significant uptick from the $865
Contact: WisDOT Office of Public Affairs (608) 266-3581, opa.exec@dot.wi.gov MADISON – Governor Tony Evers announced that local governments received quarterly payments on Monday totaling $90,431,667 for General Transportation Aids (GTA), Connecting Highway Aids and Expressway Policing Aids from the Wisconsin Department
Vote by party lines on governor’s capital budget breaks with bipartisan tradition.
Seemingly every action in Gov. Tony Evers’ first three months has been marked by incompetence, rank partisanship, childishness, or all three — and he doesn’t seem to be improving.
Contact: Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) 1-608-266-5830 Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) 1-608-266-2343 Governor’s Plan Creates Nearly $2 Billion Structural Deficit Madison–State Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) and Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills), Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Finance released the
For More Information, Contact: Rep. Chris Taylor, 608-266-5342 A healthy Wisconsin environment leads to healthy Wisconsin families MADISON – Today, Secretary Preston Cole testified before the Joint Finance Committee on Governor Evers’ budget for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and his declaration of 2019 as the Year of Clean
We’ve put together short, easy-to-understand summaries that explain the effect that Governor Evers’ budget would have on Wisconsin families with regards to K-12 education, immigration communities, and higher education. K-12 education: Governor Evers has proposed a budget that significantly increases resources for Wisconsin’s public schools, targets additional resources at identified
For More Information, Contact: Rep. Chris Taylor, 608-266-5342 DPI Supt. Carolyn Stanford Taylor highlighted Gov. Evers’ historic investments in K-12 schools MADISON – Today, State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor testified before the Joint Finance Committee on Governor Evers’ budget for the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and his groundbreaking investments
Contact: Erin Grunze, Executive Director April 3, 2019 608-256-0827; egrunze@lwvwi.org The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin is generally pleased by the increased support for public transit proposed in Governor Evers’ executive budget. “Although we hoped for a greater investment in transit and transportation aids, this is
Contact: Erin Grunze, Executive Director April 3, 2019 608-256-0827; egrunze@lwvwi.org Contaminated drinking water is a serious issue faced by a growing number of Wisconsin residents. Reports from locations around the state of well water containing E.coli, nitrate, PFAS compounds, and other contaminants are growing, and there are
Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee today grilled Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm on the plan to accept the federal Medicaid expansion, a proposal Palm said is the center of her agency’s budget. Gov. Tony Evers’ budget calls for expanding to cover people whose income was up to 130 percent
CONTACT: Rep. Goyke, 608.266.0645 Governor Evers Invests in Wisconsin’s Transportation Infrastructure & Public Transit MADISON – Today the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) received public testimony from Secretary Craig Thompson regarding the vital investments made by Governor Evers in Wisconsin’s transportation budget. JFC Democratic member State Rep. Evan Goyke (D-Milwaukee)
GOP members of the Joint Finance Committee voiced concerns to Transportation Secretary Craig Thompson about Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to reinstate the prevailing wage on state projects and let those in the state illegally get driver’s licenses. And they also expressed skepticism over the guv’s claims that nixing the minimum
Republican members of the Joint Finance Committee on Wednesday peppered DPI Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor with questions about the guv’s education proposal, questioning if the state can afford the proposed $1.4 billion increase for public schools. But prompted by questions from Dem members, Taylor said simply maintaining current funding levels
Members of the Joint Finance Committee drew early battle lines Wednesday as they kicked off the first agency briefings of Gov. Tony Evers’ $84 billion budget. JFC Co-chair Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, started today’s hearing by knocking Evers for proposing tax hikes in his budget after saying in the waning
The state would face a structural deficit of nearly $2 billion heading into the 2021-23 budget under Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal for the 2019-21 biennium, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. That would be a significant uptick from the $865 million structural deficit the Capitol faced for the 2019-21 biennium.
Contact: WisDOT Office of Public Affairs (608) 266-3581, opa.exec@dot.wi.gov MADISON – Governor Tony Evers announced that local governments received quarterly payments on Monday totaling $90,431,667 for General Transportation Aids (GTA), Connecting Highway Aids and Expressway Policing Aids from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT). For calendar year 2019, local governments will
Vote by party lines on governor’s capital budget breaks with bipartisan tradition.
Seemingly every action in Gov. Tony Evers’ first three months has been marked by incompetence, rank partisanship, childishness, or all three — and he doesn’t seem to be improving.
Contact: Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) 1-608-266-5830 Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) 1-608-266-2343 Governor’s Plan Creates Nearly $2 Billion Structural Deficit Madison–State Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) and Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills), Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Finance released the following statement after the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau revealed Governor