DHS Sec. Palm defends Medicaid expansion

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

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GOP JFC members pepper DPI superintendent with questions

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

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Sen. Darling and Rep. Nygren: Evers digs Doyle-sized deficit

 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

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Rep. Taylor: Celebrates Governor’s proposals for clean drinking water

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

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Wisconsin Budget Project: K-12 education, immigrant communities, higher education summaries released

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

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Rep. Taylor: Applauds governor’s budget for K-12 schools at DPI agency briefing

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

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Wisconsin League of Women Voters: Supports water protections in Governor’s budget, calls for bipartisan support

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

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DHS Sec. Palm defends Medicaid expansion

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

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Rep. Goyke: Commends Secretary Thompson & Gov. Evers on transportation investments

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)

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GOP JFC members pepper DPI superintendent with questions

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

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JFC members lay down early markers in coming budget battle

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

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WisDOT: Gov. Evers announces more than $90 million in payments to local governments

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

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Sen. Darling and Rep. Nygren: Evers digs Doyle-sized deficit

 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

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