Venture capital bill appears dead this session

I-94 upgrade could cost as much as $1.2 billion

Published: May 22, 2013
Tags: I-94, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Mark Gottlieb, Mike Pyritz, WisDOT

Fully modernizing a nearly 3-mile stretch of Interstate 94 in Milwaukee County will cost as much as $1.2 billion, according to a report released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.

State’s utility plants could generate interest

Published: May 17, 2013
Tags: Building Commission, Capital Heat and Power Plant, Dale Kooyenga, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Madison Gas & Electric, power plants, utility plants, We Energies, Zoo Interchange

Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to allow the sale of state utility plants to pay off transportation debt might not even be able to generate enough money to pay off the debt on the plants themselves.

Deficit looms for Wisconsin transportation budget, Bureau says

Published: April 26, 2013
Tags: deficit, Gov. Scott Walker, Hoan Bridge, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, transportation budget, Zoo Interchange

New projections show Wisconsin’s transportation budget is spiraling toward a $63.5 million deficit by mid-2015, leaving lawmakers groping for how to pay for building and repairing roads across the state over the next two years.

Editorial: Legislature thick as thieves exploiting nonprofit groups

Published: April 5, 2013
Tags: AGC, Andre Jacque, Dave Beck-Engel, editorial, Jim Boullion, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, tax exemption

The fine print proves state government is not stealing millions of dollars from nonprofit organizations.

Lawmakers try, try again to pass tax exemption bill

Published: April 2, 2013
Tags: AGC, Andre Jacque, Dave Beck-Engel, Jim Boullion, Legislative Fiscal Bureau

Lawmakers are trying again to pass a bill that would strengthen the tax exemption for construction materials used in city, school and nonprofit group projects.

Budget panel approves $9.3M for prisons

Published: February 25, 2013
Tags: Department of Corrections, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, prisons

The Legislature’s budget committee has approved an additional $9.3 million for the Department of Corrections because prison populations haven’t declined as expected.

Average taxpayer would save $83 under tax cut

Published: February 25, 2013
Tags: Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Scott Walker, tax cut

The average Wisconsin taxpayer would save $83 under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed income tax cut.

Walker not planning for country to go over ‘fiscal cliff’

Published: December 6, 2012
Tags: fiscal cliff, Jon Richards, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Scott Walker

If the country goes over the so-called “fiscal cliff” in January, it could mean a loss of several hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue to Wisconsin and force Gov. Scott Walker to propose a more austere state budget than he hoped.

Walker’s office: Wis. will have budget surplus

Published: May 11, 2012
Tags: Alberta Darling, budget, jobs, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Peter Barca, recall, Robin Vos, Scott Walker
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Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s administration said Thursday that its new revenue projections show the state will finish the 2011-2013 budget years with a surplus rather than the deficit predicted earlier this year.