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Four bills pitched as reform measures for a state transportation department set to receive a funding increase advanced through an Assembly committee on Thursday.
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Read More »What to watch as GOP’s revised budget moves ahead
Wisconsin Republicans have rewritten Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' state budget in the past few weeks, pushing it through the Joint Finance Committee they control last week to set up floor votes in the full Legislature.
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Read More »GOP finishes budget edits, inserts $321 million tax cut
The Legislature's Republican-controlled finance committee finished revising Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' state budget Thursday, wrapping up its work by pasting a $321 million income tax cut plan into the document.
Read More »Finance committee wraps up budget revisions; next up: Senate, Assembly
The Legislature's Republican-controlled finance committee finished revising Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' state budget Thursday, wrapping up its work by inserting a $321 million income tax cut plan into the spending plan.
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Read More »GOP promises new bill to fund construction of state juvenile centers
Republican lawmakers say they're still looking to build new state facilities to house juvenile offenders after Wisconsin's youth prison closes.
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Read More »Republicans OK reduced building budget
Republicans on the Legislature's budget-writing committee approved money Tuesday to begin building a new prison in Green Bay but eliminated funding to construct new state facilities to house juvenile offenders after Wisconsin's troubled youth prison closes, shifting those dollars to counties and raising questions about the state's role in housing young offenders.
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Read More »Wisconsin Republicans plan $400 million income tax cut
The leader of the Wisconsin Senate says Republicans are planning to include a roughly $400 million middle class tax cut in the state budget.
Read More »Walker to lead effort for balanced budget amendment
Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will be leading the national effort to call a convention to approve a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Read More »Evers’ capital budget calls for $2 billion in new borrowing (UPDATE)
Gov. Tony Evers' proposed capital budget seeks for approval for the largest amount of spending seen in at least a decade, calling for the state to set aside $2.5 billion for public construction and maintenance projects throughout Wisconsin.
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Read More »Report: $2 billion needed to maintain current services
A new report says it will take more than $2 billion just to maintain current state services, with a modest increase in spending and a more sizable boost for schools.
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