Evers signs GOP-written state budget with $2B tax reduction (UPDATE)

July 8, 2021 10:47 am Leave a comment

Gov. Tony Evers signed the Republican-written state budget Thursday, enacting a two-year spending plan that includes a $2 billion income tax cut while making 50 partial vetoes

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Senate passes $87 billion budget on to Evers (UPDATE)

July 1, 2021 12:53 pm Leave a comment

Wisconsin Republicans finished their work on the state budget Wednesday, moving the $87 billion spending plan through the Senate and on to Gov. Tony Evers.

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Evers to tout budget proposal as bounce back plan

February 16, 2021 3:16 pm Leave a comment

Gov. Tony Evers planned to call on the Republican-controlled Legislature Tuesday to join him in passing a two-year budget he is presenting as a "bounce back" plan to help the state recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Money for youth apprenticeship, workforce development in Evers’ state budget proposal

February 15, 2021 12:33 pm Leave a comment

This image taken from video by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services shows Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Madison, Wis. Evers issued a statewide mask mandate amid a spike in coronavirus cases. (Wisconsin Department of Health Services via the AP)

Gov. Tony Evers will propose more than $329 million in new economic development initiatives as part of his state budget proposal on Tuesday.

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Committee advances design-build bill; single-bid, wheel tax proposals stay behind

June 14, 2019 1:47 pm Leave a comment

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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What to watch as GOP’s revised budget moves ahead

June 14, 2019 1:21 pm Leave a comment

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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GOP finishes budget edits, inserts $321 million tax cut

June 14, 2019 9:23 am Leave a comment

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, center, and Republican members of the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee speak at a news conference about final revisions on the state budget Thursday, June 13, 2019, at the state Capitol in Madison. The Legislature's Republican-controlled finance committee finished revising Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' state budget Thursday, wrapping up its work by inserting $321 million income tax cut plan into the document. Evers had included an $833.6 million income tax cut in the budget but committee Republicans erased it in favor of their own proposal, leaving committee Democrats flabbergasted. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)

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.

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Finance committee wraps up budget revisions; next up: Senate, Assembly

June 13, 2019 1:29 pm Leave a comment

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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GOP promises new bill to fund construction of state juvenile centers

June 12, 2019 2:13 pm Leave a comment

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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Republicans OK reduced building budget

June 11, 2019 11:58 pm Leave a comment

Republicans on the state’s budget-writing committee set aside $5 million to purchase land and start the bidding process to build a new prison to replace the aging Green Bay Correctional Institution. (Photo courtesy of Rauglothgor via Wikipedia)

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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