The Legislature’s budget committee passed an income tax cut this week that could hurt Wisconsin’s ability to support a high-quality public education system, while doing very little to create jobs. The proposed tax cut would take resources away from public services – like our neighborhood schools – that are crucial to building the...
The White House has released estimates of how Wisconsin would be affected by the proposed Early Learning Initiative. Some highlights: $54 million in the first year of the Preschool for All program, building on Wisconsin’s strong 4K program. 11,801 children from birth to three would have access to high quality early care and education...
Finance Committee Approves 35 of Governor’s Non-fiscal Proposals and Adds 59 More A document released Tuesday by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) provides a comprehensive list of non-fiscal policy measures included in the biennial budget bill. Legislators frequently condemn the practice of putting non-fiscal policy into this bill...
Finance Committee Approves 35 of Governor’s Non-fiscal Proposals and Adds 59 More A document released Tuesday by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) provides a comprehensive list of non-fiscal policy measures included in the biennial budget bill. Legislators frequently condemn the practice of putting non-fiscal policy into this bill...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) gives Wisconsin an exciting opportunity to improve access to health care by filling a large gap in BadgerCare coverage.
After steady and significant declines in the use of juvenile detention across Wisconsin, over the past four years we have seen a leveling off in the number of youth held on an average day around the state in our detention centers. The overall number of admissions declined some in 2012, but the average number on a given day has remained...
The Legislature’s budget committee passed an income tax cut this week that could hurt Wisconsin’s ability to support a high-quality public education system, while doing very little to create jobs. The proposed tax cut would take resources away from public services – like our neighborhood schools – that are crucial to building the...
Expanding Secure Detention of Juveniles Illustrates Shortcomings of Budget Process Early in the budget process, legislators generally make a show of stripping from the biennial budget a lot of the non-fiscal policy measures inserted by the Governor. Although they did that to some extent in the current budget, they have spent the last...
The White House has released estimates of how Wisconsin would be affected by the proposed Early Learning Initiative.Some highlights:$54 million in the first year of the Preschool for All program, building on Wisconsin’s strong 4K program. 11,801 children from birth to three would have access to high quality early care and education...
GOP Motion Includes Correction in Coverage for Pregnant Women, but Doesn’t Remove Harmful Changes for Kids The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 this afternoon to approve an omnibus Medicaid motion, which approves most of the Governor’s recommendations, including his proposal to cap BadgerCare eligibility for adults at the poverty...
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