Publications

A Summary of Recent Legislative Action on Taxes and the Budget Process

Mar 31, 2016

After the completion of the 2015-17 biennial budget bill, legislators continued to propose a wide variety of changes relating to tax policy.

A Summary of Recent Legislative Action on Higher Education

Mar 30, 2016

Lawmakers passed several minor bills to expand opportunity for college students, but did not address the issue of helping students who graduate with a large amount of student loan debt.

A Summary of Recent Legislative Action on Criminal Justice

Mar 24, 2016

Legislators passed several bills that affect public safety and the state’s corrections system, and they also missed several opportunities to make major improvements to those systems.

A Summary of Recent Legislative Action on Health Care

Mar 23, 2016

After enactment of the budget bill last summer, most of the legislative action on health care focused on three issue areas: behavioral health, dementia, and family planning.

A Summary of Recent Legislative Action on Education

Mar 21, 2016

Wisconsin state lawmakers wrapped up their legislative session this month, after passing several bills affecting education. Several proposals that received a significant amount of media coverage did not pass.