The state budget and the taxes that help finance it have a huge impact on children and families. The budget provides most of the funding for vital government services, such as education, health care, transportation, child welfare and other safety net programs.
For more detailed analysis, visit the Wisconsin Budget Project website.
The budget bill as amended by Joint Finance is a litany of missed opportunities. It benefits the wealthy few while shortchanging children and families by failing to address the most pressing needs of our communities, our economy, and our collective future.
In Wisconsin and a number of other states, concerns have been raised about taking tainted ObamaCare dollars for the expansion of Medicaid. With that concern in mind, lawmakers here approved a health care plan that rejects those Medicaid dollars and will cost Wisconsin taxpayers almost $150 million more in the 2013-15 budget period than...
Governor's BadgerCare Changes Raise the Stakes for New Marketplace's Success or Failure The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (WCCF) sent a letter to Governor Walker Monday urging him to fully or partially veto a provision added to the budget bill that could reduce the effectiveness of the health care reform law. The amendment...
Amendment Would Give States Half of the Savings if They Cut Off Families The farm bill is in limbo today after a draconian amendment added by Republicans caused the bill to lose the support of a number of Democrats. After the approval of that amendment – which would give states a strong fiscal incentive to remove many currently eligible...
Dems Decide Not to Submit Their Amendments The Wisconsin Assembly approved the Joint Finance Committee’s version of the state budget today with one “technical amendment.” That amendment includes 27 different items, most of which are anything but technical. At least two of the measures in the amendment (Assembly Amendment 3 to the JFC...
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