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.
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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...
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...
More Spending for Hospitals Would be a Reasonable Response to an Unreasonable Political Choice The Milwaukee Business Journal reported on Friday that GOP leaders are working on a budget amendment that responds to concerns of Wisconsin hospitals about an anticipated increase in uncompensated care from the Governor’s proposal to remove...
A 14-page motion that was unveiled and voted on in the Joint Finance Committee today would make sweeping changes to the state’s unemployment insurance (UI) laws. Rep. Cory Mason called the motion, which was approved on a party-line vote of 12-4, an abuse of the budget process and an “end run” around the UI Advisory Council. The measures...
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