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.
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...
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) holds another executive session on the budget bill on Thursday, May 30. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. in Room 412 E. The two major areas on the agenda are the remaining issues related to the Department of Children and Families (DCF) and the state building program. A full list of the...
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) paper relating to options for improving or restricting access to BadgerCare was released late today, and it confirms that the state could cover far more people for a lot less money by accepting the enhanced federal Medicaid dollars provided by the Affordable Care Act. In fact, a compromise that would...
Despite a gradual decline in recent years in the rates of suspensions and expulsions of students in Wisconsin, did you know that:Each year over 250,000 school days are lost to expulsion and suspensions?Black students are 10 times as likely to be suspended as white students? American Indian children 3-4 times as likely and Hispanic...
The next meeting of the legislature's Joint Finance Committee (JFC) will be on Wednesday, May 29, starting at 10:00 a.m. in Room 412 E. K-12 education will be the major topic of discussion and debate. I believe all of the remaining K-12 issues are on the agenda. Other items on the agenda that day include some proposals for new sales tax...
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