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 report released Wednesday by the Department of Public Instruction provides the best data yet on the effects to schools of the changes made in the budget repair and biennial budget bills. As the department’s press release noted, 73 percent of Wisconsin’s school districts cut teachers during the 2011-12 school year. In response to...
Do you think you know a lot about government revenue? Perhaps, but take a minute or two to find out by taking a quick look at a few new resources from the Wisconsin Budget Project and others.Test your knowledge of taxes and spending in Wisconsin – The WI Budget Project has prepared an updated and abbreviated version of our tax and...
Klein Contends Congress Can’t Cut without Consequences Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is the federal block grant that was created about 15 years ago to replace the old welfare system (Aid to Families with Dependent Children). It has been getting a bit more attention in recent weeks because Paul Ryan and other Republicans...
Considering that conservative Wisconsin voters seemed to have more reason to go to the polls yesterday than liberals, I figured that school referenda were more likely to be defeated. Thus, I was surprised to learn that nearly three-quarters of school referenda on the ballot won approval yesterday, when voters okayed more than $140...
This four-page document provides a summary of the major bills related to health and health care that were considered by the Wisconsin legislature during the 2011-12 session, which came to a close in March 2012. It includes links to bill text and history, and notes which bills were signed into law by the Governor
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