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.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have developed a measure that allows them to more completely capture the effect of the Recovery Act on Wisconsin poverty levels. By official measures, poverty in Wisconsin rose from 10.2 in 2008 to 12.4 percent in 2009, according to the report. But the official measure of poverty takes only...
The Joint Finance Committee’s second executive session on the budget bill, which will be on Tuesday May 3, will cover 30 different topics. You can find links to all 30 by clicking here. Among the many topics on the agenda are a couple of DHS issues (including the Well Woman Program), library aids and several other DPI issues, one PSC...
The Joint Finance Committee will hold an executive session on Tuesday, Apr. 26, to begin voting on various parts of the biennial buget bill. You can find a full list of the topics to be considered and the links to those papers on this part of the LFB website. Read on for a partial list, which focuses on the topics that are more...
A tax day report by the Immigration Policy Center details the amount of taxes paid by the state’s unauthorized immigrant households last year. According to the IPC, “Tax Day is an appropriate time to underscore the often-overlooked fact that unauthorized immigrants pay taxes.”In 2010, Wisconsin households headed by unauthorized...
Log on to view and listen to our live webcast about the impact of the proposed state budget on children and families, Tuesday, April 12 at 10a.m. In his presentation, Jon Peacock will examine the portions of Gov. Walker’s proposed 2011-13 budget that affect children and families, with particular attention to the potential impact of cuts...
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