According to the newest Wisconsin Budget Project blog post, the Joint Finance Committee seemed geniunely committed to addressing the structural deficit (at least on the spending side), until it created a last-minute tax break for manufacturers. This move will nearly eliminates the income tax for many corporations that produce goods in...

The Wisconsin Budget Project has a blog post with a checklist of questions we should ask ourselves before we move to privatize government functions. Here's an excerpt from the post:Governor Walker has proposed a number of initiatives to privatize government functions or to make it easier to do so. One of those proposals, privatization...

The Wisconsin Budget Project has this to say about the prospect of increasing taxes on the working poor: The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) voted Tuesday evening for a package of state policy changes that cut taxes for multistate corporations and the wealthy, while raising taxes on working poor families with two or more...

The Wisconsin Budget Project has a new blog post describing how the budget adjustment bill provides a disincentive -- at least in the short term -- for public employee unions willing to make concessions.Here's an excerpt:"A number of local public employee unions have indicated their willingness to re-open their contracts to make...

We have recently added some ways you can keep abreast of the work WCCF is doing on issues related to health care, early care and education, juvenile justice, child welfare, and other topics. Here are some possibilities:Subscribe to the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families blog to get updates via email or feed reader;“Like” WCCF on...