Joint Finance Hearings Commence

by Kids Forward | March 23, 2009

Home 9 Tax and Budget 9 Joint Finance Hearings Commence

Today marked the first of six Joint Finance Committee budget hearings. Joint Finance began their day at the American Legion Hall in Sparta at 10 AM. On Wednesday, they will travel to State Fair Park in West Allis, and on Friday they will be at UW-Eau Claire. WCCF has all the Joint Finance Statewide Budget hearing locations and times on the Budget Essentials page of our website (scroll down to “Hearings”).

The Wheeler Report and Wispolitics.com have people reporting from the actual hearings. You can get their updates at http://blogs.wispolitics.com/budget/ and http://www.thewheelerreport.com/. Also, WisconsinEye is videotaping all of the hearings and will post the video one to two days after the hearing.

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