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As Finance Votes: What You Need to Know About Wisconsin’s 2019-21 State Budget

By Ola Lisowski -

By Ola Lisowski – This week, the Joint Finance Committee is back to the State Capitol to kick off the first executive session on the 2019-21 biennial budget. Since Gov. Tony Evers introduced his budget back in late February, the budget-writing committee held agency briefings and then toured the state to hear from the public. Now, it’s finally time to begin voting. Let’s take this opportunity to refresh your memory on the contents of the budget.  Read More As Finance Votes: What You Need to Know About Wisconsin’s 2019-21 State Budget

Analysis: Gov. Tony Evers’ Big-Spending Health Care Budget Expands Government, Hammers Private Sector

By Chris Rochester -

Analysis By Chris Rochester – A health care budget in an age of spiraling costs should be a litany of ideas for reducing health care costs, empowering the market, and protecting the taxpayer from open-ended commitments. But Gov. Tony Evers’ 2019-21 budget proposal instead blows the lid off government’s involvement in health care.  Read More Analysis: Gov. Tony Evers’ Big-Spending Health Care Budget Expands Government, Hammers Private Sector

MacIver News Minute: The Evers Budget – Liberal Wish List, Nightmare For The Wisconsin Taxpayer

By Chris Rochester -

Do you like big budgets and you cannot lie? Well then, Gov. Tony Evers has the budget for you. The Democrat’s $83.5 billion budget increases spending a whopping $7 billion to pursue a litany of liberal initiatives. Evers wants to expand Medicaid, wants $1.6 billion more for K-12 education, $600 million-plus more for transportation. His budget rolls back Walker era welfare and workplace freedom reforms, opens the door to legalized marijuana and grants driver’s licenses and IDs for illegal immigrants.  Read More MacIver News Minute: The Evers Budget – Liberal Wish List, Nightmare For The Wisconsin Taxpayer