As the state Legislature wraps up its last floor session of the biennium, a number of big spending proposals are making their way through the legislative process. The Legislature is considering over $476 million in spending. Read More Chart Smart: 2018 Winter Session Spending Proposals
By M.D. Kittle and Chris Rochester – Conservative lawmakers say liberty and free markets should guide legislation the rest of the abbreviated winter session. Read More The Conservative Agenda: Keep Fighting For The Free Market
We’re nearly a month into the New Year, and have already started to see friction at the Capitol. This week was no different–liberal supreme court candidates sizing each other up, the stalling of a Base Budget Review bill, the undusting of legislation from the Great Depression. All of this and more are summed up below in this week’s Capitol Update! Read More Capitol Update: State of the State, Supreme Court Forum, and More
By M.D. Kittle – In an upbeat State of the State address to the Legislature that was reminiscent and forward-looking, Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday proposed a tax break for families and an ambitious initiative aimed at checking the escalating costs of health insurance. Read More Walker Pitches Tax Break, Health Care Fix In ‘Ambitious Agenda’ State Of The State
By M.D. Kittle – The Senate’s Labor Committee heard testimony Wednesday on a bill aimed at ending the “patchwork” of employment laws across the state. Read More Senate Bill Aims To Create ‘Fair, Consistent’ Statewide Employment Regs
With so many different ways to get the news these days, it’s amazing what slips through the cracks. Too often the most important stories get the least coverage. Fortunately, MacIver News is there to pick up the slack. Read More Top Ten Under-Reported Stories of 2017
MacIver Analysis – It was 2 1/2 months overdue, but the 2017-19 Wisconsin state budget (2017 Act 59) is now in the books. While the process was delayed and, at times, not pretty, the 2017-19 budget is a good budget. Not a great budget, but a good budget. Read More ANALYSIS: The 2017-19 Wisconsin State Budget
MacIver Analysis – A complete analysis of Wisconsin’s 2017-19 state budget – everything you need to know, right here. Read More COMPLETE ANALYSIS: The 2017-19 Wisconsin State Budget
By Bill Osmulski – The situation pitted the interests of his party squarely against the interests of his constituents. As a party leader, Barca was expected to rally opposition against the deal, but as a representative of the area that would benefit from the development, that just wasn’t realistic. Read More Dems Replace Barca, Who Chose Constituents Over Party
Gov. Scott Waker is rejecting an education plan by the state Department of Public Instruction because, according to the governor, the plan is bereft of accountability and bloated with bureaucracy. Read More Walker Gives DPI’s Education Improvement Plan An F, Asks Evers To Resubmit