By Bill Osmulski – Gov. Evers’ budget includes an 8-cent gas tax hike with automatic increases tied to inflation, but a small group of Republican lawmakers have an alternative plan. They say it could save the DOT $22.8 million a year through efficiencies and negate the need to raise the gas tax. They’re calling it the “Road to Sustainability Package (RSP).” Read More New Road Plan: Millions Saved And No Gas Tax Hike
Use the one-time money from the Volkswagen cheating scandal to actually reduce NOx now Let the electric car and truck industry sink or swim on its own – the government should stay on the sidelines May 28, 2019 A MacIver Perspective By Brett Healy Later today, the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities will hold …
By Ola Lisowski – The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) passed its K-12 education budget today, spending $500 million more than current levels. The vote came after two and a half hours of debate. Read More Joint Finance Committee Increases K-12 Spending by $500 Million
By Ola Lisowski – Gov. Tony Evers – once educator, then bureaucrat, and now Wisconsin’s governor – has dedicated his life to public education. His gubernatorial campaign largely centered around the question of equity and progress in K-12 education. Yet his 2019-21 budget proposal, up for a Thursday vote in the state’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC), would have turned back the clock on the very values he claims to hold dear. Read More What Gov. Tony Evers Got Wrong in His K-12 Education Proposal
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
By M.D. Kittle – Badger State companies and their employees continue to reap the rewards of tax relief. Read More ‘It’s Very Real’: Tax Cuts Of 2017 Still Fueling Economic Boom Of 2019
By M.D. Kittle – A graduated revenue shift could raise a half billion dollars annually — and nearly $5 billion total over 15 years — for Wisconsin transportation projects, according to a memo from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau. Read More Sanfelippo Plan Could Be Big Boost To Transportation Budget – But At Cost To Big Government
MacIver News Service | The Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee met on Wednesday, April 3, and Thursday, April 4, to begin their work on the 2019-2021 biennial budget. On Wednesday, the heads of the Department of Public Instruction, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Health Services provided briefings on the governor’s proposals for their respective agencies. Read More Wisconsin Agencies Provide Briefings on 2019-21 Biennial Budget
By M.D. Kittle – A janitorial supplies company owned by Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer’s Democratic Party power player husband could have really cleaned up — thanks to legislation crafted by the businessman. Read More Dirty Deal – Neubauer Wrote Green Cleaning Legislation To Benefit His Company