By Ola Lisowski – Welcome back to Our Wisconsin! Today’s scorecard is a re-release of the original budget scorecard we published on the morning that Gov. Tony Evers proposed his 2019-21 budget. Now that the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) has completed its thorough analysis of the massive spending document, we have updated our scorecard to include the 2019-21 budget proposal. Read More Our Wisconsin: Budget
Analysis By Ola Lisowski and Chris Rochester – Gov. Tony Evers’ 2019-21 biennial budget proposal rolls back much of the welfare reform progress made in recent years and attempts to reinstate the notion of a “free lunch,” bankrolled by the hard working taxpayers of Wisconsin. Read More Analysis: Evers Budget Unravels Key Welfare Reforms
Held in early March, Sunshine Week celebrates openness in government. As journalists, we grew complacent during the administration of Gov. Scott Walker that whenever we asked for a public record, we could count on public officials handing it over in a timely and fair manner. Times have changed. Read More Sunshine Week Is Over, But For The Evers Administration, It Never Really Began
By Ola Lisowski – As former state Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction, Gov. Tony Evers has made K-12 education a top priority in his 2019-21 biennial budget proposal. That is, as long as students attend the types of schools he prefers. Read More Analysis: K-12 Education Spending Soars In Gov. Tony Evers’ Budget Proposal
Dan O’Donnell examines the impact of Governor Evers’ budget on Wisconsin’s landmark school choice program. Read More Disadvantaged and Minority Students the Biggest Losers in Evers’ Budget
A MacIver Institute Analysis – Gov. Tony Evers introduced his 2019-21 biennial budget proposal Thursday night. The sweeping document would spend $83.5 billion over two years, at least $7 billion more than former Gov. Scott Walker’s last budget. Read More Analysis: What You Need to Know About Gov. Tony Evers’ First Biennial Budget
By M.D. Kittle – The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has failed to comply with several provisions in a state law written in the aftermath of a bombshell audit of a troubled government agency that wasted billions of taxpayer money. Read More Audit Bureau: DOT Still Not Complying With The Law
By M.D. Kittle – Gov. Tony Evers’ cabinet members are earning significantly more than their predecessors, according to executive branch salary information obtained by MacIver News Service in an open records request. Read More Evers’ Cabinet Secretaries Get Double-Digit Raises
February 22, 2019 | In case you missed it, here are five important stories fiscal conservatives may have missed this week. Read More In Case You Missed It: Medicaid Expansion, DOT Projects, and Wisconsin’s Tax Ranking