Republican lawmakers announced a package of education bills on Wednesday, that includes a plan to break up Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) into 4 – 8 smaller districts by 2024. Read More Lawmakers Propose MPS Breakup
Lawmakers Propose MPS Breakup
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VIDEO: Republicans Break Spending Records In Latest Budget
The Wisconsin Legislature’s budget spends $6 billion more than the last budget, includes almost $2 billion in borrowing, and ends with a $1.4 billion structural deficit. Some might be surprised to learn Republicans are behind this record spending, and that Governor Tony Evers might still veto it for not spending enough. Read More VIDEO: Republicans Break Spending Records In Latest Budget
Senate Republicans Narrowly Pass Budget, Evers And His Veto Pen Await
By M.D. Kittle — Different day, same result. The Republican-controlled Senate passed the $83.6 billion biennial budget Wednesday, a day after their colleagues in the Assembly did the same. Read More Senate Republicans Narrowly Pass Budget, Evers And His Veto Pen Await
GOP-Led Finance Committee Passes Hefty Health Services Budget — With No Medicaid Expansion
By M.D. Kittle – Republicans on the Legislature’s budget-writing committee upped the ante Tuesday on Health and Welfare spending, proposing a huge increases in a litany of government programs and initiatives. Read More GOP-Led Finance Committee Passes Hefty Health Services Budget — With No Medicaid Expansion
Report: State Revenue Projections Grow By $750 million, Sign Of ‘Reform Dividend’
By M.D. Kittle and Chris Rochester – Scott Walker has been out of office for four-and-a-half months, but Wisconsin’s economy — and the state’s coffers — continues to benefit from what the former Republican governor called the“Reform Dividend.” Read More Report: State Revenue Projections Grow By $750 million, Sign Of ‘Reform Dividend’