Last Summer Brandi Grayson and her activist organization Urban Triage helped lead the riots that tore apart downtown Madison. Last week, Dane County gave her $1.7 million to run its rental assistance program. Read More Paid to Protest: Urban Triage Gets $1.7 Million Payday From Dane County
Mayor Tom Barrett unveiled some of his first plans to spend the $394 million the city received in ARPA COVID-19 relief. All of his proposals are made through the lens of equity rhetoric. Read More Barrett Proposes Equity-Driven Plan To Spend ARPA Funds In Milwaukee
Dan O’Donnell debunks Democrat scare tactics and sets the record straight on education spending in the upcoming budget. Read More Don’t Believe the Left: Wisconsin’s Schools are Fully Funded
Dan O’Donnell explains why Governor Evers and Legislative Democrats are foolish to propose spending practically every last cent of Wisconsin’s newfound $4.4 billion budgetary windfall. Read More The Mules With The Spinning Wheel
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau’s newly released revenue re-estimates show an unexpected $2.6 billion general fund surplus by the end of FY2021, and an even bigger $5.87 billion surplus by the end of the 2021-2023 budget. This is thanks in part to an “unprecedented” $4.4 billion more in tax collections over previous estimates. Read More Budget Blog: “Unprecedented” Tax Collections Lead To Immediate $2.6 Billion Surplus, Could Reach $5.87 Billion By ‘23