Press Release – The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy joined a national coalition of organizations to oppose the resurrection of the Export Import Bank, an agency with a history of corruption, cronyism, and market extortion. Read More MacIver Institute Joins National Coalition Opposing Return of Export Import Bank
MacIver Budget Blog – The Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) kicks off a series of budget hearings around the state next week to get public input on the 2015-17 state budget. The first stop will be Brillon, WI on Wednesday and then the committee will travel to Alverno College in Milwaukee on Friday. Read More Public Hearings on State Budget to Begin Next Week
MacIver News Service – It took 105 days, 50 teleconferences, a team of UW administrators and one consultant to complete a fiscal year 2014 (FY14) financial report for the UW System, approved last week by the UW Board of Regents. The exhaustive financial report comes over a year after state legislators discovered a hidden $648 million program revenue surplus at the University System. Read More UW Slush Fund Controversy: “We Can Account For Every Dollar” Says Ray Cross
MacIver News Service – Wisconsin’s biggest state agencies have asked for budget increases well into the millions of dollars as all formal budget requests from state departments were submitted early this week. Gov. Scott Walker and the Department of Administration had instructed state agencies to “assume there will be zero growth in overall General Purpose Revenue appropriations in each fiscal year during the 2015-17 biennium.” Read More Wisconsin’s Largest Agencies Ask For Millions More In The 2015-17 Budget
Many around the nation took great interest in Wisconsin back in 2011 when Governor Scott Walker, facing a $3.6 billion deficit he inherited from his predecessor, decided to hold the line on taxes and reform collective bargaining to rein in the cost of government. Read More Wisconsin’s Turnaround Should Serve as Model to States like Illinois