The 2021-2023 Wisconsin state budget has passed with a bipartisan vote in both houses of the Legislature, which includes the largest tax cut in state history. Now it’s the governor’s move. Read More COMPLETE ANALYSIS: THE 2021-2023 WISCONSIN STATE BUDGET
MacIver’s Bill Osmulski was there at Smolenski Park in Mount Pleasant as progressives gathered to protest Foxconn’s groundbreaking for their massive $10 billion manufacturing campus, a big win for President Trump and Gov. Walker. Bill joins Vicki McKenna on News/Talk 1130 WISN to discuss what he saw. Read More The Underwhelming Liberal Protest Of Trump, Walker, and Foxconn
Unlike other spend-it-all politicians, Gov. Scott Walker is making good on a pledge he’s made repeatedly on the campaign trail – return surplus tax revenue to the hard-working taxpayers it came from. Walker is now proposing to give $122 million back, and he can do it thanks to a larger than expected budget surplus that comes from prudent budget management. Read More MacIver News Minute: Walker Gives Surplus Revenue Back To Taxpayers
We’re nearly a month into the New Year, and have already started to see friction at the Capitol. This week was no different–liberal supreme court candidates sizing each other up, the stalling of a Base Budget Review bill, the undusting of legislation from the Great Depression. All of this and more are summed up below in this week’s Capitol Update! Read More Capitol Update: State of the State, Supreme Court Forum, and More
In The News – MacIver President Brett Healy joins Kate Archer Kent on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Morning Show to talk about Governor Walker’s ten-bill welfare reform proposal. The new initiative was part of Walker’s 2018 State of the State address on Wednesday. Read More State Of The State: Healy Discusses Gov. Walker’s Welfare Reform Proposal On WPR