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
MacIver News Service – Wisconsin’s Medicaid program has persistently gone over budget since the start of the program. However, a report released by the Department of Health Services (DHS) to the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) on Tuesday shows an improvement. The projection for Medicaid program expenditures has improved by $72.3 million in general purpose revenue (GPR) since December’s report. Read More Wisconsin’s Medicaid Program Sees Budget Improvements
Several state departments were carrying heavy unsupported overdraft totals in the millions of dollars at the end of fiscal year 2013 (FY13), according to a submission to the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC). Read More Better Fiscal Management Still Needed in Light of Unsupported Overdrafts