Budget Blog: In a Big Start JFC Cuts $4.7 Billion From Evers’ Budget

By MacIver Staff - May 4, 2023

2023-25 Budget, Gov. Tony Evers, Joint Committee on Finance, Shared Revenue, State Budget, Surplus, Tax Cut

Welcome to another edition of the MacIver Budget Blog Read More Budget Blog: In a Big Start JFC Cuts $4.7 Billion From Evers’ Budget

UPDATE: 2019-2020 Legislative Session

By MacIver Staff - March 9, 2020

2019-2020 Session, 21 to use tobacco, Assembly Session, Ballot Integrity, Budget Surplus, Constitutional Convention, Democratic National Convention, Design-Build, Direct Primary Care, DNC 2020, Free Speech, Governor Evers, Governor Tony Evers, Healthcare, Healthcare Costs, PFAS, physician assistant (PA), Physician Assistants, Property Tax, Property Taxes, School Spending, Senate Session, Session Summary, Spending, Surplus, Tax Relief, Tough on Crime, UW System

It’s not easy to keep up during the final weeks of a legislative session in Madison. That’s why the staff at the MacIver Institute has compiled this go-to guide on some of the session’s most important bills to help you, the taxpayer, to stay on top of key issues as the session draws to a close. Read More UPDATE: 2019-2020 Legislative Session

Spend the Surplus or Provide More Tax Relief?

By MacIver Institute - March 5, 2020

Achievement Gaps, Governor Evers, Governor Tony Evers, K-12 Funding, Revenue Surplus, School Spending, Student Achievement, Surplus, Tax Breaks, Tax Cuts

February 20, 2020 By the MacIver Institute With an unexpected $818 milIion extra in tax collections, there is a debate raging at the Capitol on what to do with this surplus. Governor Evers would like to spend the surplus on education and Legislative Republicans would like to provide more tax relief. Take a look at the information below and decide for yourself – should the government spend the surplus or should the government give the surplus back to you? How would you vote? Support Evers’ plan to spend the surplus on education or the Republican plan to give the surplus …

Report: State Revenue Projections Grow By $750 million, Sign Of ‘Reform Dividend’

By Matt Kittle - May 16, 2019

Alberta Darling, Democrats, Grover Norquist, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Republicans, Revenue, Robin Vos, Scott Fitzgerald, Scott Walker, Surplus, Tax Cuts, Tony Evers, Wages

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’

MacIver Newsmakers Podcast: Sen. Tom Tiffany Has Some Advice For Gov. Tony Evers

By Matt Kittle - January 31, 2019

Budget, Democrat, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Republican, Surplus, Tom Tiffany, Tony Evers, Transportation

By M.D. Kittle — Sen. Tiffany talks transportation, environmental extremism, and the restorative powers of bacon on this edition of MacIver Newsmakers. Read More MacIver Newsmakers Podcast: Sen. Tom Tiffany Has Some Advice For Gov. Tony Evers