Hold On To Your Wallets

By MacIver Staff - January 6, 2023

Local Government, Property Taxes, Shared Revenue, Spending Limits, State Budget, Tax Hikes, Unnecessary Spending, Wasteful Spending

Evers 2023-25 Budget Weeks from Introduction Read More Hold On To Your Wallets

Budget Blog: How Much Land Does Government In Wisconsin Need To Own?

By Brett Healy - June 10, 2021

2021-23 Budget, Big Government, Bonding, DNR Knowles-Stewardship Program, Government Land, Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program, Private Property, State Spending, Stewardship, Unnecessary Spending, Wasteful Spending

Stewardship vote today How much government-owned land is enough in Wisconsin? 20%? 30%? 50%? The Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program is scheduled for a vote today in the Joint Committee on Finance. The Finance Committee is finishing up its work on Governor Evers’ 2021-2023 state budget proposal. There is speculation that Republicans on the Finance Committee may try to reauthorize the program past the current end date of 2022 and increase the current bonding limit of $33.25 million a year so government can purchase even more private property and take it off the tax rolls. Given the recent fiscal re-estimate and …