As the state Legislature wraps up its last floor session of the biennium, a number of big spending proposals are making their way through the legislative process. The Legislature is considering over $476 million in spending. Read More Chart Smart: 2018 Winter Session Spending Proposals
$1.3 million to study beer koozies. $42 million to build a gas station in Afghanistan that almost no local cars can use. Take a look at the ridiculous things the government spent your money on in 2015. Read More Wastebook: The Farce Awakens
MacIver News Service – The Assembly is taking up four bills that tackle fraud and abuse in entitlements programs. Three bills address the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. A fourth bill will work to reform Wisconsin’s Unemployment Insurance program. Read More Assembly to Tackle Fraud in FoodShare and Unemployment Insurance Programs This Week
MacIver News Service – The Assembly Committee on Public Benefits Reform passed Assembly Bills 212 and 222 in an executive session on Tuesday, which included more than a dozen amendments. Read More Republican Legislators Give In to Federal Regulation on Food Stamp ID Bill
MacIver News Service – Reducing government fraud and abuse was the theme of the day in one Capitol Building hearing room on Tuesday, as the Assembly Committee on Public Benefit Reform met to discuss a pair of bills that seek to reduce the amount of taxpayer money defrauded from the Unemployment Insurance and FoodShare programs. Read More Assembly Committee On Public Benefit Reform Clashes Over Need To Stop Fraud