state budget

A two-year spending plan that cuts taxes across all income levels, with the wealthiest benefiting the most, and gives the University of Wisconsin nearly half a billion dollars less than it asked for cleared the Republican-controlled state Senate on Wednesday

For many years, Wisconsin towns and cities have been asked to do more with less but updates to the state's shared-revenue plan means additional funding is on the way, as municipalities juggle multiple priorities

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Wednesday that Republicans were “done negotiating” on a bill that would increase state aid to local governments

For seven hours Wednesday, people and organizations spoke to the Joint Finance Committee about their priorities for the next state budget.The JFC held its last budget listening session at Lakeland Union High School.

State lawmakers representing people in the Northwoods will be holding listening sessions in the coming weeks.They’re focused on what people would like to see prioritized in the next state budget.

The joint finance committee formally accepted Governor Evers’ budget proposal Wednesday, but will pretty much scrap it

Democratic Governor Tony Evers will be presenting his budget to the Wisconsin legislature tonight.

In his State of the State address earlier this week, Governor Tony Evers spoke of his plan to bolster childcare in Wisconsin.Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez and other state officials visited Rhinelander Thursday to meet with a local childcare center and tout Evers’ plan.

Wisconsin’s projected state budget surplus is now forecast to reach $7.1 billion by July, up more than half a billion dollars from the previous estimate just two months ago.