On Monday May 8, the Department of Employee Trust Funds submitted signed contracts to self-insure the state’s health program to the Joint Committee on Finance. This submission begins the 21-day passive review period for JFC to decide if they will act. The three-year contracts include contracts with a statewide/nationwide vendor and four regional vendors. The […]
JFC Plans to Reject the Governor’s Self-Insurance Proposal
Date Thu, May. 11, 2017 - 4:47pm By Hamilton
JFC to Begin Taking Budget Votes Monday, May 1
Date Fri, Apr. 28, 2017 - 10:27am By Hamilton
The legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) will begin taking votes on the 2017-19 budget on May 1. JFC plans to meet once the first week of May and then twice a week until they are finished. Typically, JFC begins their executive session with the less controversial budget proposals and saves the “big-ticket” items – transportation, […]
JFC Finishes Public Hearings
Date Fri, Apr. 28, 2017 - 10:11am By Hamilton
Last week, the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) held their second – and last – week of public hearings on Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed 2017-19 state budget. The first public hearings took place on April 3, 5 and 7. JFC heard from agency heads at the Capitol on March 28-30. They begin votes in executive session […]
JFC Public Hearings Begin
Date Tue, Apr. 11, 2017 - 10:54am By Hamilton
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) held their first public hearings this week on Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed 2017-19 state budget. JFC heard from agency heads at the Capitol on March 28-30, and will spend April listening to testimony from citizens throughout Wisconsin before they begin votes on the budget in early May. The hearings throughout […]
JFC Pulls Out Non-Fiscal Budget Items, Governor Issues Errata
Date Tue, Apr. 11, 2017 - 10:50am By Hamilton
On April 6, the co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee (JFC), Rep. John Nygren (R-Marinette) and Sen. Alberta Darling (R- River Hills) issued a memo outlining JFC budget process and starting point. The memo included 83 non-fiscal policy items that will be removed from the budget. According to the memo, these items “should instead be […]
JFC Agency Briefings: Day Three
Date Fri, Mar. 31, 2017 - 10:52am By Hamilton
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) met for three days this week to hear testimony from state agencies on the governor’s proposed budget. Legislators posed questions to the department secretaries on the implementation of budget proposals and asked other questions pertaining to agency services. On Thursday, March 30, legislators heard from the Public Service Commission (PSC), the […]
JFC Agency Briefings: Day Two
Date Fri, Mar. 31, 2017 - 10:50am By Hamilton
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) met for three days this week to hear testimony from state agencies on the governor’s proposed budget. Legislators posed questions to the department secretaries on the implementation of budget proposals and asked other questions pertaining to agency services. On Wednesday, March 29, legislators heard from the Department of Justice (DOJ), the […]
JFC Agency Briefings: Day One
Date Fri, Mar. 31, 2017 - 10:49am By Hamilton
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) met for three days this week to hear testimony from state agencies on the governor’s proposed budget. Legislators posed questions to the department secretaries on the implementation of budget proposals and asked other questions pertaining to agency services. On Tuesday, March 28, legislators heard from the Department of Administration (DOA), […]
JFC Holds Agency Briefings
Date Fri, Mar. 31, 2017 - 10:45am By Hamilton
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) met for three days this week to hear testimony from state agencies on the governor’s proposed budget. Legislators questioned department heads on the implementation of budget proposals, and inquired about various agency services. Both Republicans and Democrats on JFC posed tough questions on the budget’s biggest proposals, including moving state […]
LFB Projects $1 Billion Structural Deficit Heading into 2019-21 Biennium
Date Fri, Mar. 31, 2017 - 10:23am By Hamilton
In a March 23 memo, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) projected the state will have a structural deficit of over $1 billion in the 2019-21 biennium. To develop this estimate, LFB used the 2018-19 base revenues and expenses and adjusts for changes in the governor’s proposed 2017-19 budget. LFB then compares the modified expenditures against […]