Joint Finance Committee Continues State Budget Hearings Across Wisconsin

Next week, the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) will hold the final two public hearings on the 2025-27 biennial state budget. Monday, April 28 – Hayward High School Auditorium, 10320 Greenwood Lane, Hayward Tuesday, April 29 – Northcentral Technical College – Center for Health Sciences, 1000 W. Campus Drive, Wausau JFC’s public hearings offer an opportunity […]

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Wisconsin’s Key Races: Supreme Court and DPI Elections

Control of State Supreme Court Up for Grabs For those hoping to tune out politics for a bit after the ad barrage that happened during the Fall of 2024, sorry, you are out of luck. Wisconsin’s race for the State Supreme Court has become a proxy war for Republicans and Democrats on a national scale. […]

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Income Tax Cuts over the Last Decade have Resulted in Significant Tax Relief

In Late February, Forward Analytics released a report and press release highlighting how income tax cuts from 2012-2023 have resulted in nearly $7 billion in tax relief for Wisconsin Taxpayers. According to the report, the groups that saw the largest cuts in percentage terms were single filers with incomes under $48,000 and married-joint filers with incomes less […]

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Gov. Evers 2025-27 Executive Budget Highlights

Gov. Evers gave his fourth biennial budget address on February 18, unveiling his 2025-27 executive budget. He proposes an operating budget of $ $118.9 billion over the next two fiscal years, adding a net 880.94 FTE positions. For comparison, the final 2023-25 state budget spent $97.4 billion with a net reduction of 175.51 FTE (GPR) […]

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Reactions to the Governor’s Budget

Republican legislative leaders reacted quickly and harshly to Gov. Evers’ address, with Republican Majority Leaders Sen. LeMahieu  criticizing the level of spending and Rep. August promising to rework the budget to focus on tax relief.  Joint Finance Committee Co-Chairs Sen. Marklein and Rep. Born and other Republican committee members issued similar statements. Democrats on the finance committee released a joint statement supporting Gov. Evers’ […]

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State Superintendent Three-Way Primary Results

State Superintendent Jill Underly and education consultant Brittany Kinser will compete in the April 1 election after emerging as the top two candidates in a three-way primary. With 92 percent of precincts reporting, Underly received 37 percent of the vote, while Kinser secured 35 percent. Sauk Prairie Superintendent Jeff Wright finished in third place with […]

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Wisconsin’s February 18 Primary Preview: State Superintendent Race

On February 18, Wisconsin voters will participate in a primary election for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the state’s top education official. Three candidates are running: incumbent Jill Underly, Sauk Prairie School District Superintendent Jeff Wright, and education consultant Brittany Kinser. The top two candidates will advance to the general election on April 1. […]

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Justice Hagedorn Recuses Self from Act 10 Challenge Will Justice Protasiewicz Follow Suit?

Justice Brian Hagedorn recently recused himself from participating in a case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court reviewing collective bargaining reforms affecting public union employees. The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering a motion to bypass an appellate court review of a Dane County judge striking down elements of law.   Late last year, Dane County Circuit Court […]

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Breaking: Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Elections Administrator Can Remain in Role

The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously ruled today, February 7, that Meagan Wolfe can continue serving as the state’s top elections official indefinitely, rejecting efforts to remove her from the position. The court determined that under state law, the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) is only required to appoint a new administrator if a vacancy occurs, and […]

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Dane County Judge Stays Ruling Overturning Act 10 Pending Appeal

A Dane County judge has temporarily stayed his decision overturning portions of Act 10, Wisconsin’s 2011 law limiting public employee collective bargaining, to prevent potential chaos during the appeals process. While the judge found the law unconstitutional for treating different categories of employees unequally, he emphasized that enforcing his ruling before a final decision could […]

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