On Thursday, June 10, the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) held an executive session to consider various motions related to the 2021-23 state budget. Click here to visit our main budget recap article for more information on the overall budget process as well as each executive session held by JFC in 2021. Below is […]
State Budget Recap: Justice, Courts, Corrections, DATCP, DNR (June 10)
Date Sun, Jun. 20, 2021 - 12:03pm By Hamilton
State Budget Recap: Transportation, Building Commission, Military Affairs (June 8)
Date Sun, Jun. 20, 2021 - 11:00am By Hamilton
On Tuesday, June 8, the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) held an executive session to consider various motions related to the 2021-23 state budget. Click here to visit our main budget recap article for more information on the overall budget process as well as each executive session held by JFC in 2021. Below is […]
State Budget Recap: Natural Resources, Workforce Development, DSPS, DATCP (June 2)
Date Sat, Jun. 19, 2021 - 3:11pm By Hamilton
On Wednesday, June 2, the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) held an executive session to consider various motions related to the 2021-23 state budget. Click here to visit our main budget recap article for more information on the overall budget process as well as each executive session held by JFC in 2021. Below is […]
State Budget Recap: K-12 and Higher Education (May 27)
Date Sat, Jun. 19, 2021 - 3:00pm By Hamilton
On Thursday, May 27, the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) held an executive session to consider various motions related to the 2021-23 state budget. Click here to visit our main budget recap article for more information on the overall budget process as well as each executive session held by JFC in 2021. Below is […]
State Budget Recap: Administration, Tourism, Ethics, Elections (May 20)
Date Sat, Jun. 19, 2021 - 2:23pm By Hamilton
On Thursday, May 20, the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) held an executive session to consider various motions related to the 2021-23 state budget. Click here to visit our main budget recap article for more information on the overall budget process as well as each executive session held by JFC in 2021. Below is […]
State Budget Recap: Revenue, Veterans Affairs, Financial Institutions (May 13)
Date Sat, Jun. 19, 2021 - 2:11pm By Hamilton
On Thursday, May 13, the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) held an executive session to consider various motions related to the 2021-23 state budget. Click here to visit our main budget recap article for more information on the overall budget process as well as each executive session held by JFC in 2021. Below is […]
Finance Committee Continues Building State Budget; Tax Cuts, Education Funding Are Highlights
Date Fri, Jun. 4, 2021 - 1:48pm By Hamilton
The Wisconsin Legislature remains focused on assembling a state budget for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. In his executive budget proposal, Governor Tony Evers (D) included a two-year operating budget of more than $90 billion and a long list of changes to various state laws and programs. Immediately following the governor’s budget address in February, legislative leaders indicated they would […]
Finance Committee Overhauls State Budget, Removing Hundreds of Policies and Resetting Spending Levels
Date Fri, May. 21, 2021 - 11:03am By Hamilton
The Legislature has taken steps to overhaul Wisconsin’s 2021-23 state budget by removing hundreds of policy proposals and resetting spending levels to the 2019-21 baseline. On May 6, the Republican-led Joint Committee on Finance (JCF) met to vote on major aspects of the 2021-23 state budget put forward by Governor Tony Evers (D). Gov. Evers’ […]
Governor Calls for Special Session on Medicaid Expansion; Legislative Leaders Plan to Gavel Out Immediately
Date Fri, May. 21, 2021 - 9:43am By Hamilton
On May 19, Governor Tony Evers (D) signed Executive Order 116, directing the Legislature to convene a special session on his proposal to expand Wisconsin’s Medicaid program, also known as BadgerCare. The bill put forward by the governor, LRB-3568, would accept federal money to expand Medicaid coverage to about 90,000 additional people. Over the next […]
Gov. Evers Rejects Republican Plans for Spending Federal Funds, Announces Additional Details
Date Fri, Apr. 23, 2021 - 12:27pm By Hamilton
On March 11, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the third federal bill to include substantial grants, aids, direct payments, and other relief measures related to COVID-19. Totaling $1.9 trillion, the ARPA follows the CARES Act ($2.2 trillion, passed in March 2020) and the CRSSA ($900 billion, passed in December 2020). […]