Wisconsin Gov. Evers details tax plan to boost middle class
1 year, 10 months ago

Wisconsin Gov. Evers details tax plan to boost middle class

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. The governor’s office released details Sunday showing the plan would limit exceptions that benefit wealthy filers, outlaw state taxes on federal student loan relief and follow through on Evers’ campaign promises for $1.2 billion in tax cuts over two years. A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, who first proposed the plan for a flat tax, declined to comment on the governor’s proposals until after the full budget has been released. Evers first outlined his tax plan in August while running for reelection — a move Republicans criticized as a “vote-buying ploy.” As promised, the plan published Sunday includes a 10% tax cut for single people earning $100,000 or less and couples earning $150,000 or less, as well as tax credits for caregivers and families with children and tax relief for seniors and veterans with disabilities. It also adds new plans to outlaw state taxes on federal student debt relief and limit a 30% tax exclusion on capital gains to individuals making less than $400,000 and couples making less than $533,000.

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Wisconsin Senate plans to vote on overriding Evers veto of PFAS funding, other bills
7 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin Senate plans to vote on overriding Evers veto of PFAS funding, other bills

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans said Monday that the state Senate would vote to override up to 36 of the governor’s vetoes, including a bill to fight PFAS pollution — moves that Democrats derided as desperate election year stunts. Republican state Sen. Howard Marklein, co-chair of the Legislature’s budget committee, said at a news conference that overriding Evers’ vetoes was “about …

Wisconsin Republicans ignore governor’s call to spend $125M to combat ‘forever chemicals’
8 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin Republicans ignore governor’s call to spend $125M to combat ‘forever chemicals’

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans on Tuesday ignored the latest call from Democratic Gov. But Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee did not show up, with the GOP co-chairs calling Evers’ move “blatant political game-playing.” Although no Republicans came, Evers made a previously unannounced appearance in the Capitol hearing room and joined three Democratic lawmakers in blasting the GOP inaction. …

Evers signs Republican-authored bill to expand Wisconsin child care tax credit
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Evers signs Republican-authored bill to expand Wisconsin child care tax credit

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed a Republican-authored bill Monday that dramatically expands the state child care tax credit, days after vetoing three other GOP bills that would have delivered $800 million in tax cuts. The bill expands the state child care tax credit to 100% of the claimants’ federal child care tax credit. The legislation included the …

Evers vetoes Republican-backed bills slashing the income tax, cutting taxes on retirees
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Evers vetoes Republican-backed bills slashing the income tax, cutting taxes on retirees

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers on Friday vetoed a nearly $800 million income tax cut passed by Republicans, along with bills that would have increased the income tax credit for married couples and raised the amount of retiree income exempt from the state income tax. Republican Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara, the main sponsor of the tax cut for retirees, said …

Wisconsin governor vetoes $2 billion tax cut, calls Republican plan ‘completely unserious’
1 year, 1 month ago

Wisconsin governor vetoes $2 billion tax cut, calls Republican plan ‘completely unserious’

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers on Monday vetoed a $2 billion Republican tax cut bill, calling it “completely unserious.” Evers’ veto was expected, as he opposed the GOP plan from the moment it was introduced as a substitute to the Democratic governor’s own workforce development package. Instead, the Legislature passed a measure that would have cut income taxes, created …

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor sues Republican Legislature over blocking basic functions
1 year, 1 month ago

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor sues Republican Legislature over blocking basic functions

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Evers said it was “a bridge too far” and “just bull s---” that Republican state lawmakers were telling 35,000 University of Wisconsin employees who were expecting pay raises to “stick it.” “You can’t do that,” Evers told reporters at a news conference. “That’s why we’re suing and that’s why we’re going to win.” Evers …

Evers finds $170M in federal dollars to keep pandemic-era child care subsidy program afloat
1 year, 2 months ago

Evers finds $170M in federal dollars to keep pandemic-era child care subsidy program afloat

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers will use newly discovered federal dollars to keep a pandemic-era child care subsidy program going for another year and a half, his administration announced Monday after Republican legislators refused to devote any more money to the program. Officials with Evers’ administration said Monday they will use $170 million from the Federal Emergency Management …

Wisconsin Republican leader blocks pay raises in continuation of DEI fight
1 year, 3 months ago

Wisconsin Republican leader blocks pay raises in continuation of DEI fight

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly is blocking pay raises for University of Wisconsin employees unless the university cuts diversity, equity and inclusion spending by $32 million — a move that comes amid the Democratic governor’s calls for lawmakers to spend even more on higher education. In June, the GOP-controlled Wisconsin Legislature cut funding to the …

Wisconsin Senate votes to override Evers’ 400-year veto and his gutting of tax increase
1 year, 3 months ago

Wisconsin Senate votes to override Evers’ 400-year veto and his gutting of tax increase

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate voted Thursday to override three of Gov. Tony Evers’ vetoes, including one that attempted to enshrine school funding increases for 400 years. Republicans had the necessary two-thirds majority to override the vetoes in the Senate and did so in a series of 22-11 votes along party lines, but they don’t have …

Wisconsin Republicans dismiss governor’s call to increase funding for child care, UW System
1 year, 4 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans dismiss governor’s call to increase funding for child care, UW System

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday called a special legislative session for September in a longshot attempt quickly dismissed by Republicans to approve funding they rejected earlier this year for child care services, a family leave program, the University of Wisconsin System and other efforts targeting the state’s worker shortage problem. Evers has been highlighting child …

Average income taxes in Wisconsin to go down $3 a month under cut signed by Evers
1 year, 5 months ago

Average income taxes in Wisconsin to go down $3 a month under cut signed by Evers

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Income taxes in Wisconsin will go down an average of $3 a month under the greatly reduced tax cut Democratic Gov. The average tax cut under the income tax cut as signed by Evers on Wednesday is $36, or just under 1% of the total net tax owed, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau. Under the …

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor guts Republican tax cut, increases school funding for 400 years
1 year, 5 months ago

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor guts Republican tax cut, increases school funding for 400 years

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed off on a two-year spending plan Wednesday after gutting a Republican tax cut and using his broad veto powers to increase school funding for centuries. Under his veto, unless it’s undone by a future Legislature and governor, Evers said schools will have “predictable long-term spending authority.” “There are lots of wins here,” …

GOP Wisconsin budget committee heads say flat tax unlikely
1 year, 9 months ago

GOP Wisconsin budget committee heads say flat tax unlikely

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans are unlikely to include their plan for a flat 3.25% income tax rate in the state budget, heads of the Republican-controlled Legislature’s powerful budget committee said Tuesday. Rep. Mark Born and Sen. Howard Marklein, co-chairs of the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee, said they plan to cut taxes in the budget, but it’s unlikely they will …

Evers pushing for tax cuts, new paid family leave program
1 year, 10 months ago

Evers pushing for tax cuts, new paid family leave program

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers made a plea for bipartisanship with the unveiling of a nearly $104 billion state budget Wednesday that includes a new paid family leave program for most public and private-sector workers, tax cuts for the middle class, a plan to keep the Milwaukee Brewers in their stadium until at least 2043 and higher …

EXPLAINER: Where Wisconsin governor and Republicans agree
1 year, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: Where Wisconsin governor and Republicans agree

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Some are clearly dead on arrival, but in other areas, Evers and Republicans appear willing to compromise on how to spend the state’s unprecedented budget surplus, estimated Wednesday at more than $7.1 billion. Evers initially called for a 4% increase in funding, using the current formula, while Republicans talked about taking a new approach …

Evers promises a tax cut, compromise to increase funding
1 year, 11 months ago

Evers promises a tax cut, compromise to increase funding

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday he wants to work with Republicans to divert as much as 20% of the state’s sales tax revenue to help fund local communities, including police and emergency services, while he also promised to cut taxes for the middle class and fight a GOP effort to impose a flat income tax rate. …

Wisconsin GOP leader proposes flat income tax; Evers opposes
1 year, 11 months ago

Wisconsin GOP leader proposes flat income tax; Evers opposes

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate proposed implementing a flat 3.25% income tax rate on Friday, a plan that Democratic Gov. Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu’s proposal, which he circulated for co-sponsors on Friday, would phase in a flat income tax rate of 3.25% by 2026. We should continue to have a progressive tax system.” …

Evers meets with mayors of Wisconsin’s 5 largest cities
1 year, 11 months ago

Evers meets with mayors of Wisconsin’s 5 largest cities

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. That message said Evers and the mayors discussed “improving how we invest in our local communities and keep them safe—and to ensure they can respond to basic and unique needs alike.” Evers, who was sworn in to office on Tuesday, will deliver his two-year state budget to the Republican-controlled Legislature next month. He’s already called for …

Wisconsin Gov. Evers opposes GOP flat income tax cut plan
2 years ago

Wisconsin Gov. Evers opposes GOP flat income tax cut plan

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is promising to veto any flat income tax cut plan passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature, favoring instead his proposal to reduce taxes for the middle class by 10%. Evers, in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, came out against an idea being floated by Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu that …

Wisconsin GOP leaders to push for ‘long term’ tax cuts
2 years, 1 month ago

Wisconsin GOP leaders to push for ‘long term’ tax cuts

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republican legislative leaders said Tuesday they want to tap the state’s projected record-high $6.6 billion budget surplus to make “transformational” and once-a-generation tax law changes, including eliminating a tax paid by businesses and lowering income taxes for the most wealthy filers. LeMahieu said he wanted to move toward a flat income tax rate, something Evers reiterated …

Can Wisconsin Gov. Evers and GOP Legislature work together?
2 years, 1 month ago

Can Wisconsin Gov. Evers and GOP Legislature work together?

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Can newly reelected Democratic Gov. “But it certainly could also be an opportunity to fight and disagree over how to use the money.” Both sides have staked out priorities, not all of which conflict, but neither faction has shown much of an ability to work together, with Evers vetoing more than 120 bills over the past four …

In final days, Evers asks Wis. voters to worry about Michels
2 years, 1 month ago

In final days, Evers asks Wis. voters to worry about Michels

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. “I’m not the flashiest guy in the room,” Evers said, pivoting quickly to portray Republican Tim Michels as the opposite — a “radical” and “dangerous” force who could be a threat to democracy. Evers certified President Joe Biden’s win; Michels, who is endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has said that “maybe” the 2020 election …

Evers directs $90 million to Wisconsin K-12 schools
2 years, 3 months ago

Evers directs $90 million to Wisconsin K-12 schools

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers is giving Wisconsin K-12 public schools $90 million more in federal COVID-19 relief money, a move he announced Tuesday just before schools were to open for the fall. A spokeswoman for Republican Tim Michels, who is challenging Evers, accused the former teacher, principal, school administrator and state education secretary of handing out the money …

Wisconsin governor calls for tax cut as rival tours Kenosha
2 years, 4 months ago

Wisconsin governor calls for tax cut as rival tours Kenosha

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers proposed a $600 million annual tax cut on Tuesday — an election year proposal that Republican legislative leaders rejected as a “vote-buying ploy. “We will not pick winners and losers like Tony Evers does with this vote-buying ploy.” Republicans who control the Legislature are hoping to defeat Evers in November, which would give …

Evers raises $10.1 million for Wisconsin governor’s race
2 years, 5 months ago

Evers raises $10.1 million for Wisconsin governor’s race

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Evers’ campaign manager Cassi Fenili said in a statement that Evers’ record fundraising shows the “overwhelming grassroots support Governor Evers has earned.” But Democratic incumbents like Evers face a tough road this fall, with polls showing high Republican enthusiasm and history showing that the same party as the president in midterm elections often fares poorly. “Whether …

Evers signs order to ban gasoline price gouging in Wisconsin
2 years, 6 months ago

Evers signs order to ban gasoline price gouging in Wisconsin

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday issued an executive order declaring that an abnormal economic disruption exists in Wisconsin due to a disruption of energy supplies, allowing himself to trigger a statewide ban on gasoline and diesel price gouging. In the order, Evers said that the disruption in supply “poses a serious risk to the economic well-being of …

Evers signs GOP-written state budget with $2B tax cut
3 years, 5 months ago

Evers signs GOP-written state budget with $2B tax cut

Associated Press  

WHITEFISH BAY, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers signed the Republican-written state budget Thursday, enacting a two-year spending plan that includes a $2 billion income tax cut while making 50 largely minor partial vetoes, saying unfinished business still needs to be addressed. Evers, a Democrat who is running for reelection next year, cast it as a bipartisan effort even though the …

Gov. Evers calls special session on Medicaid expansion
3 years, 7 months ago

Gov. Evers calls special session on Medicaid expansion

Associated Press  

MIDDLETON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday called a special session for the Legislature to expand Medicaid in Wisconsin, promising to use $850 million in federal money that would come to the state to pay for an array of economic development projects across the state. Turning down Medicaid expansion now will mean Republicans are also rejecting economic development projects …

Republicans scrap Evers’ priorities, start writing budget
3 years, 7 months ago

Republicans scrap Evers’ priorities, start writing budget

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Legislature’s Republican-led budget committee on Thursday killed hundreds of Democratic Gov. Republicans, along a party line vote, essentially scrapped the Democratic governor’s entire two-year spending proposal and instead began crafting their own budget based off of the current budget, which the GOP-controlled Legislature passed two years ago without a single Democratic vote and which Evers …

Republicans to kill legalized pot, other Evers priorities
3 years, 7 months ago

Republicans to kill legalized pot, other Evers priorities

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans plan to vote next week to kill key parts of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ state budget proposal, including legalizing medical and recreational marijuana, expanding Medicaid to capture $1.6 billion in federal funding and granting collective bargaining rights to public workers. Also on the chopping block: Making Juneteenth, the day marking the emancipation of people who …

Evers says he’s listening to the people, not GOP lawmakers
3 years, 7 months ago

Evers says he’s listening to the people, not GOP lawmakers

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers said Thursday that he hasn’t met with Republican legislative leaders to discuss his $91 billion state budget proposal because he’s listening to what the people of Wisconsin want and that GOP lawmakers should do the same. “It’s clear from my vantage point the people of Wisconsin need to be heard from,” Evers said outside …

Evers promises details soon on how federal money to be spent
3 years, 7 months ago

Evers promises details soon on how federal money to be spent

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday that he will announce within weeks, without input from Republican lawmakers, how he will spend all of the $3.2 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds coming to Wisconsin. The Republican-controlled Legislature passed bills ordering the money be spent on cutting property taxes, funding local road projects and in other areas, but Evers …

Evers vetoes Wisconsin legislative oversight of COVID funds
3 years, 8 months ago

Evers vetoes Wisconsin legislative oversight of COVID funds

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers killed a bill Monday that would have given Republican legislators oversight of Wisconsin’s share of billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds, instead announcing his own plan for distributing the money. The bill would have forced Evers to submit a plan for spending the money to the Legislature’s budget committee and allowed committee …

Evers calls for more education spending, $1 billion tax hike
3 years, 10 months ago

Evers calls for more education spending, $1 billion tax hike

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers called on the Republican-controlled Legislature Tuesday to bolster funding for K-12 and higher education and reform the state’s criminal justice systems, while delivering a state budget with $1 billion in tax increases and liberal policy priorities that GOP leaders promised to quickly kill. Evers pitched his $91 billion two-year state budget to the Legislature …

Highlights of Gov. Evers’ $91 billion state budget plan
3 years, 10 months ago

Highlights of Gov. Evers’ $91 billion state budget plan

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Highlights of Gov. Tony Evers’ state budget proposal submitted to the Legislature on Tuesday: GENERAL BUDGET: — The $91 billion state budget would increase state spending by 7.3% in the first year and 2% in the second. — Increase general aid to K-12 schools by $613 million, the biggest increase in more than 15 years, and restore …

Evers proposes allowing local governments to raise taxes
3 years, 10 months ago

Evers proposes allowing local governments to raise taxes

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers wants to allow counties to be able to double their existing sales tax and allow larger municipalities to impose a new half-cent sales tax, if local voters approve. Evers said state budget plan will include the tax increase option for those local governments, which could generate additional money that he said could be put …

Evers renewing call for Medicaid expansion opposed by GOP
3 years, 10 months ago

Evers renewing call for Medicaid expansion opposed by GOP

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers will try again to expand Medicaid coverage in Wisconsin, announcing Wednesday that his state budget proposal will also have more than $150 million in other health initiatives, including bolstering student mental health support, addressing the opioid crisis and increasing telehealth accessibility. Republicans argue that accepting the federal money to expand the state’s BadgerCare Medicaid …

Evers’ budget proposal would legalize recreational marijuana
3 years, 10 months ago

Evers’ budget proposal would legalize recreational marijuana

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says his budget plan will include a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana, an idea that will likely be blocked by the Republican-controlled Legislature but could be a catalyst to allow the use of medical marijuana. Evers said the recreational marijuana measure could generate $166 million in revenue that would be used to help …

Evers to again push for lower prescription drug costs
3 years, 10 months ago

Evers to again push for lower prescription drug costs

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers plans to renew efforts designed to lower prescription drug costs, putting forward a proposal in his state budget that the Republican-controlled Legislature previously rejected. Evers’ prescription drug plan largely follows recommendations of a task force he created in 2019 that put forward ways to reduce the costs of prescription drugs, expand access to needed …

Wisconsin revenue projections jump by $1.2 billion
3 years, 10 months ago

Wisconsin revenue projections jump by $1.2 billion

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin state government’s financial future brightened Tuesday after analysts released projections that show the state should collect $1.2 billion more in tax revenue by mid-2023 than estimated in November. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau report said the state’s general fund should finish the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, with nearly $1.8 billion, about $630 million more …

Evers calls for $250 million in cuts from state agencies
4 years, 5 months ago

Evers calls for $250 million in cuts from state agencies

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday ordered $250 million in cuts to state agencies this year — the latest financial hit caused by the coronavirus pandemic. “The UW System has already borne a disproportionate share of state cuts to date,” said interim UW President Tommy Thompson, a former governor. “As decisions are made about how the $250 million …

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