Wisconsin’s projected budget surplus grows to $6.6 billion
2 years, 1 month ago

Wisconsin’s projected budget surplus grows to $6.6 billion

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s projected state budget surplus is now forecast to hit nearly $6.6 billion by July, up from earlier $5 billion estimates, according to a report released Monday by Gov. The projected surplus does not give Evers a “blank check” as he puts together his budget, the Republican co-chairs of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee said in a joint statement. Monday’s report from Evers’ Department of Administration said the state is in the strongest fiscal condition in its history and called the projected surplus “remarkable.” The report summarizes state agency budget requests for funding over the next two years. If all requests are approved, which never happens, the report said spending would increase 7.9% in the 2023-2024 budget year and another 2.5% the next year.

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University of Wisconsin president wants $855 million in new funding to stave off higher tuition
4 months ago

University of Wisconsin president wants $855 million in new funding to stave off higher tuition

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Universities of Wisconsin officials are asking their regents to approve a request for $855 million in new state funding to stave off another round of tuition increases, cover raises, subsidize tuition and keep two-year branch campuses open in some form. President Jay Rothman said during a brief Zoom news conference Monday that his administration plans to ask …

Minnesota budget surplus grows slightly to $2.4B. But officials warn of potential trouble ahead
1 year ago

Minnesota budget surplus grows slightly to $2.4B. But officials warn of potential trouble ahead

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s budget picture remains stable in the near term, with a slightly higher than expected surplus heading into the 2024 legislative session. Budget Commissioner Erin Campbell called it a “significant structural imbalance” and insisted “it is not fair to call it a deficit” because surpluses from previous years will blunt the impact and allow the state …

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 …

Minnesota’s budget surplus grows to a projected $2.4 billion, fueling debate over spending
1 year, 2 months ago

Minnesota’s budget surplus grows to a projected $2.4 billion, fueling debate over spending

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s budget surplus has grown to a projected $2.4 billion, and that’s already fueling the debate over spending and taxes ahead of the 2024 legislative session. A report from Minnesota Management and Budget this week said the state ended its previous two-year budget cycle with a balance around $820 million higher than estimated when the session …

Wisconsin Republicans withhold university pay raises in fight over school diversity funding
1 year, 2 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans withhold university pay raises in fight over school diversity funding

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Leaders of the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature withheld pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees while approving raises for other state workers on Tuesday in an ongoing fight over the school system’s diversity, equity and inclusion spending. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who co-chairs the Legislature’s employment relations committee, has promised to block pay raises for UW employees …

Wisconsin governor’s 400-year veto angers opponents in state with long history of creative cuts
1 year, 5 months ago

Wisconsin governor’s 400-year veto angers opponents in state with long history of creative cuts

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s governor attempted to lock in a school funding increase for the next 400 years by issuing a partial veto that angered his Republican critics and marks the latest creative use of the unique gubernatorial powers in the state. Jim Doyle, “but he’s got ’em.” Wisconsin governors have the most expansive partial veto power in the country …

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

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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,” …

Tax cuts and a UW squeeze: A look at the proposed GOP-backed Wisconsin state budget
1 year, 6 months ago

Tax cuts and a UW squeeze: A look at the proposed GOP-backed Wisconsin state budget

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MADISON, Wis. — Here’s a look at what is and isn’t in the proposed Wisconsin state budget that the Republican-controlled Legislature is expected to pass next week: TAX CUT: Income taxes would be cut by $3.5 billion and the state’s four brackets would be condensed to three. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: The University of Wisconsin System’s budget would be cut by …

Wisconsin governor vows budget veto if GOP cuts diversity funds from university system
1 year, 6 months ago

Wisconsin governor vows budget veto if GOP cuts diversity funds from university system

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Wednesday in a newspaper report that he won’t sign the state budget if Republican lawmakers follow through on their plan to cut funding for the state university system’s diversity officers, escalating a bitter fight over dollars for the state campuses. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he …

Republicans reject funding for top University of Wisconsin building project
1 year, 6 months ago

Republicans reject funding for top University of Wisconsin building project

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MADISON, Wis. — GOP lawmakers rejected funding Thursday for the University of Wisconsin’s top priority, the replacement of an engineering building on its flagship Madison campus, approving allocations for about 60% of the state government and UW projects sought by Gov. The Republican-controlled budget committee voted along party lines to fund nearly $2.4 billion in building projects statewide, down from …

Evers proposes $3.8 billion in state building projects
1 year, 9 months ago

Evers proposes $3.8 billion in state building projects

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MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday proposed spending $3.8 billion on building projects in 28 counties around the state, with nearly half directed toward work across the University of Wisconsin System. Two years ago, Republicans approved spending $1.5 billion on building projects out of the $2.4 billion that Evers proposed. Republican Rep. Mark Born, co-chair of the …

Minnesota surplus holds steady; sets stage for budget debate
1 year, 9 months ago

Minnesota surplus holds steady; sets stage for budget debate

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — An updated forecast put Minnesota’s budget surplus Monday at a still-enormous $17.5 billion, reflecting an improvement in the state’s fiscal picture and setting the stage for the nitty-gritty of the Legislature’s debates on spending and taxes. Tim Walz’s proposed $65 billion budget includes a combination of spending increases and tax credits to return some of the …

Governor’s budget risks Wisconsin university tuition hike
1 year, 10 months ago

Governor’s budget risks Wisconsin university tuition hike

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MIDDLETON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers’ budget leaves the University of Wisconsin System about $130 million short of what regents say they need to run their campuses over the next two years, raising questions about whether they may raise tuition to make up the shortfall. If Evers’ funding proposal for UW survives in the final budget, regents could raise tuition …

Wisconsin’s estimated budget surplus tops $7 billion
1 year, 10 months ago

Wisconsin’s estimated budget surplus tops $7 billion

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s projected state budget surplus is forecast to reach $7.1 billion by July, up more than half a billion dollars from the previous estimate just two months ago, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau reported Wednesday. Evers on Tuesday, in his State of the State speech, unveiled nearly $1.5 billion in new spending proposals targeting mental health services, …

Evers calls for $2 billion increase in public school funding
2 years, 3 months ago

Evers calls for $2 billion increase in public school funding

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday called for spending nearly $2 billion more on public K-12 schools — a plan derided by Republicans that was released nine weeks before the election and designed to allow school spending to increase without resulting in higher property taxes. This is an opportunity of a lifetime.” Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos dismissed …

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

Evers directs $90 million to Wisconsin K-12 schools

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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 …

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

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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 …

Wolf’s final budget, like his first, features public schools
2 years, 10 months ago

Wolf’s final budget, like his first, features public schools

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Wolf’s eighth and final budget proposal unveiled Tuesday would push state spending past $43 billion for the first time, with the Democratic governor asking lawmakers for the largest-ever increase in aid for public schools, plus more money for direct care workers, higher-education institutions and college scholarships. All told, Wolf’s plan would increase spending through the …

Indiana officials projecting big jump in budget surplus
3 years ago

Indiana officials projecting big jump in budget surplus

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana officials on Thursday projected booming growth in the state budget surplus, setting up a debate during the upcoming legislative session over possible tax cuts. Some members of the Republican-dominated Legislature were already pushing for tax cuts before the new projections as the $3.9 billion in cash reserves the state had this past June triggered Indiana’s automatic taxpayer …

Minnesota budget officials project huge $7.7 billion surplus
3 years ago

Minnesota budget officials project huge $7.7 billion surplus

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota officials will release an updated budget forecast on Tuesday that’s expected to show further improvements and set the stage for the 2022 legislative session. This will be the first major revenue-and-spending forecast since projections from Minnesota Management and Budget in February, when an anticipated $1.3 billion deficit due to the pandemic swung to a $1.6 …

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

Republicans scrap Evers’ priorities, start writing budget

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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 …

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 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 proposes $2.4 billion in Wisconsin building projects
3 years, 10 months ago

Evers proposes $2.4 billion in Wisconsin building projects

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers on Monday proposed spending $2.4 billion on Wisconsin building projects over the next two years, with nearly a half of that going toward projects across the University of Wisconsin System. Projects include $163 million for a new state office building in Milwaukee, relocation of the state historical society museum to a new location near …

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

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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 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 …

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 …

Thompson wants $95.7 million boost for UW in state budget
4 years, 4 months ago

Thompson wants $95.7 million boost for UW in state budget

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MADISON, Wis. — Interim University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson said Tuesday that he’ll ask Gov. Tony Evers to include a nearly $100 million boost for the system in the next state budget and give him permission to borrow up to $1 billion as the coronavirus pandemic bleeds revenue from campuses. Thompson also plans to ask Evers to include …

UW-Madison Chancellor: ‘We’re in a real financial crisis’
4 years, 4 months ago

UW-Madison Chancellor: ‘We’re in a real financial crisis’

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank delivered a sobering message Wednesday about the state’s flagship campus as the fall semester looms, saying “we’re in a real financial crisis” due to the coronavirus pandemic. Blank said university leaders, including former governor and interim UW President Tommy Thompson, were urging Evers to not have UW shoulder two-thirds of the …

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