As school districts across Wisconsin continue to face funding and staffing concerns, Wisconsin lawmakers considered bills on Thursday that would allow several school districts to benefit from recent revenue ceiling increases and allow districts to hire unlicensed school administrators. The first bill that the Assembly Education committee considered on Thursday, AB-403, would eliminate a provision […]
Tag: State Budget
Posted inGovernment, Local news
Bills to increase funding for local government and choice schools pass Legislature
MADISON, WI —Wisconsin’s Legislature passed a bill that will increase state aid to local government and allow Milwaukee to raise its local sales tax on Wednesday night, following months of negotiations that culminated in a deal struck between Republican leaders and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. As a part of that deal, lawmakers passed another bill […]
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Business campaign raises its profile for childcare aid in state budget
by Erik Gunn, Wisconsin ExaminerMay 16, 2023 Close to 100 business organizations, chambers of commerce, economic development agencies and nonprofits have signed on to a campaign to provide continued supplemental childcare funding in the next state budget, childcare advocates said Monday. “The bottom line is without accessible, high-quality, and affordable child care, attracting and retaining […]
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2023-25 budget listening session – some numbers and lots of policy
MOUNT PLEASANT — The 2023-25 Wisconsin biannual state budget is a work in progress – for now at least. The approximately 25 residents who gathered at Mount Pleasant Village Hall on Tuesday evening, got the Republican Party’s perspective on the prospective state budget from a pair of GOP lawmakers who represent Racine County: Assembly Speaker […]
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Vos sets state budget listening sessions for May 2
UPDATE (May 4, 2023): For the rest of this story, please read the following article: ORIGINAL STORY (May 1, 2023): RACINE COUNTY — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) has scheduled three state budget listening sessions here for Tuesday (May 2). Listening sessions with Vos The one-hour meetings will be held at: 3 p.m., Veterans Terrace, […]
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Op-Ed: Yes! Send a penny of sales tax back to locals
OPINION — What does a penny buy these days? When it comes to the state budget, you might be surprised. First, a bit of background The state of Wisconsin levies a 5% tax on retail sales – a rate unchanged since 1982. This state sales tax rate works out to five pennies on every dollar […]