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- Five surprising facts about the Wisconsin economy: Experiencing the benefits of free market reforms
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Browsing: State Budget
Newsmakers Host Lisa Pugh sits down with Wisconsin Association of School Boards Director of Government Relations Dan Rossmiller and Badger Institute consultant and member of the Wisconsin Coalition for Education Freedom, Jim Bender, for a discussion on the state of schools.
Turns out, as it always does when you look at where federal tax dollars end up in this country, Wisconsin is bringing up the tail end in the scramble for COVID cash.
January 13, 2022
With cost overruns on bridge, road and other infrastructure megaprojects in Wisconsin as certain as death, taxes and Packers’ title-run failures, budget hawks are on high alert with new federal money about to inundate the state.
Sometime during the 2023 session, the Wisconsin Legislature is expected to approve a resolution proposing that voters consider amending the state constitution to restore long-lost legislative oversight of major federal spending initiatives in the state.
Voters have amended the state constitution 146 times. Will they do it again?
Wisconsin voters could make 2023 a watershed year for oversight of currently unchecked spending of billions of dollars of federal funding flowing into the state.
At the height of the initial COVID-19 outbreak, correctional and other public safety agencies in Wisconsin bought at least 55 disinfection robots at a cost of more than $2.2 million.
Local governments, awash in federal cash, still trying to spend down millions from the CARES Act
Failure to do so will result in taxpayers providing a $700 million interest-free loan to the government in both 2021 and 2022
Tax relief in 2021-’23 budget will provide substantial relief to individuals, families and businesses
A menu of pro-growth tax reform options from the Tax Foundation and the Badger Institute.
Why Wisconsin shouldn’t spend $100 million in taxpayer money to invest in private enterprise
An unnecessary second stimulus is an invitation for state, county and local officials to act irresponsibly with our tax money
Federal dollars drove personal, small bankruptcies down, but Chapter 11s were flat and could spike
Massive federal spending leaves many in the Badger State better off, but the bill is coming due
As streetcar ridership and funding dwindle, alderman warns of long-term fiscal burden
Policymakers will need to look to reforms to address overcrowding issues
Wisconsin would be worse off had responsible budgeting not produced healthy surplus, rainy day fund
By David Fladeboe
April 6, 2020
Wisconsin’s prison system will require hundreds of millions of dollars for new construction, operating costs just to keep up with population growth
The Democratic Party’s track record and the event’s unknown price tag suggest taxpayers may be on the hook for Milwaukee’s July convention