OUR POLICY SOLUTIONS ON STATE BUDGET
Last week, Senate President Chris Kapenga called for the elimination of the income tax during an interview on WISN Radio's The Vicki McKenna Show, adding to the momentum that IRG’s proposal to eliminate the income tax has gained across the state. Below are key quotes from the interview.
Senate President Chris Kapenga
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Click here to view a printable version of our state agency budget analysis.
MADISON, WI – Today the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) released an analysis of the 2023-2025 budget requests submitted this month by state agencies, finding that the proposed requests would increase government spending by more than $7.5 billion.
At a ...
Today, Gov. Evers issued his vetoes for the GOP budget. Below are 5 things you need to know about the state-of-play when it comes to the budget in Wisconsin:
1. Thanks to conservative governance and tax cuts, the state is - as Governor Evers agrees - “in a strong financial position”.
2. Rather than immediately increasing Wisconsinites' ...
Stark Comparison: While we wait for Governor Evers to announce whether he will sign, veto, or partial veto the Legislature's budget, it's worth taking a moment to reflect on just how different the Legislature's budget is to what Governor Evers proposed in February.
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With the Wisconsin legislature scheduled to vote today and tomorrow on the proposed budget from the Republican-majority in the Joint Finance Committee, the Institute for Reforming Government has released a summary of their proposed 2021-2023 state budget. Explained so that the anyone can better understand what is happening in Madison this ...
Gives the public the ability to craft their own budget, weigh in on Gov Evers' proposed plan
Madison, Wis. — Today, the Institute for Reforming Government launched a new interactive website that allows the general public to build their own state budget. The first-of-its-kind dashboard in Wisconsin gives people an insight into the world of a ...