Stories tagged: "state budget"

Politics The East Gallery at the Capitol in Madison houses the governor's office. (Photo by Jessica VanEgeren)
Politics As in Any Big Budget, There Are Winners and Losers for Planned State Projects

Evers makes $2.4 billion in capital budget recommendations that the Legislature will subtract, add, or modify.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski Julian Emerson Julian Emerson March 5, 2021 2:32 pm CST
Politics FILE - In this 2017 photo, a customer pays for cannabis products at Las Vegas dispensary. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Politics Legal Weed in Wisconsin? Not With This GOP Legislature.

Senate leader signals possible compromise on medicinal marijuana rather than full legalization. Lawmakers and governor staking out early ground on other state budget ideas.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring February 22, 2021 11:03 am CST
Politics Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers in the state Capitol. (Shutterstock)
Politics Justices Can’t Agree On Evers’ Vetoes – Oppose Anyway

Conservatives kill long-standing powers.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski July 10, 2020 11:43 am CDT
Infrastructure A Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation 2016 rendering of a how part of the I-94 East-West corridor would look as it passed through the Stadium Interchange next to Miller Park.
Infrastructure Evers to Jump-Start an I-94 Makeover in Milwaukee

GOP refused to fund reconstruction of the East-West corridor in 2017.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson July 8, 2020 2:19 pm CDT
Economy Hospitality workers wait in line in a basement garage to apply for unemployment benefits
Economy May Was Better Than April, But Wisconsin’s Budget Is Hemorrhaging

Unemployment ran 1,099% above same period in 2019

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow June 10, 2020 1:32 pm CDT

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A nurse fills a syringe with a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson-owned Janssen Pharmaceuticals. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) Coronavirus Don’t Be Alarmed By Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause, Wisconsin Health Officials Say
An archival image of the Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes in Waushara County, which have experienced a reduction in water levels due to groundwater withdrawals for irrigated agriculture. (Photo credit: Wisconsin DNR) Natural Resources Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Left: A sewer line under construction along St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee in 1920. Right: Victor Berger, co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and the first Socialist elected to Congress. Lower: Construction of a Milwaukee sewer line in 1932. (Photos courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.) Infrastructure Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904
The state Capitol in Madison is reflected off the windows of an office building across the street. (Photo by Julian Emerson) Politics Not Allowed: Nonpartisan Analysis Finds a Flaw in GOP Plans for Wisconsin Stimulus Money
Politics (Photo by Pat Kreitlow)
Politics That State Budget Surplus Ain’t What It Used to Be

Governor announces spending cuts as the pandemic continues to take its toll.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow April 29, 2020 6:28 pm CDT
Infrastructure Potholes have multiplied on Wisconsin roads as state funding fails to keep up with needs and state restrictions prevent local governments from affording repairs. (Photo by Julian Emerson)
Infrastructure A Billion Reasons the Potholes Will Persist

$75 million added, but $1.4 billion in repairs needed

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson March 9, 2020 9:36 pm CDT