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Rep. Mark Born and Sen. Howard Marklein will spend the next several months leading Wisconsin’s budget writing process.

Wisconsin's Republican legislative leadership has started to downplay the state's $7 billion budget surplus as negotiations begin.

Big-ticket items include money for the Wisconsin History Museum, state Capitol, juvenile correctional facilities and UW campuses.

Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Rep. Mark Born at a WisPolitics.com luncheon today said Republicans likely won’t include in their budget Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal to allow local governments to implement their own sales tax increases

Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature are unlikely to include a 3.25% flat income tax, a plan which Democratic Gov. Tony Evers vocally opposes, in the state budget this year.

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Wisconsin Republicans are unlikely to include their plan for a flat income tax rate in the state budget. Co-chairs of the Republican-controlled Legislature's powerful budget committee said at a WisPolitics.com event Tuesday that they plan to cut taxes in the budget but set aside the flat-tax proposal as a long-term goal. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has promised to veto the Republican tax plan if it is passed. Evers said at a Wisconsin Counties Association event earlier Tuesday that he expect...

Republicans say Milwaukee County sales tax hike is a non-starter. They also want pension reforms.

Wisconsin Republicans are unlikely to include their plan for a flat income tax rate in the state budget.

Big-ticket items include money for the Wisconsin History Museum, state Capitol, juvenile correctional facilities and UW campuses.