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The windfall gives lawmakers and Gov. Tony Evers a chance to consider spending money or cutting taxes in an election year.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsins budget picture improved by nearly $2.9 billion with a...

Wisconsin's budget picture improved by nearly $2.9 billion with a revised forecast released Tuesday driven by higher-than-expected tax collections that will force the Republican-controlled Legislature to decide whether to spend the surplus, save it or put it toward tax cuts.

The windfall gives lawmakers and Gov. Tony Evers a chance to consider spending money or cutting taxes in an election year.

Wisconsin's budget picture improved by nearly $2.9 billion with a revised forecast released Tuesday driven by higher-than-expected tax collections that will force the Republican-controlled Legislature to decide whether to spend the surplus, save it or put it toward tax cuts.

The windfall gives lawmakers and Gov. Tony Evers a chance to consider spending money or cutting taxes in an election year.

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MADISON, Wis. — Republican lawmakers in the Assembly introduced a package of bills Tuesday that would provide bonuses and incentives to new and current law enforcement officers across Wisconsin, using about $25 million from the federal COVID relief funds. Gov. Evers is responsible for the disbursement of most of those American Rescue Plan Act funds, and has turned down past...

Republican lawmakers in the Assembly introduced a package of bills Tuesday that would provide bonuses and incentives to new and current law enforcement officers across Wisconsin, using about $25 million from the federal COVID relief funds.

The lawmakers who control the state Legislature also are proposing to require Milwaukee officials use a portion of the citys allocation of federal pandemic aid to fund their police department.