Following âunprecedentedâ tax collections, Wisconsin is projected to take in $4.4 billion more than what was previously estimated in general fund tax revenue by mid-2023, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau reported Tuesday.
While the new projections open up massive opportunities as the GOP-led budget committee looks to finalize the 2021-23 biennial budget by the end of the month, leaders in both parties are already divided on how those funds should be spent. Gov. Tony Evers has called for additional funding for K-12 education and other programs, but Republicans said those funds should go toward their pledge to provide massive tax cuts.
Wisconsin Legislature votes to end extra unemployment
SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press
June 9, 2021
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FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks during a news conference outside Henderson Elementary School in Madison, Wis. Thursday, April 29, 2021. Unemployed people in Wisconsin would lose a $300-a-week federal bonus under a Republican-backed bill the GOP-controlled state Legislature plans to pass on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. However, Evers, a Democrat, has signaled that he will veto the proposal. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)John Hart/AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature voted Wednesday to eliminate a $300-a-week federal bonus for unemployed people, a measure that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has made clear he s likely to veto.