In a sprint to the finish, the Republican-led Legislature and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers finalized the state’s two-year budget early Thursday, locking in more than $1 billion in additional federal Medicaid dollars hours before the U.S. House voted to slash the funding.
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2025-27 BIENNIUM | $111 BILLION
Here's what's in Wisconsin's $111 billion budget Gov. Tony Evers signed Thursday
The Joint Finance Committee completed its work on an $111.1 billion budget by approving a package that includes $1.4 billion in new state mone…
Gov. Tony Evers signed a $111.1 billion budget less than an hour after it cleared the full Legislature in order to complete the document befor…
The Wisconsin budget Gov. Tony Evers signed early Thursday funds 13 permanent positions at the Office of School Safety, extending the office's…
The health care provider tax was central to the swift approval of the state's two-year budget. Here's how it all came together.
The 2025-27 biennial budget would spend roughly $111.1 billion in total funds and leave an estimated $829 million in remaining state funds by …
Lawmakers and Gov. Tony Evers raced to pass the budget before action in Washington D.C. cuts off Wisconsin hospitals from more than $1 billion…
The state budget under consideration Wednesday includes boosts in certain types of state aid for K-12 schools and the largest special educatio…
If Congress passes President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" before the state budget is approved, Wisconsin hospitals will lose out on $1 …
Republicans cut $10 million in school mental health funds from the Wisconsin budget, but the new bipartisan budget deal adds that funding back.
Few seemed to love the combination of spending increases and tax cuts, but most seemed wiling to accept it.
The court's 4-3 ruling deals a blow to legislative Republicans in their ongoing battle with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers over who has final say …
Berrien touted his military and business experience, while also targeting Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who has not yet announced if he plans to…
It looks like nobody got everything that they wanted. Bravo.
Rebecca Bradley's latest campaign filing casts some uncertainty over whether or not she'll seek a second 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Signed into law on July 4, President Donald Trump's budget reconciliation bill extends Trump's 2017 multi-trillion dollar tax cuts and cuts M…
Universities of Wisconsin System faculty fear for the future of research under a new teaching workload requirement they say will overburden pr…
Universities of Wisconsin System faculty fear for the future of research under a new teaching workload requirement they say will overburden pr…
"Now more than ever, the Legislature must implement a common sense law placing controls on these types of skyrocketing tuition increases," the…
