Wisconsin Budget Project

Wisconsin Budget: Voters Choose Education Over Tax Cuts
Wisconsin Budget

Voters Choose Education Over Tax Cuts

By overwhelming margins, voters in all areas of state feel schools have gotten worse, need more money.

Wisconsin Budget:  Walker Rewards Kimberly-Clark For Layoffs?
Wisconsin Budget

Walker Rewards Kimberly-Clark For Layoffs?

Proposed state deal gives company subsidy if no more than 7 percent of workers eliminated.

Wisconsin Budget: Online Sales Tax Will Benefit Wealthy
Wisconsin Budget

Online Sales Tax Will Benefit Wealthy

Walker will use money for income tax cut, delivering much of benefit to wealthiest.

Wisconsin Budget: Poll Shows Support for Public Education
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Poll Shows Support for Public Education

Citizens value schools over tax cuts but Republicans have done just the opposite.

Wisconsin Budget: Census Undercount Could Cut State Medicaid Dollars
Wisconsin Budget

Census Undercount Could Cut State Medicaid Dollars

And state officials are doing little to address the problem.

Wisconsin Budget:  Farm Bill Will Leave Millions of Kids Hungry
Wisconsin Budget

Farm Bill Will Leave Millions of Kids Hungry

Analysis of federal bill show 11% of state food stamp recipients, including 23,369 kids, lose eligibility.

Wisconsin Budget: State Tax System Increases Inequality
Wisconsin Budget

State Tax System Increases Inequality

Top 1% got tax cut of $10,015, bottom 20% got just $175.

Wisconsin Budget: Voters Okay 56 of 66 School Referendums
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Voters Okay 56 of 66 School Referendums

$566 million in spending approved on April ballot, mostly for new construction.

Wisconsin Budget: The Black-White Unemployment Gap
Wisconsin Budget

The Black-White Unemployment Gap

Black workers in state 3.5 times more likely to be unemployed.

Wisconsin Budget: State Rainy Day Fund Trails 35 States
Wisconsin Budget

State Rainy Day Fund Trails 35 States

Would last six days. Ranks 37% below national average.

Wisconsin Budget: How Immigrants Help Wisconsin
Wisconsin Budget

How Immigrants Help Wisconsin

They are 6% of all workers, 11% of computer and 20% of dairy industry jobs.

Wisconsin Budget: Senate Opposes Sales Tax Holiday
Wisconsin Budget

Senate Opposes Sales Tax Holiday

Weekend tax holiday backed by Walker, Assembly would cut state revenue by $52 million, local revenues by $4 million.