Wisconsin Budget Project

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  Ending State Income Tax Helps the 1%

  May 5th, 2022 by Tamarine Cornelius

  Proposal would give the wealthy a tax cut 60 times higher than for middle income folks.

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  Slashing Safety Net Will Weaken Workforce

  Feb 13th, 2022 by Jon Peacock

  Healthy workers make better employees.

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  Charting The Racial Disparities In State’s Prisons

  Nov 28th, 2021 by Tamarine Cornelius

  Four charts show Wisconsin is worse than nearly every state.

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  State’s $1 Billion Tax Cut Leaves Out 49% of Taxpayers

  Sep 21st, 2021 by Tamarine Cornelius

  Not a dollar for half of all taxpayers, thousands in tax cuts for the most wealthy.

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  TANF Program Serves a Fraction of Poor Families

  Aug 30th, 2021 by Jon Peacock

  Replacement for AFDC has cut number of state families served by 80%.

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  BadgerCare Expansion Too Good to Go Away

  May 9th, 2021 by Jon Peacock

  Benefits are so massive and popular the ideological opposition will melt away.

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  Evers Targets Tax Cuts at Lower Incomes

  Apr 7th, 2021 by Tamarine Cornelius

  Governor’s budget reduces tax advantage for wealthier people.

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  State Families May Lose $31 Million in Tax Refunds

  Feb 8th, 2021 by Tamarine Cornelius

  Legislature needs to tweak tax code to get full benefit of federal COVID-19 package.

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  GOP Pandemic Proposal Is a Power Grab

  Dec 15th, 2020 by Tamarine Cornelius

  Republican legislators would take power from schools, local governments and governor.

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  State’s Tax Loopholes a Boon to Wealthy

  Oct 7th, 2020 by Tamarine Cornelius

  Helps many dodge taxes, contributes to wealth gap.

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  Why State Economy Needs Federal Aid

  Jul 16th, 2020 by Tamarine Cornelius

  Without second round of pandemic aid there will be more jobs and health insurance lost, more services cut.

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  32 Cities Devote Most Spending to Police

  Jul 7th, 2020 by Tamarine Cornelius

  One-third of state’s largest cities, including Milwaukee, spend more on police than any other function.