Wisconsin Budget Project

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  4 Immigration Policies to Boost Economy

  Aug 28th, 2019 by Tamarine Cornelius

  State policy changes would help immigrants earn higher wages, buy more products, pay more taxes.

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  New Tax Credit Skewed to Help Whites

  Jun 28th, 2019 by Tamarine Cornelius

  Budget gives credit to homeowners, and 72% of state’s whites, 27% of blacks own homes.

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  Lame Duck Mistake Reopens Tax Debate

  Jun 12th, 2019 by Jon Peacock

  Republicans' mistake gives Evers some say over how to apportion tax cuts from online sales tax revenue.

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  Impact of Earned Income Tax Credit

  Jun 7th, 2019 by Tamarine Cornelius

  Proposed hike would benefit working poor in all 72 counties with $7.5 million for Milwaukee County.

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  How to Improve the Foxconn Contract

  May 7th, 2019 by Jon Peacock

  Changes could benefit both the state and company.

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  State Overtime Rule Could Help Workers

  Apr 12th, 2019 by Tamarine Cornelius

  State could assure 120,000 employees left behind by federal rule get paid overtime.

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  Tax on Wealthy Helps Other States Grow

  Mar 7th, 2019 by Tamarine Cornelius and Jon Peacock

  8 states used tax on millionaires to fund state programs, saw economy grow faster.

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  5 Key Problems With Foxconn Contract

  Feb 23rd, 2019 by Jon Peacock and Joanne Brown

  Company could create zero jobs and still benefit from $1.6 billion of the subsidy.

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  Corporate Handouts Cut State Revenue

  Feb 7th, 2019 by Tamarine Cornelius

  Which could make it difficult to fund more spending on schools, UW System and roads.

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  Impact of Drivers Licenses for Immigrants

  Jan 15th, 2019 by Tamarine Cornelius

  In a tight labor market 22,000 undocumented immigrants who are workers could get a drivers license.

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  19 States Just Raised the Minimum Wage

  Jan 4th, 2019 by Tamarine Cornelius

  But not Wisconsin where minimum is $7.25, versus $10 to $12 in many states.

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  Health Care Ruling Exposes Republicans

  Jan 1st, 2019 by Jon Peacock

  Court ruling they sought ends six Obamacare provisions supported by big majorities, polls show.