Wisconsin Budget Project
The Decline of Child Care
Number of families covered by state funding declined 28%.
Feb 28th, 2018 by Tamarine Cornelius
Trump Budget Slashes Safety Net
$1.4 trillion in cuts to health care, housing nearly equals $1.5 trillion in recent tax cuts.
Feb 16th, 2018 by Tamarine Cornelius
State’s Rainy Day Fund Is Tiny
No contributions to it since 2013, only enough to fund six days of operations.
Feb 14th, 2018 by Tamarine Cornelius
The Lesson of Kimberly-Clark Layoffs
State gave huge tax giveaways to manufacturer, but company still laid off workers.
Feb 12th, 2018 by Jon Peacock
Number of Public Employees Declining
Wisconsin now ranks behind 36 states in number of public employees per capita.
Feb 9th, 2018 by Tamarine Cornelius
$1.6 Billion of Foxconn Payout Won’t Create Jobs
And another $1.4 billion somewhat related to job creation.
Jan 31st, 2018 by Tamarine Cornelius
5 Ways to Help Workers
Walker says he wants to remove barriers to work. Here’s how to do it.
Jan 29th, 2018 by Tamarine Cornelius
Impact of Earned Income Tax Credit
Helps working poor, with 386,000 state recipients getting $863 million federal credit for 2016.
Jan 26th, 2018 by Wisconsin Budget Project
18 States Raise Minimum Wage
As do 20 cities and counties. But not Wisconsin, What’s the impact?
Jan 4th, 2018 by Tamarine Cornelius
Federal Tax Plan’s Impact on State
Half of tax cuts will go to the top 5 percent, many lose health care.
Dec 22nd, 2017 by Jon Peacock
Dream Act Immigrants Would Boost Economy
State would grow by $600 million per year. Without it many farms would fail.
Dec 21st, 2017 by Tamarine Cornelius
Funding Shortfall Threatens 2020 Census
Data is key to government policies, census already behind due to inadequate funds.
Dec 15th, 2017 by Joanne Brown
