WISCONSIN COMMITTEE PROPOSES RECORD $12.3 BILLION EDUCATION BUDGET, INCREASES SPECIAL ED, SCHOOL CHOICE FUNDING

by Bethany Blankley | May 27, 2019 | Features

By Bethany Blankley for The Center Square Earlier this month, the Republican-majority Joint Finance Committee (JFC) stripped 131 policy proposals and cut $1.4 billion worth of spending and taxes from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed budget. On Thursday, the JFC...

Fight over Medicaid expansion brewing in Wisconsin

by Bethany Blankley | May 8, 2019 | Features

By Bethany Blankley for Watchdog.org Medicaid expansion is one of 70 non-fiscal items Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have vowed to remove from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ budget when the Joint Finance Committee begins voting next week. In response, Evers said he...

Republicans to work on budget proposal this week, eliminate 70 non-fiscal items from governor’s budget

by Bethany Blankley | May 6, 2019 | Features

By Bethany Blankley for Watchdog.org The Joint Finance Committee will begin working on Wisconsin’s next state budget this week. The committee’s leaders – Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, and Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills – have said they plan to remove...

State Supreme Court hears oral arguments on behalf of taxpayers against DPI

by Bethany Blankley | Apr 17, 2019 | Features

By Bethany Blankley for Watchdog.org In its ongoing legal battle against the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) presented oral arguments at the state Supreme Court last week, asking it to clarify the...

Wisconsin group files brief with U.S. Supreme Court in support of school choice, religious liberty

by Bethany Blankley | Apr 17, 2019 | Features

By Bethany Blankley for Watchdog.org The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to consider hearing Espinoza v. Montana on behalf of former Gov. Scott Walker. The brief argues the case is “a...