Candidate Fitzgerald Playing Tax Cut Parlor Games

Actual state income tax revenues for the current fiscal budget period are now expected to exceed the budgeted revenues by $753 million. Under the current budget some of the excess will go toward technical training and additional funds going to pay down the state’s current debt. The balance would accrue…

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Vos and Fitzgerald Are Trolling Wisconsin With Tolling!

The Wisconsin GOP cabal that was former Governor Scott Walker plus the continuing Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald kept kicking the can down the road on funding for highway repairs and construction. In their last two budgets, hewing to their no tax increase mantras, instead…

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Where Will Foxconn Find Workers?

This was originally posted over at Urban Milwaukee as an editorial piece by Rep. Gordon Hintz. I hope WashCoRep and all of our other regulars enjoy it: The shiny object in front of lawmakers’ eyes when talking about the Foxconn proposal is the potential of new jobs. “13,000 direct jobs!…

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Rep Taylor and Rep Hintz On The Budget Hearing In Brillion

from my email: For immediate release: For more information, contact: March 19, 2015 Rep. Chris Taylor, 608.266.5342 Rep. Gordon Hintz, 608-266-2254 Northeast Wisconsin Strongly Opposes Walker Budget Hundreds turn out to express concerns MADISON – Yesterday, the Joint Committee on Finance held its first public hearing on Governor Walker’s state…

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