state budget

State lawmakers Tuesday are batting around a plan by Gov. Walker to cut property taxes by $100 million.

The Common Council has voted to continue requiring city workers to live in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee’s mayor says it’s almost as if the state budget goes out of its way to harm the city.

Gov. Walker could wipe out Milwaukee’s long-standing residency requirement this weekend.

The state Assembly Wednesday advanced a budget for Wisconsin. The votes in favor were all Republican. Democrats voted against the package, with three GOP Assemblymen joining the opposition.

A venture capital bill is on its way to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk.

A non-partisan state government agency is predicting a possible budget shortfall in the next cycle.

The state Senate has approved major changes to Wisconsin’s unemployment insurance program. Tuesday’s vote fell along party lines. Republicans approved the legislation; Democrats opposed it. The changes include higher weekly payments and a requirement that participants apply for four jobs a week, rather than two. The bill also eliminates instances when people can quit jobs and receive unemployment and gives the state access to personal bank accounts – if the fund pays an individual too much. Democrat Lena Taylor fought the banking provision.

Republican legislators have not been walking in lockstep this time, with Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget.

A group of GOP state lawmakers sent a letter to legislative leaders on Thursday, saying they cannot support the proposed state budget, in its current form.