Here & Now

Wisconsin 2023 State of the State Highlights from Evers, Vos

Frederica Freyberg:

This week, Governor Tony Evers delivered his fifth State of the State address before the full Legislature, covering a wide range of priorities from mental health and forever chemicals, to tax relief and shared revenue. All of which foreshadow what we can expect to see in his forthcoming budget, for which the governor and the Legislature will have a whopping projected $7.1 billion surplus to work with.

Tony Evers:

We can continue our progress making the wise investments we’ve long needed to do, and not because anyone wants to make government bigger, but because Wisconsinites want a government that works and works better. We have roads and bridges to fix, schools to fund, kids to support, communities to keep safe, water to keep clean and a future we build together after years of neglect that today we must work to protect.

Robin Vos:

Wisconsin Republicans will not raise your taxes, and we won’t pass a budget that doesn’t have significant tax reform. We will not grow the size of government beyond our ability to pay. We will fight to expand choices for parents in every zip code in Wisconsin. We will make sure our neighbors get a hand up and not a permanent handout. And we will invest in our priorities to make sure that government at every level can operate efficiently.