Here & Now

Wisconsin's 2023-25 Budget Heads to Evers for Veto Process

Frederica Freyberg:

The nearly $99 billion biannual state budget finished its journey through the Senate and Assembly this week passing along party lines and now heads to the governor’s desk where he has promised an abundance of partial vetoes if he doesn’t veto the budget in full. Republicans heralded the tax cuts as a triumph while Democrats assailed them.

Robin Vos:

I’m incredibly proud of the document that’s being presented today. It focuses on the priorities we heard and we know Wisconsinites want. That’s a budget that’s rightsized for the state, ensuring we can afford it for the long term, making sure we invest in our priorities. Everything from police and fire to ensuring we have great schools all across the state and then ultimately returning a significant chunk, almost half of the dollars that were overtaken from the citizens of Wisconsin back to them in income and property tax cuts.

Melissa Agard:

Today I urge my GOP colleagues to provide targeted tax relief to the middle-class families and main street businesses who are the backbone of the state of Wisconsin. Every Wisconsinite should know Republicans are choosing to give our state’s top eleven earners $20 million in tax cuts.