In the days and weeks leading up to the introduction of his biennial budget proposal, Gov. Walker repeatedly pointed to the need for “shared sacrifice.” Once the Governor’s budget was unveiled, however, it quickly became clear that the sacrifice his budget calls for is not shared equally. A disproportionate amount of the sacrifice is...
The Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to meet twice next week --Tuesday, May 24th and Thursday, May 26th. Both executive sessions are supposed to begin at 11 AM in Room 412 East in the State Capitol. On Tuesday, the committee is scheduled to vote on issues related to the Department of Health Services (including Medicaid-related...
Earlier today the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld Omer Ninham's life without parole. Ninham was only 14 (1998) when he committed the crime and was sentenced to life without parole in 2000. There have been advances in our understanding of adolescent brain development since his life sentence was imposed. For example MRI studies which show...
WCCF, in collaboration with Citizen Action of WI, the Institute for Wisconsin’s Future, and the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, has unveiled the Wisconsin Values Budget, an alternative to the Walker budget proposal based on a balanced approach to the state’s fiscal challenges. The Values Budget rejects the notion that the state has “no...
School districts are slated to take significant cuts in state aid in the 2011-13 biennial budget. In addition, the proposed budget would require most school districts to reduce the amount of property tax revenue they raise within their districts.The Wisconsin Budget Project devoted two blog posts this week (here and here) to a new...
New attempts to allow hidden loaded guns in Wisconsin communities will increase the exposure of children to handguns by permitting concealed weapons to be carried into many places where children play and learn, including day care centers, churches, little league games and the many private, non-profit organizations that provide direct...
A new state-by-state analysis of Congressman Ryan’s House Budget Plan by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that the proposed Medicaid Block Grant (approved by the House) would result in substantial Medicaid cuts for states and large increases in the number of uninsured. The Kaiser and Urban Institute analysis includes both the impact...
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) has scheduled two executive sessions on the budget bill next week – Wed. May 18 and Thurs. May 19. Both meetings will begin at 11 AM in the JFC meeting room -- 412 East, State Capitol. The agenda Wednesday includes four papers relating to DHS issues, and 8 papers concerning the Department of Children...
This two-page brief analyzes the effects of not adjusting the credit for inflation between 1990 until 2010.
According to a study released today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), on average, uninsured families are only able to pay in full for about 12% of the hospital bills they may incur. Even those uninsured families with incomes over 400% of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL) can only afford to pay 37% of their bills in...
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