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This budget is $2.8 billion more than the last budget and is the largest in state history. While Gov. Walker has touted providing needed money for schools, roads, and the UW, some details didn’t make the headlines. The Legislature now begins reviewing the budget and people to need to make their priorities known.
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Every single Republican member of Congress voted against the American Rescue Plan (ARP), and voters noticed.
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Money goes to GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos shortly after the legislature approved a $500 million stadium renovation.
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For years, people in occupations like the construction trades could get up to 12 weeks of UC wages when laid off seasonally. The rule helped local contractors keep their workforce intact until projects could resume and they were glad to pay for it, but in 2015 the Walker administration ended the practice for what it called cost savings. Sen. Erpenbach is introducing a bill to put it back.
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Biden to announce critical infrastructure funding for Milwaukee in visit Wednesday.
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