Author: Scott Bauer

Wisconsin’s projected state budget surplus is now forecast to hit nearly $6.6 billion by July, up from earlier $5 billion estimates, according to a report released on November 21 by Governor Tony Evers’ administration. That means Governor Evers and the Republican-controlled Legislature will have an even larger pot of money to fight over next year. Governor Evers, a Democrat reelected to a second term earlier in November, will be focused over the next several months on what to do with the money. He has already called for increases in education funding and middle class tax cuts. “This unprecedented surplus...