Political storm clouds already forming ahead of new year as State prepares debate over 2023 biennial budget
Eyeing a state surplus topping $6 billion, Governor Tony Evers and the Republican-led Wisconsin Legislature are both already putting down markers ahead of deliberations in 2023 on the state’s next biennial budget. They are doing so in rare circumstances. “The state is in a much better position this year to shoulder the increasing costs of ongoing state and local services and make new commitments,” according to a report released on December 6 by the Wisconsin Policy Forum. At the same time, budget projections are by their nature “freighted with uncertainty,” the report stated. Budgets themselves rely on forecasts of...
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