Unions say no changes needed as $47 billion unfunded liability grows
For the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the big picture is also the bottom line.
Read More →WI GOP lawmaker’s nearly $790 million tax cut plan aims to end ‘compost pile’ of credits
Republican proposal for tax cuts, should it survive, could translate into an effectual pay raise for state workers.
Read More →Fiscal follies: Kansas cost estimates draw criticism
By Travis Perry │ Kansas Watchdog
OSAWATOMIE — When lawmakers craft a piece of legislation, they rely on state departments to give an honest account of what it could cost.
But when it comes to making sense of these fiscal facts, critics say things aren’t always what they seem.
Read More →Darling: Why is UW System’s Reilly still here?
By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – When the co-chair of the Legislature’s powerful Joint Committee on Finance says it might be best if you stepped down, you know you and your agency are in for a long, hard day.
“I can’t believe Kevin Reilly is still there,” Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills said of the [...]
PA gov. pushes back on IFO Medicaid report
The administration of Gov. Tom Corbett says a report on Medicaid expansion by the state’s Independent Fiscal Office improperly claims as much as $515 million as savings, revenue or underestimated costs to the state.
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