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Wisconsin Budget Project Press Releases

Changes to Homestead Tax Credit Will Hit Wisconsin Seniors Hard, February 1, 2012.

Big Cuts in Education Spending Will Damage Both Schools and the Economy, January 12, 2012.

BadgerCare Receives $24.5 Million Bonus from Feds for Success in Covering Uninsured Kids, December 28, 2011.

New Report Shows How Wisconsin Surrendered $1.3 Billion in Federal Funds - Returned Grants, Underfunded Programs Reduce State's Share of Federal Funding, December 13, 2011.

Wisconsinites Paying Less of Their Income in Taxes, Taxes as a Percentage of Income at a 15-Year Low, November 17, 2011.

Class Sizes Rise as Wisconsin Slips Toward Average in School Spending, August 30, 2011.

Wisconsin Spending an Increasing Share of Its Money on Corrections, WI Also Spends More and Locks Up More People than Neighboring States, July 6, 2011.

WCCF Launches Month-Long Series Examining Impact of Budget on Kids and Families - “31 Ways in 31 Days” Begins the Process of Rebalancing Wisconsin’s Priorities, June 29, 2011.

New Analysis Outlines Budget’s Real-Life Impact on Families of Public Workers, WCCF Brief Shows That Low-Income Workers Will Struggle in the Aftermath of Recent Legislation, June 22, 2011.

Budget Betrayal of Wisconsin Values, June 16, 2011.

From Bad to Worse: New JFC Version of Medicaid Power Shift Compounds the Problems - Medicaid Provisions in JFC Budget Raise Constitutional Issues and Many Other Concerns, June 14, 2011.

WCCF Reaction to Joint Finance Budget: Dismayed by Missed Opportunities for a Better, More Balanced Approach, June 8, 2011.

New Issue Brief Examines Budget’s Real-Life Impact on Families Analysis Reveals That Low-Income Families Stand to Take a Big Hit, May 23, 2011.

The Wisconsin Values Budget Alternative State Budget Makes Better Choices Based on a Balanced Approach, May 19, 2011.

A Rainy Day Fund That Can’t Be Used Even When It’s Pouring - Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Hamstring Policy Makers While Providing No Help for a Deficit Like This Biennium’s, April 11, 2011.

Ryan Proposal Threatens Wisconsin’s Medicaid Programs, April 6, 2011.

Significant Sacrifice, Little Sharing, Governor’s Budget Proposal Would Fall Heavily on Children and Families, March, 2, 2011.

Medicaid Power Shift Stifles Debate and Does Not Belong in Budget Repair Bill, February 14, 2011.

Supermajority Plan Likely to Put Local Governments in a Bind, January 6, 2011

New Year Brings Many State Tax Cuts in Wisconsin
Tax Deductions and Credits Add to State Deficit, December 30, 2010

Newest Labor Statistics Confirm That Wisconsin Leads the Nation in Manufacturing-to-Government Job Ratio - Wisconsin and Indiana Far Ahead of the Pack," December 13, 2010.

"Where Would You Cut? New 2010 Spending Figures Illustrate Challenge of an All-Cuts Approach to Balancing the State Budget,"
October 19, 2010.

New Data Show Wisconsin Still Has a Lean Public Sector - Stimulus Funds Helped Maintain Staffing for Public Services, September 9, 2010.

Wisconsin Schools Slip Toward Average in Spending and Staffing, August 31, 2010.

Recovery Act Provided $3 billion in Direct Benefits for State Residents, August 16, 2010.

New Census Bureau Figures Show Wisconsin Below Average on Per Capita Taxes and Spending in 2008, July 19, 2010.

Wisconsin Leads the Nation in Ratio of Manufacturing to Government Jobs, July 8, 2010.

Senate Filibuster Hurts Wisconsin Economy and Laid-off Workers, June 25, 2010.

Most Wisconsin Taxpayers Would Fare Better Under Obama Tax Cut Proposal than Under Republican Plan - Wealthiest 1% Stand to Gain Most Under Republican Proposal, April 22, 2010.

Wisconsin Budget Project Greets Tax Day with a Brief, a Quiz and a New Website, April 14, 2010.

Recovery Act Provided $2 billion in Direct Benefits for State Residents,
February 17, 2010. (Recovery Act Direct Assistance in Wisconsin – Estimates by County)

Wisconsin Among Top States for Economic Recovery Act Website, January 26, 2010.

WMC Comparison of Manufacturing Jobs to Public Jobs Perpetuates False Ideas on Government Employment, December 22, 2009.

Economic Recovery Act Keeping Roughly 86,000 Wisconsin Residents Out of Poverty in Recession, Act Has Boosted Economy, Saved and Created Jobs, December 17, 2009.

Wisconsin Budget Project Analysis of New Census Data on State and Local Government Employment, November 3, 2009.

New ARRA Data Represents Only a Small Fraction of Initial Spending,
October 30, 2009.

WCCF Comments on Final Action on 2009-11 Budget, June 30, 2009.

WCCF Responds to Senate Budget Changes, June 18, 2009.

WCCF Analyzes Impact of Joint Finance Budget on Children and Families,
June 9, 2009.

Proposed State Funding Cuts Threaten Wisconsin's Most Vulnerable: Cuts Would Impact Jobless Familes, People with Disabilities, Children and Seniors, May 19, 2009. Related document, Employing a Balanced Approach to Balancing the State Budget (statement of support listing supporting organizations).

Budget Repair Bill Offers Sound, Balanced Approach to Revenue Challenges, February 19, 2009.

WCCF Responds to Governor's Budget, February 18, 2009.

WCCF Examines Implications of Economic Recovery Act for Wisconsin,
February 17, 2009.

Budget Repair Bll Takes Balanced Approach to Restoring Solvency,
February 11, 2009.

New Report Outlines Revenue Options for Addressing Budget Shortfall, Catalog of Tax Reform Options Covers Range of Alternatives to Damaging Cuts, November 13, 2008

Census Bureau Issues New Figures on State and Local Finances: Wisconsin Spending and Taxes Drop Relative to Other States, May 28, 2008.

WCCF Applauds Retention of Child Care Funding in Budget Repair,
May 16, 2008.

WCCF Applauds Inclusion of Child Care Funding in Repair Bill: Council Looks Forward to Discussion of Long-Term Solutions, May 12, 2008.

WCCF Commends Leaders on Budget Compromise, October 24, 2007.

WCCF Applauds Governor Doyle’s New Budget Proposal, Encourages Legislators to Vote for Passage, October 15, 2007

WCCF Commends Progress on Budget, September 26, 2007.

As State Budget Drags on 29 Organizations Rally Around Wisconsin Values: Need for Health Care, Child Care for Working Families, Local Government Services, Education Aids, July 26, 2007.

Corrected and Expanded Summary of Key Changes in the Assembly Budget, July 11, 2007.

Assembly Republican Budget Package Hurts Kids and Families, Across the Board Cuts to Education, Health Care, Working Family Support, Increase in Taxes for Low-Income Families, July 10, 2007.

Wisconsin Council on Children and Families Holds State Budget Briefings:
Local Partners Join Child Advocates in Advance of Joint Committee on Finance Hearings, March 14, 2007.

Wisconsin Hit Hard by the President's Proposed Budget: Cuts To Domestic Discretionary Programs Severe for Many Kids and Families, Bush Proposed Budget cuts Wisconsin $600 million over next 5 years--WCCF opposes, February 22, 2007.

Governor's Budget Addresses Needs of Chldren and Families, February 14, 2007.

Statement from Wisconsin Council on Children and Families on Governor Doyle's State of the State, January 31, 2007.

Federal Bush Administration Budget Would Inflict Increasing Pain in Wisconsin, February 23, 2006.

House Budget Would Slash Wisconsin Child Support Collections, November 7, 2005

Wisconsin Council on Children and Families Backs Governor's Restoration of School Funding and Preservation of Health Care Coverage for Wisconsin's Kids, July 25, 2005.

State Budget Results for Childen and Families, July 6, 2005.

Wisconsin Values Bring Together People From Across the State, June 21, 2005.

Wisconsin Values Press Event Advisory, June 17, 2005.

1 PM Key Delivery to Members of Joint Committee on Finance, May 31, 2005.

TANF Omnibus Motion Creates Uncertainty for Thousands of Low-Income Families and their Children, May 20, 2005.

Health Care for WI Children/Tax Cuts for WI Working Families Hit Hard by Federal Budget Cuts, March 30, 2005

2005-2007 Wisconsin State Budget Brown Bag Lunch Series Announced, February 25, 2005

Wisconsin Would Lose Nearly $1.1 Billion from President's Proposed Budget, February 25, 2005

Wisconsin Council on Children and Families Statement on Governor's 2005-2007 Budget Address, February 8, 2005

New WCCF Report, "Connecting the Dots," shows link between federal policies and state fiscal strain, October 6, 2004.

Without Congressional Action, 46,000 Wisconsinites Will Lose Unemployment Insurance Benefits, December 6, 2003; see also TEUC fact sheet

Doyle's Budget Veto Pen Helps Kids and Families, July 24, 2003

WCCF Roasts and Toasts 2003-2005 Biennial Budget Passed by Legislature Today, June 24, 2003

Services to Children and Families Will Suffer Under Joint Finance’s Education Financing and Property Tax Freeze Plans, June 4, 2003

Proposed Property Tax Freeze Would Devastate Local Human Services Systems, May 22, 2003

WCCF Responds Positively to Governor Doyle's Budget, February 19, 2003