“I screwed up and I’m sorry.” When’s the last time you heard a politician utter those words? That’s exactly what State Representative Adam Jarchow (R-Balsam Lake) is saying to Wisconsin taxpayers about his support for the 2015-17 state budget which…
This week Governor Scott Walker rallied Wisconsin conservatives and infuriated big-government liberals by revealing his 2017-2019 budget priorities. The $76.1 billion budget includes $592 million in tax and fee cuts, a $648.9 million increase in K-12 education funding, $6.1 billion…
In what will likely continue to be a contentious showdown over transportation funding, Republican leaders in the State Assembly recently released a document outlining their proposals. The list includes increasing the state’s gas tax, increasing vehicle registration fees, increasing driver’s…
Generally speaking, Wisconsin conservatives do not expect Republican legislators to host press conferences to call for higher taxes and fees to be implemented on their families. But 2016 has been an atypical year – and that’s exactly what Representative John…