Report: Milwaukee Public Schools budget ‘precarious’
The Policy Forum report says the new salaries and added costs for healthcare and other benefits will cost $16 million more next year alone. Those costs will likely only grow over time.
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Wisconsin Policy Forum
Wisconsin bolsters reserve funds during Walker years, but lags behind other states
The total for Wisconsin amounted to 9.2 percent of spending, or enough to run the government for 33.6 days, the analysis reported.
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Revenue Not Keeping Up With State Transportation Needs
If transportation fund revenues are adequate — as argued by a minority of legislators — why did they vote for budgets that relied in part on general fund revenue?
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The Political Theater Of Tony Evers’ Transition
The state and national media are fully invested in the narrative that Republicans carried out a “coup” in this month’s extraordinary session.
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Thompson Center Research Could Help Next Administration With Corrections
WPF reports that DOC’s budget request for 2019-21 “would raise DOC’s total annual spending to $1.37 billion by 2021. The request…highlights Corrections’ status as one of the largest and costliest programs in state government.”
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New Report Says Teachers Stopped “Fleeing” Wisconsin Years Ago
While it is unlikely the new WPF report will stop any campaign rhetoric about “teacher flight,” it should give the media pause before accepting it at face value.
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