{"id":4005,"date":"2023-07-03T14:01:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T14:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4005"},"modified":"2023-07-03T14:11:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T14:11:00","slug":"first-look-at-the-legislatures-2023-2025-state-budget-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4005","title":{"rendered":"First Look at the Legislature\u2019s 2023-2025 State Budget: What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/first-look-at-the-legislatures-2023-2025-state-budget-what-you-need-to-know\/\">https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/first-look-at-the-legislatures-2023-2025-state-budget-what-you-need-to-know\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/madison-wisconsin-usa-state-capitol-LTLBSXM-1024x576-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>WHAT IS IT:<\/strong><\/span> IRG\u2019s team of policy experts did<a href=\"https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/FINAL-Legislative-Budget-Analysis.pdf\"> an analysis of the legislature\u2019s budget proposal<\/a> with a focus on big items you need to know.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>WHY DOES IT MATTER:<\/strong><\/span> Technically the state budget expired on June 30. Unlike the federal government though, there isn\u2019t a government shutdown in Wisconsin \u2013 the state continues operating on the current spending plan until a new one is signed.<\/p>\n<p>Last week both houses of the legislature approved the 2023-2025 state budget, codifying the changes made over the last few months by the Joint Finance Committee to Governor Evers\u2019 original budget proposal. If approved by the Governor, their work will result in a historic income tax cut, increased funding to ensure education options, and a change in the status quo of how we teach children how to read.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>WHAT\u2019S NEXT:<\/strong> <\/span>Now that the legislature\u2019s work is complete, it is Governor Evers\u2019 turn once again. The document before him is far different from what he proposed back in February, and he still owns one of the most powerful veto pens in the country to modify the document before he signs it. He could also sign or veto the entire document and force the process to start over \u2013 an unlikely but possible outcome. It is expected that Governor Evers will make his decision to either sign, veto, or partially veto the bill by the end of this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/first-look-at-the-legislatures-2023-2025-state-budget-what-you-need-to-know\/ WHAT IS IT: IRG\u2019s team of policy experts did&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":4007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institute-for-reforming-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4005"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4008,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4005\/revisions\/4008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}