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February 17, 2023

More $ for Schools, Paid Family Leave AND Tax Cuts?

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More $ for Schools, Paid Family Leave AND Tax Cuts?

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Governor Evers has released his plan for the next state budget and the forecast is rosy: we’re sitting on the biggest surplus in state history. 

Evers is proposing more money for our K-12 schools, twelve weeks of paid family leave for Wisconsin workers, and a tax cut for the middle-class. But will the legislature go for it? 

Mitchell Schmidt, state politics reporter for The Wisconsin State Journal, joins Dylan and Bianca to unpack what’s inside the Governor’s plan. 

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