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My Assembly Republican colleagues and I held press conferences around the state this week to announce how the $3.2 billion in state discretionary funds from the from the American Recue Plan Act of 2021 should be prioritized to help Wisconsinites.
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This week the Assembly gave final approval to the Truth in Spending Act, SB 183, which provides legislative oversight for the allocation of federal COVID dollars.
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The Wisconsin State Assembly convened twice this week. As I mentioned last week, the main focus of Tuesday's session was the health and well-being of Wisconsinites.
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There is no question that a global pandemic has had deep impacts on our local workers. Many working people in our community are just trying to survive while their jobs are on hold or hours are drastically cut due to social distancing mandates.
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I spent Thursday afternoon and evening listening to all 11 hours of the reading of the Democrats' 628-page $1.9 trillion dollar "COVID-19 relief" bill. I would like to thank the Senate clerks who read the bill.
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The Legislative Leadership Roundtable with the Wisconsin Counties Association provided an excellent opportunity to contrast Republican and Democratic perspectives on how to spend your hard-earned tax dollars.
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This week the Wisconsin State Assembly unanimously passed legislation, Special Session Senate Bill 1, that directs the governor to begin upgrading the Unemployment Insurance (UI) computer systems at the Department of Workforce Development (DWD).
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On Tuesday, a joint session of the Wisconsin State Legislature watched Governor Evers' second budget address, which was given virtually to lawmakers. While he calls it the Badger Bounceback agenda, it's really a bounce backward budget.
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