On July 2, 2025, members of the Assembly Republican caucus held a news conference prior to the Assembly floor session to discuss the legislative session.

On July 2, 2025, the Wisconsin State Senate convened in extraordinary session on Senate Bill 45 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature.

On July 2, 2025, members of the Senate Republican caucus held a news conference prior to the floor session.

On July 2, 2025, members of the Senate Democratic caucus held a news conference prior to the floor session.

On July 1, 2025, the Joint Committee on Finance met in executive session on the 2025-27 biennial budget to take action the following sections of the budget: University of Wisconsin System University of Wisconsin System — Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Building Commission Building Program Program Supplements Compensation Reserves Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board Children and […]

On July 1, 2025, State Representative Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) and Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green), Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Finance, held a news conference prior to the executive session of the JFC.

On June 30, 2025, Attorney General Josh Kaul joined victim service providers and advocates at a news conference to call on the state Legislature to fully fund the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s (DOJ) victim services budget request. Speakers include: Attorney General Josh Kaul Shira Phelps, Executive Director, Office of Crime Victim Services Captain Benjamin Graham, […]

On June 27, 2025, the Joint Committee on Finance convened on the following: Section 13.10 meeting: I. Department of Public Instruction – Tom McCarthy, Deputy State Superintendent The Department of Public Instruction requests a supplement of $49,672,600 GPR in fiscal year 2024-25 from the committee’s appropriation under s. 20.865(4)(a) to the department’s office of literacy, […]

On June 26, 2025, State Senators Dianne Hesselbein and LaTonya Johnson were joined by childcare professionals from across Wisconsin to highlight the importance of extending Child Care Counts payments in the state budget.

On June 25, 2025, Democratic members of the Joint Committee on Finance held a news conference about the approaching budget deadline.

On June 25, 2025, the Marquette University Law School presented the results of a new statewide poll featuring Charles Franklin, professor of law and public policy and director of the Marquette Law School Poll, and Derek Mosley, director of the school’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education. The Marquette Law School Poll’s […]