Good Government

Senator Testin at Budget Press Conference

$1.5 billion in total tax relief
Cut more than 300 positions from state government
Substantive reform to the University of Wisconsin system including:
- Extending the current position freeze to stop administrative bloat
- Implementing a faculty workload requirement to get more resources into the classroom
- Requiring systemwide credit transferability for general education requirements
$8 million cut to the UW general operations budget to offset more targeted investments
$1 million shift from DPI general operations to the JFC supplemental to right size the education bureaucracy
Prohibiting state employees from cashing out their compensatory time
$50 million General Purpose Revenue cut to the Medicaid cost-to-continue, to right-size the governor’s estimates. Total fiscal estimate of more than $250 million annually.
Two-year pilot program to ease the regulatory burden on child care centers to open more slots
Increased the state's reinsurance cap to reduce health insurance premiums
Eliminated the sales tax on residential electricity and natural gas

The governor's proposal to replace the word "mother" in statute with "inseminated person," was removed from the budget
The governor's budget recommendations would have increased taxes by more than $2.3 billion. We removed those increases.
We removed massive fee hikes on sportsmen and women
Stopped soft on crime policies that would have let violent criminals out of prison early
Governor Evers' recommendations would have put more people on welfare, we stopped his efforts.

Senator Marklein at Governor Dodge State Park

Senator Testin in-district listening session

Senator Quinn meets with local clerks