2011-13 Wisconsin State Budget
The 2011-2013 Wisconsin state budget, signed into law by Governor Scott Walker on June 26, 2011, will impact every resident of Wisconsin. We've created this page to help you find analysis of how the state budget will affect communities across the state that rely on public structures.
1. See how the budget impacts working families and children in the Wisconsin Budget Project’s inventory...or read their summary.

    * For regular updates, check out the Wisconsin Budget Project blog at the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families.
    * Every day during the month of July, the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families will post a new update about how the 2011-13 budget will impact Wisconsin kids. Get the details here.

2. Check out a list of corporate tax breaks in the budget that will eliminate needed revenue for Wisconsin...or view the Wisconsin Budget Project’s top ten list of reasons why lawmakers should have rejected a last minute amendment for additional corporate tax breaks.

3. Find out how budget provisions will harm the environment from the League of Conservation Voters...or this summary at the Political Environment blog.

4. The Institute for Wisconsin’s Future’s has detailed, county-by-county analysis of how the budget will affect communities across the state.

5. The League of Wisconsin Municipalities’ has a list of how the budget impacts municipalities here.

6. The budget will have a major impact on public education at all levels, from K-12 to our technical colleges and the University of Wisconsin system's two and four year colleges. Get the scoop with this Wisconsin Education Association Council fact sheet...learn about the effects on the UW System with this summary. And the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has details on statewide impacts to local K-12 school districts here. 

7. Transit Now has a concise summary of impacts to the Wisconsin transportation system.