Harm Venhuizen

5 days ago | nbc26.com | Harm Venhuizen

MADISON — Wisconsin Republicans stripped more than 600 of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ spending proposals from the state budget on Thursday, including plans to legalize marijuana, create a new tax bracket for millionaires and billionaires, and invest hundreds of millions of dollars in child care and clean water. “The governor’s budget was not a realistic budget,” Republican Rep. Mark Born, who co-chairs the Legislature’s budget-writing committee, said.

6 days ago | tmj4.com | Harm Venhuizen |Tony Aria

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans stripped more than 600 of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ spending proposals from the state budget on Thursday, including plans to legalize marijuana, create a new tax bracket for millionaires and billionaires, and invest hundreds of millions of dollars in child care and clean water. “The governor’s budget was not a realistic budget,” Republican Rep. Mark Born, who co-chairs the Legislature’s budget-writing committee, said.

6 days ago | nbc26.com | Harm Venhuizen

MADISON — Wisconsin filmmakers and state lawmakers want to encourage production studios to shoot their movies and TV shows in Wisconsin. A bill in the state Legislature would create a state film office and offer up to $10 million a year in tax incentives for TV shows and movies that film in Wisconsin and hire crews here. Wisconsin is currently one of just 13 states that don’t offer tax incentives to film and TV production companies, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

1 week ago | tmj4.com | Harm Venhuizen |Tony Aria

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin filmmakers and state lawmakers want to encourage production studios to shoot their movies and TV shows in Wisconsin. A bill in the state Legislature would create a state film office and offer up to $10 million a year in tax incentives for TV shows and movies that film in Wisconsin and hire crews here. Wisconsin is currently one of just 13 states that don’t offer tax incentives to film and TV production companies, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

1 week ago | nbc26.com | Harm Venhuizen

MADISON — With just days before the Legislature’s finance committee begins its work on a new state budget, Wisconsin conservation groups are continuing to push for state lawmakers to reauthorize funding for a program that allows the Department of Natural Resources and nonprofits to use state money to buy up land for conservation.