Overview
- Evers reintroduced a roughly $1.3 billion package aimed at holding the average homeowner’s bill flat and expanding targeted relief for veterans, seniors, and people with disabilities.
- His plan would steer state dollars to communities that freeze local levies and direct funding to reduce school property tax burdens.
- Assembly Republicans dismissed the proposal and said they will seek to repeal the governor’s 2023 “400-year” veto while pursuing broader tax cuts, with a compressed session calendar limiting time for any deal.
- A Wisconsin Policy Forum report found the largest K-12 property tax increase since 1992 and the highest overall local levies since 2018.
- Evers cites an estimated $4 billion state surplus to pay for relief, as GOP leaders argue his veto lifted levies by about $250 million a year, a figure advanced by a conservative analyst.