Weekly Radio Addresses discuss health care costs, income taxes

Weekly Addresses

This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol are about health care costs and a proposal for an income tax rebate.. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics:

— In this week’s Dem radio address, Gov. Evers calls for bipartisan support to lower out-of-pocket health care costs and crack down on health insurers. 

“Between President Trump’s chaotic trade wars and tariff taxes and cuts to critical basic needs programs like health care and food assistance, folks and families across our state are struggling,” the Dem governor says.

Read the full story. (WisPolitics/State Affairs

— In this week’s GOP radio address, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu touts Senate Republicans’ plan to pass his bills to provide an income tax rebate to Wisconsinites.

“Right now, Wisconsin has a projected $2.5 billion surplus,” the Oostburg Republican says. “That surplus means one thing: our state government is taxing you and your family too much. So we’re going to give you your money back.” Read the full story. (WisPolitics/State Affairs

Find the archive of weekly addresses, organized by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, by going to: http://www.wi-broadcasters.org/for-the-public/weekly-addresses-archive/