This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol talk about mental health and tax reduction. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics:
— In this week’s Democratic , Gov. Tony Evers says he will double his administration’s efforts to address mental health.
Evers talks about investments he and the federal government have made so far. But he adds there’s more work to do, specifically to help kids who are reporting highly concerning levels of mental health issues, especially among girls, kids of color and LGBTQ youth.
“My administration and I are not going to let up on our work on this issue in 2024,” he says. “We’re going to double our efforts and take a whole-of-government approach.”
He also says the Interagency Council on Mental Health he announced earlier this year will prepare a plan to address the root causes of Wisconsin’s mental health crisis.
“Our state’s mental health challenges are significant,” he adds. “Let’s do more—and urgently—to make a difference on this issue in 2024. We just have to. Thank you so much, and take care.”
— In this week’s Republican , Rep. Mark Born touts four Republican proposals aimed at reducing taxes by over $2 billion.
The Beaver Dam Joint Finance Committee co-chair says the cuts are targeted at helping middle-class people, working families and seniors. The plan would cut income taxes for those making less than $150,000 a year, provide daycare expense relief and exempt some retirement incomes, among other things.
“With a surplus over $3 billion, it’s important we send some of this money back to taxpayers,” he says.
The plan, if it clears the Republican-led Legislature, will be Evers’ second chance to sign a GOP tax cut plan, Born adds.
“When the Assembly votes on these bills later this month, I am hopeful they will receive broad support and that, when they land on Governor Evers’ desk, he does the right thing and returns the taxes we have over-collected back to you: the hardworking people of our state,” he says.
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/
