Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday he would request that the state Legislature allow sales tax hikes at the county and municipal level.
Evers also wants to divert 20% of the state sales tax to fund local governments, a proposal he first unveiled in his State of the State speech last month. He released more details on Tuesday, a week before he submits his two-year budget proposal to the Legislature.
Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers proposed Tuesday an allowance by the state's Legislature of sales tax hikes at the local level.to impose an additional 1% sales tax, with half of what is raised going to the city of Milwaukee, if approved by voters. All other counties could ask for a half-percent sales tax increase. Cities other than Milwaukee with at least 30,000 people could also ask voters for a half-percent sales tax increase.
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