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Many tax reforms enacted, but this one did not make it through

By Dave Umhoefer September 8, 2014

With just four months left before the end of his term, and the Legislature adjourned until 2015, it would be a stunner to see more major tax legislation adopted in 2014.

Gov. Scott Walker has achieved much of his tax-cutting agenda, but not his 2010 promise to "work to begin phasing out the state tax on retirement income to help keep investment capital in Wisconsin instead of watching it go to states like Florida and Arizona."

Laurel Patrick, a Walker spokeswoman, told us that a Republican senator, the now-retired Neil Kedzie, sponsored related legislation but that it did not pass.

We're moving this one from Stalled to Promise Broken.

Our Sources

Email exchange with Laurel Patrick, governor's office, Sept. 5, 2014