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Featuring: Todd Novak, Republican | Wisconsin State Assembly, 51st District

Legislative Update with Wisconsin State Senator Howard Marklein and State Representative Todd Novak

Published March 13, 2024 | Video Starts at 37:42

Not a baby boomer, by the way, but. Oh, rub it in, rub it in. The birth. The birth rate has gone down, you know, and we should have saw this coming. Declining enrollment in schools started how many years ago. So I think what, what, what we're ha. Is happening. And with COVID we're feeling the effect of that shrinkage of the workforce. Now, you brought up the fact that the minimum wage is 725. (37:42–37:45)

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Asserts that school enrollment has been declining for several years.

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“It was about seven hours. It was really fun.”
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“I think everybody in unison was in agreement that we needed to increase shared revenue to the municipalities.”
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“We provided a significant income tax cut across the board, every bracket. And the governor vetoed the top two rate cuts.”
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“It's now it's set. We don't have to worry. Every two years we do a budget how much we're going to increase in shareholder revenue, tying it…”
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“We were able to get over $4 million to complete county O.”
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“We had a 7. Around $7 billion surplus.”
Legislative Update with Wisconsin State Senator Howard Marklein and State Representative Todd Novak | Uploaded March 13, 2024 | 20:45-20:49
“We call it the ARIP, the Agricultural Road Improvement Program. $150 million one time money dedicated to the town roads.”
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“There's projects going right now that Howard and I put in the budget, what, two, three years ago, Highway 39, the Lone Rock bridge that we…”
Legislative Update with Wisconsin State Senator Howard Marklein and State Representative Todd Novak | Uploaded March 13, 2024 | 21:09-21:23
“We need an increase in shared revenue.”
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“I believe the funding for schools is pretty good.”
Legislative Update with Wisconsin State Senator Howard Marklein and State Representative Todd Novak | Uploaded March 13, 2024 | 22:00-22:03
“We did a really good budget this year and the governor did his credit, did negotiate the shared revenue school funding which he, he kind of…”
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“You can't bind a future legislator and governor unless it's a constitutional amendment.”
Legislative Update with Wisconsin State Senator Howard Marklein and State Representative Todd Novak | Uploaded March 13, 2024 | 25:46-25:52
“The governor vetoed the GTA increase from, for our townships. And so that was $10 million that, that he vetoed.”
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“You're talking a huge, huge property tax increase.”
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“We eliminated the personal property tax in the budget two years ago.”
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“You're saving $36 [from the tax cut].”
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“I expected [the governor] to veto the top tax bracket.”
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“That middle [tax bracket] affects probably 70% of the public.”
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“We've got the money, it's the people's money.”
Legislative Update with Wisconsin State Senator Howard Marklein and State Representative Todd Novak | Uploaded March 13, 2024 | 28:41-28:44
“725 is a minimum wage. There's nobody making 725 right now.”
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“I've got open spots, and that's never happened because it's not exactly, you know, these are good jobs.”
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“The birth rate has gone down, you know, and we should have saw this coming.”
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“In my mind, the minimum wage is 15, $16 an hour.”
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“A lot of the bills that I've passed and Howard and I passed together, I would say probably half of them have come from constituent contacts…”
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