Evers Signs Republican-Authored Bill To Expand Wisconsin Child Care Tax Credit

CBS Minnesota

March 5, 2024

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed a Republican-authored bill Monday that dramatically expands the state child care tax credit, days after vetoing three other GOP bills that would have delivered $800 million in tax cuts.

The governor signed the bill at a charter school in Waukesha on Thursday morning. He said in a statement that he approved the measure because "the cost of child care is too darn high."

"Signing this bill today will go a long way toward defraying yearly family expenses on child care, giving Wisconsinites some breathing room in their household budgets and making sure our kids have the early support and care they need," Evers said in the statement.

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