Wisconsin Democrats Pitch Crime Legislation as Milwaukee’s Homicide Rate Sets Records
None of the Democratic plans touched on Milwaukee’s record-breaking homicide numbers in 2021. The lawmakers were also silent on the effort to change Wisconsin’s bail system.
The first and last pieces of the package of crime legislation from Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol focus solely on money.
Democratic lawmakers on Monday unveiled a series of plans that they say will make the state safer.
“With the pieces of legislation that promote victim safety, and with the shared revenue enhancement that supports local units of government, we believe this package of bills would really help address crime in Wisconsin,” Rep. Evan Goyke, D-Milwaukee told reporters at the Capitol.
Goyke says the package of legislation comes with a roughly $100 million price tag.
The largest piece would increase state aid to cities and counties, the so-called shared revenue.
“One of the bills in this package would increase shared revenue by 2% in the first year of the biennium, and 2% in the next year.