The Republicans’ decision to leave the revenue limit increases intact comes at a time when GOP candidate for governor Tom Tiffany has made repealing them the centerpiece of his campaign.
Tiffany without a repeal, “one-time relief is only a temporary band-aid as property taxes will still rise every year for the next 399 years because of Evers’ veto.”
Evers’ veto was put in place in 2023 and Republicans who control the state Legislature have heavily criticized the measure.
In the most recent state budget, which was passed into law in 2025, GOP lawmakers decided not to include any new funding for a revenue stream for school districts known as general school aids. As a result, the veto’s revenue increases for schools have been funded entirely by property taxes, contributing to a spike in taxpayers’ bills this year.
According to a summary of a recent meeting between the GOP leaders and Evers sent Feb. 5 from an Evers aide to aides of Vos and LeMahieu, Evers said he would discuss repealing the veto if Republican lawmakers approved heavy funding increases for schools, but Vos and LeMahieu said they did not want to discuss the veto.