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(The Center Square) - Wisconsin is now expected to have $1.5 billion more in surplus after its current budget cycle ends on June 30, 2027, after new estimates were announced by the state’s Legislative Fiscal Bureau.

That would mean the state would have $2.3 billion in surplus, lower than the $4 billion heading into this budget but well above the $800 million surplus that was previously projected.

The group said that the surplus would be the result of nearly $1.4 billion in increased tax collections and $104 million in additional departmental non-tax revenues.

Both Republicans and Democrats took credit for the surplus.

“These revenue estimates are further proof that Legislative Republicans’ long-standing commitment to responsible budgeting and fiscal discipline is working,” Joint Committee on Finance Co-Chairs Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, and Rep. Mark Born, R-Beaver Dam, said in a joint statement. “Through careful planning, conservative assumptions, and thoughtful decision-making, Wisconsin remains on strong financial footing, even in the face of economic uncertainty.”

Recent Wisconsin Department of Revenue numbers have shown the increased tax collections, with 4.9% more in general purpose revenue taxes and fees collected for the fiscal year through November

“This good news is a tribute to Wisconsin Democrats, who have prioritized investments in the people of Wisconsin that have improved our state’s economy, provided middle class tax relief, and helped make Wisconsin a state where businesses want to invest and families want to live,” said Senate Minority Leader Diane Hesselbein. “The bi-partisan 2025-2027 budget, which I helped negotiate, advances those important priorities.

“The people of Wisconsin expect that we will invest these increased revenues in initiatives that will lower costs, improve lives, and continue to help make Wisconsin a place where everyone can thrive.”

The Trump administration has launched a series of investigations into various public schools and state departments of education across the country over Title IX allegations related to the participation of transgender athletes in girls' sports.

The investigation led by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights coincides with the U.S. Supreme Court beginning oral arguments on transgender sports cases.

The core of the complaints asserts that these K-12 districts and state agencies maintain policies that discriminate based on sex. By permitting transgender students to participate in sports, the Department argues that these institutions are violating Title IX protections.

According to the Department of Education, these policies jeopardize both the safety and the equal opportunities of women in educational programs and activities, the Department said.

“In the same week that the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the future of Title IX, OCR is aggressively pursuing allegations of discrimination against women and girls by entities which reportedly allow males to compete in women’s sports,” Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said.

"We are currently reviewing the letter and will respond appropriately through the proper legal and administrative channels,” the University of Nevada, Reno, one of the schools under investigation, told Fox News. "The University remains committed to fostering an inclusive, supportive, and respectful campus environment for all of our students. We recognize and uphold our responsibilities under state and federal law, and we will continue to act in accordance with the U.S. and Nevada Constitutions.”

The department has also announced this week an investigation into the California Community College Athletic Association over its Transgender Participation Policy, which allows transgender females to compete on women’s teams after one calendar year of testosterone suppression treatment.

Sarah Parshall Perry, vice president and legal fellow at Defending Education, said during a webinar that allowing transgender athletes to compete in female sports has done violence toward women's equality.

“[Title IX] a federal statute, only 37 words long, something that was really the crown jewel of the women's liberation movement in the '60s and early '70s. To expand it to transgender status and gender identity did a significant amount of violence to the notion of women's equality, not just within athletic contexts, but within all sex-separated offerings,” Perry said.

The following entities are currently under investigation:

Jurupa School District (California).Placentia-Yorba School District (California).Santa Monica College (California).Santa Rosa Junior College (California).Waterbury Public Schools (Connecticut).Hawaii State Department of Education (Hawaii).Regional School Unit 19 (Maine).Regional School Unit 57 (Maine)Foxborough Public Schools (Massachusetts).University of Nevada – Reno (Nevada).Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District (New York).New York City Department of Education (New York).Great Valley School District (Pennsylvania).Champlain Valley School District (Vermont).Cheney Public Schools (Washington).Sultan School District No. 311 (Washington).Tacoma Public Schools (Washington).Vancouver Public Schools (Washington).

The lowest number of illegal border crossings were reported for the first quarter of a fiscal year in U.S. history in President Donald Trump’s first year in office.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2026 (October, November and December 2025), U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded the lowest illegal border crosser encounter/apprehension totals ever reported at the beginning of a fiscal year.

A total of 91,603 encounters/apprehensions were reported nationwide – lower than any prior fiscal year to date, according to the latest CBP data.

By comparison, record highs were reported under the Biden administration of 392,196 in Q1 of fiscal 2025; 988,512 in Q1 of fiscal 2024; and 865,333 in Q1 fiscal 2023, according to the data.

Border Patrol agents also apprehended the lowest number of illegal border crossers at the southwest border in U.S. history in the first quarter of a fiscal year of just 21,815.

The total is 95% lower than the first quarter average under the Biden administration.

In December, Border Patrol agents apprehended 6,478 illegal border crossers between ports of entry at the southwest border, a 96% drop from the monthly average during the Biden administration.

The total is also less than the number apprehended in just four days in December 2024.

To put this in perspective, Border Patrol agents apprehended 209 illegal border crossers a day along the entire southwest border in four states in December 2025.

That is less than the number apprehended every 1.5 hours during the Biden administration, according to CBP data.

Nationwide, illegal border crossings in December remained historically low, totaling 30,698. This is the lowest total ever reported for the month of December in U.S. history.

By contrast, 370,883 were reported nationwide in December 2024 under the Biden administration, according to the data.

Border Patrol officers also released zero illegal border crossers into the country through parole programs in December and over the last eight months, CBP says. This is after the Trump administration terminated Biden-era parole programs, including catch and release, and implemented expedited removal processes, The Center Square reported.

By comparison, Border Patrol agents were ordered to release illegal border crossers into the country by the Biden administration. In December 2024, they released 7,041 along the southwest border, according to CBP data.

“Thanks to President Trump’s leadership and the dedication of DHS law enforcement, America’s borders are safer than any time in our nation’s history. What President Trump and our CBP agents and officers have been able to do in a single year is nothing short of extraordinary,” U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. “Once again, we have a record low number of encounters at the border and the eighth straight month of zero releases. Month after month, we are delivering results that were once thought impossible: the most secure border in history and unmatched enforcement successes.”

The numbers are a complete reversal from the Biden era that saw a minimum of 14 million illegal border crossers, The Center Square reported. This included more than two million gotaways, those who illegally entered between ports of entry to evade capture. It also excludes millions released through more than a dozen parole programs and multiple visa programs the previous administration created and expanded. The Trump administration either terminated or revamped them. It is also implementing new policies and procedures to identify waste, fraud and abuse in several federal immigration programs and agencies.

“Help is on its way,” President Donald Trump said in a short but powerful message to Iranian protesters facing an oppressive regime that reportedly is targeting demonstrators.

“Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – Take OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Tuesday morning. “I have cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials until the senseless killing of protesters STOPS…MIGA [Make Iran Great Again].”

The latest message to Iranian protesters comes as the president told reporters over the weekend that he is weighing “strong options” against the Islamic Republic’s regime, inching closer to striking the country for a second time within a year.

Trump told reporters late Sunday evening on board Air Force One that he and the military are looking very seriously at responding to reports that the Iranian regime is killing protesters.

Earlier in the month, the president issued a stern warning to the regime if it retaliated against protesters.

“If Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United State of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” the president posted to his Truth Social Account.

Trump told reporters Sunday evening that he is receiving “hourly updates” and that he is “looking at some very strong options.”

The president said Iranian officials have reached out to the White House to negotiate. He added that a meeting is being set up, but indicated it may be too little, too late.

“Iran wants to negotiate, yes. We may meet with them … But we may have to act, because of what’s happening, before the meeting,” Trump told reporters.

Now it appears those meetings could be put off indefinitely.

Retaliation against protesters in Iran adds more fuel to the fire as the president is eyeing the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.

During the last week of December, Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, when the two leaders reportedly discussed the potential of future strikes on Iran if the Islamic Republic attempts to rebuild its nuclear capabilities, after U.S. strikes in June that targeted the country’s nuclear sites.

“I hear Iran is looking to rebuild its facilities again, and if they do we will have to knock them down again,” the president told reporters during a news conference in late December. “We’re going to have no choice but very quickly to eradicate that build up. So I hope Iran is not trying to build up, as I’ve been reading.”

The civil uprising in Iran follows a pattern of Iranian citizens protesting the brutal regime’s grip on its citizens. The most recent unrest occurred in 2019, with one of the most significant events taking place in 2009, known as the Green Movement, which resulted in millions of Iranian citizens demonstrating against the government.

President Donald Trump returned to Michigan on Tuesday to tout the economy and the auto industry.

During his visit, Trump spoke to the Detroit Economic Club and visited a Ford plant in Dearborn. During his speech, he praised his first year in office as an economic success – pointing to dropping inflation and gas prices.

“Who knew it was going to turn out this well,” Trump said. “After less than 12 months in office, I’m back in Michigan to report to you on the strongest and fastest economic turnaround in our country’s history.”

In his speech, the president also defended his tariff policies.

“The Trump Tariffs have delivered us trillions of dollars of new investment,” he said. “They brought hundreds of billions of dollars pouring into the United States Treasury, helped curb inflation, and helped cut the federal budget deficit by a staggering 27%.”

A number of states and businesses have challenged his authority to put those in place and that is currently under consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court, with a decision expected by June.

Just before the president took the stage in Detroit, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its much-anticipated Consumer Price Index for December.

It found that consumer prices climbed 2.7% over the last year, before seasonal adjusting. Trump applauded the report’s numbers.

“Biden gave us a colossal stagflation catastrophe, but my administration has rapidly and very decisively ended that,” he said. “We have quickly achieved the exact opposite of stagflation – almost no inflation and super high growth.”

While 2026 inflation dropped significantly from 2022’s high of about 6.5%, a recent poll found that Michiganders are still feeling the effects of higher prices.

A poll conducted by WDIV and Detroit News asked voters from across the state a number of different questions, including one on what impact they think Trump’s economic policies have had on the nation’s economy.

In response to that question, 38% said “stronger,” 48% said “weaker,” and 10% said “no impact.” That could be a bellwether for Republicans going into the midterm election, especially in a swing state like Michigan which helped push Trump over the finish line to an election win in 2024.

Possibly sensing that Americans’ continued concerns about the cost of living, the president also laid out future plans to try to address that. Those plans include banning large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, capping credit card interest rates, and announcing a “healthcare affordability framework.”

Investments into the car industry was another highlight of Trump’s trip.

Michigan saw companies like Stallantis and JR Automation announce millions of dollars in investments in the state last year. On this trip, Trump stopped by a Ford factory to focus on that company’s recent growth.

“We have a great relationship with the president and his whole staff,” said Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford. “We couldn’t be more excited. We’re adding market share. We’re growing as a company. We’re adding jobs.”

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