claim: "the wisconsin legislature raised taxes more than $5 billion in 2009."
author: rebecca kleefisch
evidence_1: jul 9, 2009 ... in the recession of the early 1990s, some 44 states raised taxes; in the. ... major  income tax increases enacted in 2009 include: ... the changes are projected to  raise more than $5 billion a year. ... the state also enacted legislation temporarily  reducing the rate at which it reimburses retailers for collecting ...
evidence_2: oct 11, 2010 ... and though the legislature did raise taxes -- and fees -- quite a bit in ... ... in 2009 , "the state legislature passed more than $5 billion in tax ...
evidence_3: aug 7, 2017 ... wisconsin republicans want to end a law that lets districts raise extra taxes for ...  than $217 million in new taxes for energy-related projects since 2009 — all of it ...  the district has exceeded its revenue limit by more than $5 million for projects ...  who criticized the law recently in a letter to the legislature.
evidence_4: jan 25, 2012 ... the republican takes credit for erasing wisconsin's $3.6 billion budget deficit ...  democrats did boost taxes with the 2009-2011 state budget and a 2009 ... in the  ad, walker flatly claimed that democrats raised taxes by double-digits. ... and  more than doubling the "tipping fee" charged to landfills, which is ...
evidence_5: 2009. fiscal affairs program. national conference of state legislatures. william  t. pound ... taxes. more than a dozen states raised tobacco or alcohol taxes.  there were new assessments ... hawaii, new jersey and wisconsin raised taxes  on high-income earners. ... north dakota cut business income taxes by $5 million .