evidence: In what has become a nearly-annual occurrence at the state Capitol, the Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have put the Assembly and Senate on a break within the first few months of the year—despite having full-time job status and an annual salary north of $50,000. [...] Surplus and Tax Cuts: Despite a record surplus that had grown to $7 billion at one point, Republicans refused to pass a tax cut plan that would pass on most of the savings to middle class families. Three different Republican packages put the bulk of the benefit into some of the state’s highest income brackets. Evers vetoed each one, including the most recent proposal that would have drained state revenue by $1.4 billion per year. Evers had asked lawmakers to pass a 10% tax credit for single filers with incomes of $100,000 or less and couples filing jointly with annual incomes of $150,000 or less—with the size of the cut phasing out at higher levels. [...] Other measures that appear dead include: Evers’ workforce plan that would have expanded paid family and medical leave, recruit and train people to fill worker shortages in healthcare and education; a gun safety proposal for college campuses; reinstituting the comprehensive health and sex education programs that Republicans replaced with an abstinence-only emphasis; creation of a task force on missing and murdered Black women; and a proposal to change how new electric transmission line projects are approved across the state.