MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature have begun their budgeting process.
The work began on Tuesday as majority Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed 540 items from Democratic Governor Tony Evers proposed budget.
Finance Committee Co-chair Representative Mark Born predicts Evers will sign the final product.
“We’ll build a budget that is a good budget for Wisconsin that he’ll want to sign when we send it to him because of all the good things that are in it,” said Born.
The items pulled out include legalized cannabis, paid family medical leave, and money for upgrades at American Family Field.
Evers, noting the state’s $7 billion surplus, said budget writers could do more and called the Republican action “foolish and a wasted opportunity.”
