By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans moved a step closer toward finishing their work on their $87 billion state budget Tuesday, pushing the spending plan through the Assembly and on to the Senate. The Assembly passed the budget 64-34. Four Democrats — Reps. Deb Andraca, Steve Doyle, Beth Meyers and Don Vruwink — joined Republicans ...

Wisconsin legislators were set Tuesday to begin taking the final votes on the 2021-23 state budget.

New projections show Wisconsin’s general fund will be about $650 million short of meeting spending commitments heading into the into the 2021-23 state budget.

Wisconsin Republicans are proposing a constitutional amendment that would prevent the governor from using his or her partial veto powers to increase spending in any bills.

Gov. Tony Evers used his partial veto power to make 78 changes to Republican legislators' version of the state budget before signing it Wednesday. The budget takes effect immediately and Republicans do not have the votes needed to override any of the vetoes.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers was under pressure Monday to sign the state budget as passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature, even though it doesn’t include many of his priorities and GOP lawmakers have made it difficult for him to use partial vetoes to reshape it. Republicans have been calling on Evers to sign ...

Wisconsin Republicans won a key legislator's support for the state budget Wednesday by inserting provisions in the spending plan that would allow the electric-car manufacturer Tesla to open dealerships in the state.

Republicans proposed last-minute changes to the state budget on Tuesday to appease skeptical conservatives just hours ahead of the state Assembly's vote on the plan, saying their proposals are fiscally responsible and should be signed into law by Gov. Tony Evers.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Opposition from a pair of conservative Wisconsin state senators to the Republican-written state budget is putting GOP leaders in a tough spot as they try to round up enough votes to pass the two-year spending plan next week. The budget agreed to by the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee would spend less ...

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press A Republican state senator vowed on Wednesday to vote against the state budget in its current form, leaving the GOP with room to lose only one more vote in the Senate and still have enough to pass the plan without Democratic support. The two-year, nearly $82 billion budget won approval from the Republican-controlled Joint Finance ...

Republicans plan to kill some of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' signature proposals in the first vote taken this year by the state's budget-writing committee, proposals including accepting federal money to offer more Medicaid, legalizing medical marijuana and capping enrollment in private voucher schools.

In his first proposed budget, Gov. Tony Evers called on Thursday for increasing the private bar rate, adding more prosecutors and giving merit-based raises to certain government attorneys.