MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin legislators are expected to begin taking their final votes on the 2021-23 state budget.
The Assembly was set to go first on Tuesday with the Senate following suit on Wednesday. Approval from both houses sends the $87 billion spending plan to Gov. Tony Evers, who can use his partial veto powers to reshape the document or kill it outright.
The centerpiece of the budget is a Republican-authored tax cut worth $3.3 billion. But the GOP kept funding for public schools flat and eliminated hundreds of the Democratic governor's policy proposals from the spending plan.
Here are some highlights of the budget as it currently stands
