GOP lawmakers dismiss Evers budget as appeal to liberal supporters, Dems defend plan

The Legislature’s top Republicans say they’re planning to leave Gov. Tony Evers’ budget by the wayside and start from current law in building their own plan, slamming the guv’s proposal as an appeal to his liberal supporters. The GOP leaders were also noncommittal about Evers’ transportation funding plan, which couples an 8-cent gas tax hike with the elimination of the minimum markup on gas, which...