MADISON, WI – This morning it was announced that Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein (D-Middleton) and Governor Evers successfully negotiated a tentative budget deal with Republican leadership in both houses. The agreement includes necessary investments in child care, public K-12 schools, and the Universities of Wisconsin, in addition to $137.5 million for the renovation of UW-Oshkosh’s Polk Learning Commons (formerly Polk Library) and $14 million for the Municipal Services Payments (MSP) program.
“This is the first budget in over a decade where the Democratic Senate Caucus had a seat at the table. The new, fair maps created a balanced government, and this is the result: a government that can work together to reach an agreement where everyone walks away wishing they’d gotten more but no one leaves feeling kicked in the teeth,” said the Senator. “It’s encouraging to see local priorities like UW-Oshkosh’s Polk Learning Commons and MSP payments addressed in this deal, and I’m hopeful that we can work together to get this over the finish line and move Wisconsin forward, together.”
