Joint Finance strips 612 items from Evers’ budget, rejects Dem amendments

The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee today stripped 612 of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ proposals from the state budget, taking the document back to current law as members began their work on the two-year spending plan. In the process, they cut $4 billion in all funds spending proposed by Evers while nixing tax plans that would’ve netted the state another $2.8 billion in revenues, according to the L...