Budget deal would put $1.2 billion into education, child care, cut taxes $1.5 billion

Dem Gov. Tony Evers and legislative leaders announced they have reached an agreement to pump an additional $1.2 billion into K-12 education, child care and the UW System. The deal also includes a $1.5 billion tax cut package, adding two of the guv’s priorities to what the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee had already approved.
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On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the last-minute budget push, the state Supreme Court’s decisions regarding the governor’s veto powers and congressional redistricting, results of the latest Marquette University Law School Poll and more.

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