UNDATED (WSAU-Wheeler News) Governor Scott Walker says he hopes to sign the new state budget into law late this week, prior to his expected announcement next Monday on his likely White House bid.
The Republican Walker plans to meet today with G-O-P legislative leaders to hash over the budget — plus separate financing plans for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena that were taken out of the budget last week.
The Joint Finance Committee finalized its version of the two-year budget early Friday, and passed it on to the full Legislature for action this week. On Saturday, after a loud outcry from the attorney general on down, lawmakers promised not to move forward with a sweeping budget plan to close public and litigants’ access to a host of government documents that have been open for decades.
Walker told reporters in Wauwatosa this weekend he’ll be happy to get through this week, saying “There’s been very little focus on the good things in this budget.”
