MADISON, WI (WRN) – Early estimates are showing a large price tag for next year’s state budget.
A report from the Department of Administration says that if every budget request was passed, the state would be short $1 point 1 billion over the next two years.
State agencies submitted 2 point 2 billion dollars worth of increases, despite Governor Walker’s request for no spending increases.
Most of that increase came from the Department of Public Instruction after Walker advocated for paying for two-thirds of school spending while on the campaign trail.
Representative John Nygren and Senator Alberta Darling who lead the Joint Finance Committee stress that these are just requests, and aren’t necessarily making it into the budget.
