Wisconsin state budget breakthrough yields gains for UW system, special education

It's looking all but certain that Wisconsin's 2025-27 biennial budget will not be completed by the June 30 deadline.

Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said it's "hard to imagine" a budget being passed by next week.

Two Senate Republicans, Steve Nass, of Whitewater, and Chris Kapenga, of Delafield, have signaled they won't vote for the budget in its current form.

The Republican proposal does include some of the reforms Democrats wanted, but with fewer state dollars.

"These types of capital projects don't happen in two years and they won't in this case either," but the prison will be torn down, Born said.

Few seemed to love the combination of spending increases and tax cuts, but most seemed wiling to accept it.

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