Wisconsin Examiner
To cobble together a bipartisan budget, both sides need wins
Democratic donkey and Republican elephant butting heads. Vector illustration.
The process of creating a state budget to fund the next two years is underway with a supposed July 1 deadline in state law. Itâs often said that budgets are moral documents that lay bare the priorities of the parties crafting them.
In Wisconsin, itâs not as simple as Republicans wanting to cut taxes and Democrats wanting to take care of peopleâs basic needs. There are cost-savings measures, tax cuts and priorities that each side rejects, while the other side wants them badly.