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What can Gov. Evers partially veto in the budget? A 2020 court decision is about to be put to the test
June 30, 2021 8:00 PM Naomi Kowles
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MADISON, Wis. When Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson signed off on 457 partial vetoes in 1991 for the biennial Wisconsin state budget, he hit a still-unmatched record high.
“It did not do anything to improve the quality of life in our state,” he said of the budget in its original form, as he signed off on the radically-revised document.
Three decades later, as the state Senate approaches its final vote Wednesday night on the next two-year budget with $3.4 billion in income tax cuts but little new funding for education, a 2020 Wisconsin Supreme Court decision about the partial veto clause is about to be put to its first test.
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