By TODD RICHMOND
Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) â Wisconsin Republicans moved a step closer toward finishing their work on their $87 billion state budget Tuesday, pushing the spending plan through the Assembly and on to the Senate.
The Assembly passed the budget 64-34. Four Democrats â Reps. Deb Andraca, Steve Doyle, Beth Meyers and Don Vruwink â joined Republicans in voting for the document.
The vote sends the spending plan on to the Senate, which is expected to take it up Wednesday. Senate approval would send it on to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
The governor will then have to decide whether to sign the plan thatâs largely been stripped of his biggest priorities, or take the highly unusual route of vetoing the entire plan. Evers has broad power to line-item veto the budget, which he did two years ago after the GOP-authored plan passed with no Democratic votes.
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GREEN BAY - Steve and Sara Eliasen didn t think they d ever be able to look at a sailboat again, let alone continue to teach anyone how to sail.
Their son, Owen, died suddenly at age 20 in February 2019, devastating the Oshkosh family. With Owen s help, the family had taught thousands of children how to sail for free via their International Youth Sailing of Oshkosh (IYSO) program. After Owen s death, we didn t know if we d ever run the sailing program again, Sara said.
In spring 2020, the Eliasens had an idea they called Project OWEN: To run the free sailing school for one more summer for anyone, of any age, in northeastern Wisconsin. For Owen. For everyone who learned to sail. For everyone who was isolated inside during the coronavirus pandemic s early months.