Frederica Freyberg:
Republicans on the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee took some big knives to Governor Evers’ budget this week, carving out 131 items. Among the cuts, Evers’ proposal to raise taxes on manufacturers and high-income earners. Also eliminated, the governor’s plan to use federal dollars to expand Medicaid coverage to over 80,000 Wisconsinites. Governor Evers responded to that cut by saying, “Folks voted for a change in November. They want us to bring Wisconsin’s federal tax dollars back into our state to invest in health care for all Wisconsinites and they want to see Democrats and Republicans work together to get it done.”
Next Friday night, Zac Schultz will have a special report on the battle over whether or not to expand Medicaid in Wisconsin.