Evers continued his “go for broke” budget strategy with the release of his $3.8 billion capital budget plan last Wednesday. This is in addition to Evers’ executive budget, which he released last month. His new $3.8 billion capital budget seeks to spend $1.4 billion more than the current budget, a 58% increase. The Republican controlled legislature rejected Evers’ last capital budget for 2021-23, and that was for $2.4 billion. All in all, other than Rep. Steffen, there’s been little reaction from Republican lawmakers over the governor’s capital budget.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 08, 2023 17:27 UTC