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Post by Logan on Mar 29, 2017 3:42:54 GMT -6
Fiscal bureau: Scott Walker's budget leaves $1.1 billion hole starting in 2019Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal for the state’s next budget creates a larger structural deficit than previously thought, nearly $1.1 billion, in the ensuing budget cycle beginning in 2019, the state’s nonpartisan fiscal office said Thursday. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau released the findings in a memo made public late Thursday. It shows Walker’s plan for the 2017-19 budget, which back-loads spending and tax cuts into its second fiscal year, leaves a structural deficit of $1.1 billion that lawmakers would have to erase in crafting the 2019-21 budget. A previous estimate from Walker’s office pegged the number at about $740 million. Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/fiscal-bureau-scott-walker-s-budget-leaves-billion-hole-starting/article_5eaadce4-6fcf-5e64-be0b-c982268ec0da.html
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