April 25, 2008
Volume #30, Issue #12
FIXING THE BUDGET
DEFICIT: DEAL OR NO DEAL?
- Spokespersons for
Senate Majority Leader Russ
Decker and Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch say that they continue to make progress
on the budget and
could reach an agreement as early as next week. However, no details of an
imminent deal have been
released. It is tough to read the tea leaves on the mostly private budget
negotiations. Meanwhile, AFSCME
continues to lobby the Legislature to protect services and preserve the budget.
In an
effort to bring about a conclusion to the budget talks, Governor Doyle this week
began publicly
discussing some of the consequences of not reaching a budget compromise soon.
The Governor suggested
that one possible scenario might be that a delay or cutbacks in transportation
projects beginning this
summer.
LEGISLATIVE WEBSITES. . .For those
"online", here are some good info spots: