MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Governor Tony Evers unveils a capital budget he calls a critical step to address aging infrastructure.
With a $4.3 billion price tag, the Democratic governor’s proposal includes nearly $1.6 billion for projects on Universities of Wisconsin campuses and more than $493 million for costs of his previously announced plan to overhaul Wisconsin’s Corrections system.
Evers warned putting off the projects could drive up the final costs amid President Donald Trump’s push for tariffs, but the Republican co-chairs of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, Senator Howard Marklein and Representative Mark Born quickly called the plan another example of Evers’ “irresponsible spending.”