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School advocates are complaining that the Republican-authored state budget doesn't commit enough state aid to education even though the federal government is set to pump billions in coronavirus relief aid into Wisconsin districts.

The joint finance committee has wrapped up its work on Wisconsin's next biennial budget and now it’s expected to go to the full Legislature for a vote. Republicans who control the committee finished by proposing a $3.3 billion income and property tax cut.

The Wisconsin Legislature’s budget-writing committee has finished its work on the state's next two-year spending plan, paving the way for the Senate and Assembly to vote on it later this month. The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee took its final votes on the budget Thursday.

The state is expected to take in $4.4 billion more than previously projected and it will be up to Democrats and Republicans in Madison to decide how to use this money to address the problems facing Wisconsin.

On Thursday, Wisconsin’s Joint Committee on Finance held an executive session on the state’s biennial budget. One of the biggest sections of the budget is on the state’s Department of Corrections.

Wisconsin's state budget is projected to see revenue growth of $4.4 billion above previous estimates by the middle of 2023.

Republicans in control of the Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee approved nearly $1.5 billion in building projects around the state Tuesday, about $810 million less than Democratic Gov. Tony Evers proposed.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers refused to rule out the possibility of vetoing the entire state budget that's currently being written by a Republican-controlled legislative committee.

Republicans, along a party line vote, essentially scrapped the Wisconsin Democratic governor's entire two-year spending proposal and instead began crafting their own budget based off of the current budget.

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Milwaukee Common Council President Cavalier Johnson attended the Joint Committee on Finance hearing Wednesday. They said without the ability to increase revenue, continue budget cuts would be required.