A year ago lawmakers exuberantly approved a more than $800 million tax-cut package after budget forecasters projected a nearly billion-dollar windfall in unanticipated tax revenue.
STATE BUDGET | ROAD TO SHORTFALL PAVED WITH TAX CUTS
Difficult state budget a 'self-inflicted wound'
Rep. Dale Kooyenga, R-Brookfield, mingles with other legislators before Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's State of the State address last month. A year ago Kooyenga promised the state's structural deficit would be gone, but revenue projections turned out to be wrong.
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau advises the Legislature it doesn't have more revenue for K-12 schools, UW System, roads.
The governor made the suggestion Wednesday in response to concerns about a $300 million cut to the UW System.
The governor announced Thursday several budget proposals that he said will help make more Wisconsin workers ready for jobs.
The governor gave his fourth State of the State address months before he stands for re-election and amid talk of a 2016 presidential run.
