Gov. Scott Walker signed the biennial budget, which includes a $1 billion income tax cut and increased aid for public schools, into law Sunday, according to a press release.
The budget also includes controversial provisions such as the expansion of private school vouchers and changes to Medicaid eligibility, as well as a $100 million investment in workforce development.
“We focused on making life better for the residents of our state, and this budget builds upon a solid foundation for the future,” Walker said in the press release. “We’re heading in the right direction and moving Wisconsin forward.”
Walker vetoed 57 items in the budget, including a provision that would have forced the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism to leave its current office space in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Vilas Hall.
Walker signed the budget in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., at Catalyst Exhibits, which is a marketing services company that brought over 100 jobs to Wisconsin when it relocated to the state in 2011, according to the press release.
