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Doyle Signs Budget Repair Bill but Adds Big Spending Cuts Save Email Print
Posted: 2:16 PM May 17, 2008
Last Updated: 2:16 PM May 17, 2008
Reporter: Associated Press

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Governor Jim Doyle signed the state budget repair bill into law, but only after using vetoes to make state agencies cut more spending instead of delaying state aid payments to schools.

Doyle's vetoes also mean the state won't make another use of money set aside to make driver's licenses more secure.

The Legislature finally acted this week to pass the bill aimed at correcting a more than $500 million shortfall in the two-year budget.

A weak economy is blamed for causing the problem. It's left the state unable to collect enough sales, income and other taxes to cover its bills.

Under Doyle's vetoes, state agencies will have to cut $270 million from their budgets. That's $200 million more than the Legislature's version would require.

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