Walker Signs Budget, Touts Highlights

Fourth and fifth graders surrounded Governor Scott Walker today (Thursday) when he signed the new state budget into law. The Republican Walker approved the two year, 76-billion dollar package at Tullar (tool’er) Elementary School in Neenah. The Republican Walker did not try to give the kids a civics lesson by explaining why the budget was almost three months late — the main reason being a dispute among majority Republicans on how to pay for new roads. But Walker did tout an extra 639-million dollars in public school aid. He also said it eliminates the state portion of the property tax that generally went to forestry programs — and it said the typical homeowner will pay less in local taxes when their bills come in December.