Walker's Budget Plan: Deep Cuts for Schools

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MADISON - After focusing for weeks on his proposal to strip public employees of most collective bargaining rights, Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday presented his full budget - a plan that cuts $1.5 billion in aid to public schools, local government and Medicaid but avoids any tax or fee increases, furloughs or widespread layoffs.

Walker said the cuts could be paid for in large part by forcing government employees to pay more for their pension and health care benefits. And the governor, whose cost-cutting ideas have stirred a national debate over public-sector unions, gave no indication he would soften his demand to reduce their power at the negotiating table.

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Walker's Budget Plan: Deep Cuts for Schools

"This is a reform budget," Walker told lawmakers inside the Assembly chamber as protesters on the floor below screamed, banged on drums and...

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