Wisconsin Gov. Evers signs GOP-written state budget with $2B tax cut
![Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signs the Republican-written state budget that includes a $2 billion income tax cut at Cumberland Elementary School, Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Whitefish Bay, Wis.](https://kstp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/kstp_1280WIGovEversStateBudgetSigningAP-1.jpg)
Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signs the Republican-written state budget that includes a $2 billion income tax cut at Cumberland Elementary School, Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Whitefish Bay, Wis. [AP Photo/Scott Bauer]
Gov. Tony Evers has signed the Republican-written state budget, enacting a spending plan that includes a $2 billion income tax cut.
Evers, a Democrat who is running for reelection next year, signed the budget Thursday.
However, he kept the income tax cut intact. Evers opted to go along with the GOP-written budget with some changes through his vetoes rather than killing the entire plan, a move that would have put $2.3 billion in federal coronavirus relief funding for K-12 schools in jeopardy.
That money only comes to the state if funding for schools increases enough to meet federal requirements, which the budget as signed would do.