MADISON â?? Gov. Jim Doyle released his plan for solving the stateâ??s $527 million budget shortfall on Monday, but without agreement from the Democrats who control the state Senate or the Republican majority in the Assembly, its prospects are dim.
Doyleâ??s plan relies on a hospital tax that Republicans blocked last year, a transfer from the stateâ??s transportation fund and a variety of other cuts. Layoffs and dramatic reductions in state services would not be necessary, Doyle said.