Gov. Scott Walker will reveal on Tuesday the full cuts in state programs such as health care for the poor and aid to local governments he says are needed to balance the state?s more than $3 billion budget deficit over the next two years.
At the same time, the state will hit a deadline for doing a refinancing deal that the Republican governor said is key to solving a more immediate budget problem and preventing the layoffs of up to 1,500 state workers. On Monday, Senate Democrats who have blocked that deal by holing up in Illinois put forward their own plan that they said could prevent the layoffs even if the refinancing falls through.