Gov. Jim Doyle will head into his next two-year state budget with a little less cash on hand, new figures show. The state will end its current two-year budget cycle, which expires June 30, with a general fund balance of $127.7 million, according to figures released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
The new figures are about $88.6 million less than the $216.3 million ending balance that Doyle’s administration had projected just two months ago.