Nothing, including cutting state government jobs and spending on education, will be off the table as Wisconsin deals with the national economic downturn that could put the state $3 billion in the red, Gov. Jim Doyle warned Wednesday.
….Despite the current economic turmoil, Doyle said he was optimistic the state could make it through the rest of this year without emergency action.
However, Doyle said he ordered state agencies to cut 10 percent from their proposals for the budget that will take effect July 1. That’s after he already told them to cut millions of dollars in agency spending and not expect any increases over the next two years.