The state’s budget shortfall over the next two years has grown by $346 million, to $5.75 billion, said a report released Thursday.
That report from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau came out a day after Gov. Jim Doyle – without specifics – warned in his “state of the state” speech that the deficit would rise.
“The numbers today should demonstrate we don’t know where we’re headed as a country,” Doyle said at a stop in DeForest. “One of the things I have to keep very much in mind is that these are the numbers we have today and we have to be very concerned about what the numbers are, what this looks like three months from now and six months from now.”