The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee met Wednesday to take up several proposals to spend the state's $385 million surplus.
Legislature's Budget Committee Starts To Whittle Down $385 Million Surplus
MATTHEW DeFOUR mdefour@madison.com, Wisconsin State Journal
Wed, 02/07/2018 - 2:03pm
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