Human Needs Services Endangered by Budget Standoff

The budget clock is also ticking in Wisconsin as the Governor and the University of Wisconsin chancellors have both denounced the budget approved by the Assembly, saying that the budget cuts included would increase class sizes in universities and decrease class offerings. A conference committee is currently meeting to reconcile the Assembly budget with the Senate's which included tax increases and a health care plan. Senator Neal Kedzie says the state "could be in for a very long and bumpy ride."