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State Budget: Republicans Agree to Some Spending Increases

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The latest budget offer made by Assembly Republicans would spend more than they originally wanted on the University of Wisconsin and restore money for state employee wages.But they still won’t go along with the Governor Jim Doyle’s proposed taxes on hospitals and cigarettes.Shawn Johnson reports…

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