WPR

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers says school leaders are “beside themselves” after the Legislature rejected a deal he negotiated that would have boosted education funding in exchange for tax cuts. In an interview with WISN-TV in Milwaukee, Evers blamed the impasse on “politics,” but focused his criticism on Democratic state senators and U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican candidate for governor. The $1.8 billion deal the state Senate rejected Wednesday would have spent $315 million on special education. It would also have spent another $300 million on general school aid, which would have the effect of driving down property taxes under Wisconsin’s school funding formula.