Joint Finance schedules hearing on budget repair bill

The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance will hold a public hearing in Madison at 10 a.m. Tuesday (Feb. 15) relating to Gov. Walker’s proposed budget repair bill, giving the public an opportunity to weigh in on provisions of the bill including limiting collective bargaining for state employees and other state employee compensation issues.  The committee will hold an executive session following the public hearing. We’ll link to AP news coverage of this and related developments in our next issue.