MADISON, Wis. — Budget negotiations between Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans who control the state Legislature have broken down, leaving lawmakers on a short timeline to draft their own proposal.

The GOP-led Joint Finance Committee met Thursday to work on a new two-year budget for only the third time this year. Two years ago, at this time, the committee had met seven times to vote on spending plans for state agencies.

The governor and top Republicans had been meeting for weeks to try to reach a deal on tax cuts, education funding, and other priorities. In separate statements issued Wednesday evening, Evers and GOP leaders from both chambers of the Legislature announced that they had reached an impasse.

“We’ve spent months trying to have real, productive conversations with Repu

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