Democratic Gov. Tony Evers traded tax cuts for increased spending on higher education, schools and child care in a Wisconsin budget compromise with legislative Republicans.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a new two-year budget in the early morning hours Thursday in a race against Congress to ensure the state gets a federal Medicaid match that it would lose under President Trump's tax and spending cuts package.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a new two-year budget that will affect nearly every person in the battleground state.