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Associated Press  Republican lawmakers in the Wisconsin Senate
released a package of changes to the state budget early Friday
designed to win the support of several GOP colleagues and ensure
passage of the bill, and the Senate then adopted the revised
proposal. The following are details from the proposal:  An
accounting move to shift $268 million from one state fund to
another. The move would have no impact on the amount of overall
spending. But it would allow lawmakers to say they spend less
general purpose revenue  They proposed a further reduction to
the budgets of state agencies by $100 million over the next two
years. However, state agencies would be able to submit requests
to the Legislature's budget committee to receive almost all of
the money taken away.  A requirement for nonunion state
employees to contribute the first 1.5 percent paid toward their
retirements. The change would save the state $42.2 million over
the two-year period.  Th