(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed the state’s budget into law in the early morning hours Thursday after the state Legislature passed the bill during sessions that spanned all of Wednesday with the Assembly running into early Thursday.

State leaders rushed to complete the bill before a federal reconciliation bill was signed to set funding levels for a hospital assessment program that leads to federal funding for the state. That funding mechanism was the reason Senate President Mary Felzkowski, R-Tomahawk, pointed out when voting against the budget bill.