Legislature sends Brewers ballpark funding package to Gov. Tony Evers for his signature

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers plans to sign into law a funding deal aimed at keeping the Milwaukee Brewers in Wisconsin after it cleared the state Legislature with bipartisan votes in both chambers on Tuesday.

The proposal passed the state Senate on a 19-14 vote Tuesday morning following lengthy negotiations that went into Monday evening. The Assembly approved the Senate’s amended version late Tuesday afternoon with a 72-26 vote — a larger margin than the earlier version it approved last month…

Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, argued the deal should have looked more like the package that funded the Milwaukee Bucks’ Fiserv Forum, with changes including a 50-50 split between private and public funding, a ticket tax on all events including games and commercial development around the stadium. Sen. Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee, said he might have supported the legislation if the Brewers’ contribution was significantly increased.