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As far as the state budget, Doyle said there are some areas that can't be held flat, but that for most departments "I'm telling everybody if you come out of this where you were two years ago, you should be very, very happy."

Doyle said that even areas he wants to protect, such as K-12 and higher education, medical expenses programs, corrections, and funding for local fire and police, can expect flat or reduced budgets.

"All of those are going to see, if nothing else, held even, or some cuts; everybody's going to have to tighten their belts," Doyle said. "Even those areas where we have to protect priorities are not going to come out unscathed."

...On the topic of his own state budget, Doyle said he was reluctant to give specifics about planned cuts, though he did say it is "likely that some of the really high levels of service that we provide" are going to see some cuts.

"I'm being a little vague on this because if I mention one we will have this huge political fight over that and I'm holding off until I present the whole budget in February and everybody sees how it all balances," Doyle said.

For the coming fiscal year, groups that rely on state grants can expect a cut.

"If it's state funds they depend on, they better just sort of assume that at best they're going to get what they got in the last budget and they may well see a cut," he said.

Public employees should expect flat salaries unless contracts already in place mandate increases, Doyle said..

"I don't think anybody should be expecting raises over the next two years," Doyle said. "I don't think that should be any secret to people."

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