The University of Wisconsin-River Falls received vital support today for its proposed Science and Technology Innovation Center.
The Wisconsin Legislature Joint Committee on Finance voted Wednesday, June 9, 2021, to include a $111.73 million request toward the $116.73 million SciTech project in the stateâs 2021-23 capital budget.Â
âThe commitment will allow UWRF to move forward with plans to replace its terribly outdated science facilities and offer a unique university/business collaboration hub that will benefit our students and local employers alike,â Interim Chancellor Connie Foster said. âWe will actively be exploring options regarding the additional $5 million in gifts and grants required for the project, having already benefited from a $1 million challenge gift from UWRF alumni entrepreneurs Jeff and Kristi Cernohous.â
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Republicans who control the Legislature's budget-writing committee scrapped Gov. Tony Evers' plan Wednesday to hand the Department of Workforce Development $15 million to improve how it administers unemployment benefits.
Flickr Republicans rejected a proposal from Gov. Tony Evers to give the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development $15 million to improve administration of unemployment benefits, suggesting instead he direct federal aid money to the department.
Republicans who control the Legislature s budget-writing committee scrapped Gov. Tony Evers plan Wednesday to hand the Department of Workforce Development $15 million to improve how it administers unemployment benefits.
The agency has been plagued by lengthy delays in getting checks to people who have lost their jobs since the COVID-19 pandemic began last year. According to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau, the department was taking two weeks to adjudicate applicants eligibility details as of mid-May, up from nine days in the first week of March. Appeals were taking an average of 78 days to process as of mid-May, up from 74 days in the first week of March.
Republicans on the committee also rejected for the second time a Democratic proposals to legalize medical marijuana in the state as well as a measure that would have spent $40