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Home » Subscribers Only » Budget » JFC nixes Evers’ call to create new bureau for DNR scientists
Joint Finance Committee Republicans rejected Gov. Tony Evers’ call to create a new bureau to house the DNR’s scientists while approving two of the five new positions he wanted to create. The GOP motion also proposed increasing by $4 million borrowing for contaminated sediment removal in Lake Michigan, Lake Superior and their tributaries rather than the $25 million increase he wanted. Since 2007, $...