Joint Finance approves release of $31.9M to UW for workforce development

The Joint Finance Committee voted unanimously today to release $31.9 million to the Universities of Wisconsin to fund efforts to produce more graduates in high-demand areas such as nursing and engineering. But Dems bemoaned the delay in releasing the money that was included in the budget Dem Gov. Tony Evers signed in July and the ensuing challenges they said Republicans imposed upon campuses by pu...