State health officials announced Sunday that over 100,000 Wisconsinites have been vaccinated for COVID-19. According to data from the Department of Health Services, 2,465 additional individuals received their second dose on Sunday, bringing the statewide total of fully vaccinated individuals to 101,219.
Officials released more than 10,000 pages of emails to the Wisconsin State Journal in response to a public records request for communications pertaining to the election.
Proposed Budget Cuts Would Basically Gut Hawaii State Auditor s Office - Honolulu Civil Beat
Proposed Budget Cuts Would ‘Basically Gut’ Hawaii State Auditor’s Office
Days after he ordered an investigation into the office, the House Speaker wants to cut the watchdog agency’s budget in half far more than any other state agency. Reading time: 5 minutes.
House Speaker Scott Saiki is proposing deep cuts to the budget for the state Auditor’s office, a watchdog agency that is tasked with holding state agencies accountable for their performance and use of taxpayer dollars.
State Auditor Les Kondo said the cuts would halve the budget for his office from $3.2 million down to $1.52 million and would force him to take steps such as laying off analysts or converting full-time workers to part time. Personnel costs alone for the office are $2.2 million, he said.
Fred Risser s Watchful Eye: Reflections on Legislative Service
Attorney and state Senator Fred Risser retires next month after 64 years of legislative service. This glimpse can only begin to recount the remarkable career of the longest serving state legislator in both Wisconsin and U.S. history. But, we ll give it a try.