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Wisconsin Republicans have chosen to give the state's embattled professional licensing agency a fraction of the new positions Democratic Gov. Tony Evers requested to improve turnaround times for applicants. Wait times for license applications to the state Department of Safety and Professional Services climbed to an average of nearly 80 days in 2021. That had dropped to 38 days earlier this year. But Republicans have still heaped criticism on Evers' administration for making life harder for license-seekers. Evers' budget called for creating 80 new positions in the agency. Republi...

Wisconsin's Republican-controlled finance committee voted Thursday to slash Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' request for 80 new licensing positions to a tentative 17.

Wisconsin Republicans have chosen to give the state's embattled professional licensing agency a fraction of the new positions Democratic Gov. Tony Evers requested to improve turnaround times for applicants. Wait

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Wisconsin's Republican-controlled finance committee voted Thursday to give the state's embattled professional licensing agency a fraction of the new positions that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers requested to improve application turnaround times. Evers had included 80 new positions for the Department of Safety and Professional Services in his budget proposal. Republicans on the finance committee voted