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Gov. Tony Evers on Friday announced plans to launch mobile vaccination teams to speed up Wisconsin’s deployment of COVID-19 vaccinations, while also taking aim at the federal government for what he called a “botched” vaccine rollout. The new vaccine program comes as Evers and his administration face mounting criticism from state Republicans over Wisconsin’s vaccine deployment effort. State Assembly leaders on Wednesday criticized Evers’ COVID-19 vaccination dissemination as “woefully inadequate.” Adding to frustrations, the Democratic governor on Friday said...

Evers' latest proposal would appropriate more than $5.3 million to allow the state Department of Workforce Development to begin modernizing the unemployment system immediately, rather than wait for spending approval in the upcoming 2021-23 budget session.

Republican leaders in the state Legislature have rejected Gov. Tony Evers call for a special session next week to discuss more than $5.3 million in updates to the state's outdated unemployment system.

Evers' proposal would appropriate more than $5.3 million to allow the state Department of Workforce Development to begin modernizing the unemployment system immediately, rather than wait for spending approval in