After four years of job cuts across state government, the budget introduced Wednesday by Gov. Jim Doyle proposes a change in course, increasing the number of positions for the first time in his tenure and essentially bringing the state full circle.
The budget proposes that by June 2009, there would be 68,085 jobs in state government including the UW System and UW Hospital and Clinics in Madison – seven fewer than when Doyle took office in January 2003.