Almost all state workers will have to take furloughs, regardless of whether their paychecks come from the state, federal grants, or private sources, under versions of the budget passed by both the state Assembly and Senate.
Some state workers paid with federal grants, particularly university researchers, argued they shouldnâ??t have to take the 16 unpaid days off as mandated by Gov. Doyle over the next two years because it wouldnâ??t save the state money.
An amendment proposed by Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, that would have shielded some of those employees from taking furloughs never made it into the Assembly’s budget.