Scientists targeted for cuts working on politically charged issues

Associated Press: The group of state Department of Natural Resources scientists that Republican lawmakers targeted for cuts has been working on a number of politically charged issues in recent years, including climate change, pollution and mining. Republicans say the cuts are designed to refocus the DNR on more practical research projects that help hunters and anglers. But Democrats say the GOP wants to slap the researchers down as political payback. “It has to be political,” Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, a member......

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