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Wis. Committee Approves Stimulus Spending

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Aug 27, 2009 3:12 pm US/Central

Wis. Committee Approves Stimulus Spending

MADISON, Wis. (AP) ― Spending federal stimulus money on everyone from children with disabilities to fish farmers has been approved by a Wisconsin legislative committee.

The Legislature's budget committee on Thursday unanimously approved spending more than $104 million in stimulus spending.

The largest chunk, $93 million, goes toward local road and bridge projects, including $4.6 million to help build a new Stillwater Bridge connecting Wisconsin to Minnesota across the St. Croix River.

Also approved was $1.8 million to replace the 43-year-old car ferry between Cassville and Guttenberg, Iowa, and $3 million for programs helping infants and toddlers with disabilities.

Also given the green light was $27,000 to assist fish farmers dealing with high feed costs.

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