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Wednesday, January 7, 2009 |
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Legislators & Legislative Issues.
Wausau Daily Herald. Sen. Decker plans to reintroduce Healthy
Wisconsin insurance reform bill this legislative session.
Green Bay Press Gazette. State politicians focus on drunken driving
laws.
Sen. Grothman. Asks
UW researchers questions.
Wisconsin State
Journal story.
State Agencies & Officials.
DOT. Governor
approves $1.4 million for specialized public transit.
New Freedom
Projects.
Statewide.
La Crosse Tribune. Wisconsinites -- by the (census)
numbers.
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel. Walker says no thanks to federal stimulus dollars.
Stevens Point Journal. Portage County police say serial OWI
offenders hard to deter.
Jobs & Economy.
Wisconsin State
Journal. Wolf Appliance lays off 79 hourly employees.
Wisconsin State
Journal. Employment drops less than one percent in Madison area.
Education.
Appleton Post Crescent. Neenah School Board delays vote on budget
cuts.
Wausau Daily Herald. Merrill School Board supports ballot measure to
increase revenue.
Healthcare.
Green Bay Press Gazette. Area healthcare providers face heavy
financial burden.
Local Officials & Issues.
La Crosse Tribune. City OKs ambulance referendum with self-imposed
ban.
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel. Dodge County sheriff says Milwaukee official tried
to avoid OWI arrest.
Appleton Post Crescent. Outagamie County recycling pickup issue may
be over by March.
Oshkosh Northwestern. Adult entertainment laws adopted.
Campaigns, Elections & Politics.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. State Supreme Court contest, DPI chief
race top spring ballots. |
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Tuesday, January 6, 2008 |
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Legislators & Legislative Issues.
Sen. Kanavas.
Statement on legislative salary increases.
Sen. Jauch, Rep.
Sherman. Brunsweiler River legislation to honor Martin Hanson
announced.
Rep. Stone. Looks
at opportunities in new legislative session.
Sen. Kapanke.
Looks ahead to legislative session.
Sen. Ellis.
One-time federal funds won't fix deficit.
Letter to governor.
Sen. Hopper.
To donate legislative pay increase to local charity.
Appleton Post Crescent. Gov. Doyle: Wisconsin's budget issue front,
center.
Kenosha News. Challenges await legislators as new session begins.
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel. Governor-appointed Wisconsin DNR position may
revert to panel vote.
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel. Editorial. Child Welfare:
Seeking transparency.
Wisconsin State
Journal. Editorial. Mission impossible for schools.
Wisconsin Radio Network. Fitzgerald's predictions: Tax
hikes, revenue increases & Healthy Wisconsin reprise from Dems.
River Falls Journal. Decker says state could have its own
stimulus package.
Portage Daily Register. Lawmakers push for Amber-like alert
for elderly.
State Agencies & Officials.
WisDOT. Local governments receive share of fuel tax,
registration fees.
WisDOT. Stillwater lift bridge open house January 8th.
DWD. Weekly meeting
notices.
DNR.
Weekly News Report (celebrations, viewing events highlight successful
recovery of bald eagles in Wisconsin, more).
Dept. of Corrections.
Most wanted sex offender located after 15 years as fugitive.
Wisconsin Technology
Network. Digital expert touts use of social computing by
government.
Wisconsin State
Journal. Editorial. Weigh in on state transport
plan.
Beloit Daily News. Editorial: Nothing gained from
secrecy.Jobs & Economy.
Forbes Magazine. Ten cities for job growth in 2009 (includes
Madison).
Janesville Gazette. GM's SUV numbers continue to tumble.
Wisconsin Dells Events. Housing not selling like it used to.
Dairy Herd Management. Cheese prices collapse.
Statewide..
Green Bay Press Gazette. Zero in Wisconsin program aims to cut state
traffic fatalities.
Green Bay Press Gazette. State snowmobile accidents kill seven so
far in 2009.
Organizations.
Cooperative Network.
WFC-MAC changes name.
Association for
Equity in Funding. January newsletter.
Wisconsin Policy
Research Institute. Announces leadership transition.
CASH. Criticizes DOT
attorney fees proposal.
Budget request.
CAP Services.
Mary Patoka appointed CAP Services president and CEO.
Education.
Wisconsin
Association of School Boards. QEO, part of the settlement.
New North.
Ten New North high schools named among nation's best.
UW-Madison. Study:
Risky behavior prominent on teen MySpace profiles.
Capital Times
story.
UW-Madison.
Study: Can nature's leading indicators presage environmental
disaster?
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel. Group claims school levy tax credit distribution
aids wealthier districts.
Oshkosh Northwestern. Editorial: State needs
innovation, collaboration, in schools. Health.
Marshfield Clinic. Clinic cardiologist performs first PFO
closure procedure in Weston.
Marshfield Clinic. New program helps children deal with cancer
in their families. Energy.
Lt. Governor Lawton.
School District of Horicon accepts Energy Star School Challenge.
UW Madison. Deep
drilling begins for Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery geothermal
system.
Courts.
Murfeesboro (Tennessee) Post. Red-light cameras are legal, US
appeals court rules.
Seventh Circuit
Court of Appeals. Parveen Idris, et al v. City of Chicago.
Wisconsin State
Journal. (Federal) Judge Shabaz sends resignation to Bush - again.
Shabaz letter.
Campaigns, Elections & Politics.
Milwaukee Police
Supervisors' Organization. Endorses Judge Koschnick in Supreme
Court race.
Wisconsin Law Journal. Candidates Boll and Troupis seek better
service from State Bar.
Falk for Dane County
Executive. Begins re-election campaign.
Local Officials & Issues.
Milw. Co. Exec. Walker.
Names interim director of transportation and public works.
Madison Mayor
Cieslewicz. Begins blog.
Dane County Executive
Falk. Nominations extended for 2009 Dane County Martin Luther
King, Jr. recognition award.
Nomination form.
Wisconsin State
Journal. Recycling a losing deal for Madison in November.
Appleton Post Crescent. Menasha Utilities steam plant may get $21
million boost from Wisconsin aid.
Wausau Daily Herald. City studies housing program designed to
counteract rash of foreclosures.
Racine Journal Times. School board president leaving post; former
Sen. Plache running for board.
The Capital
Times. New coalition attacks the "culture" of alcohol use.
Congress.
Sen. Feingold.
Statement on reported nomination of Leon Panetta to be the next CIA
director.
Sen. Feingold.
To reintroduce, add to E4 initiative.
Noted.
Racine Journal Times. Former Racine resident crowned champion liar. |
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Monday, January 5, 2009 |
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Legislators & Legislative Issues.
Speaker
Sheridan. Delivers address to inaugural body.
Text of speech.
Speaker
Sheridan. Announces Assembly support staffing decisions for
2009-2010 session.
Sen. Fitzgerald.
Time for Democrats to reconsider tax, fee increase proposals.
Sen. Taylor, Rep.
Kleefisch. Wisconsin leaders establish bipartisan committee to
analyze prison growth, crime and recidivism
Sen. Grothman.
Criticizes Governor Doyle, begs Congress not to send any more money to
states.
Sen. Kanavas.
Statement marking the beginning of the legislative session.
WISTAX.
Wisconsin federal, state and local taxes claimed 34.2% of income in 2008.
Milwaukee
Rising. Higher gas taxes on the way?
WISPIRG.
New study: Both good signs and red flags in state's transportation
stimulus wish list.
State-by-state
comparison.
The Report.
Wisconsin
League of Conservation Voters. Conservation Notices of the
Week.
Wisconsin Women's Council. Women in the Wisconsin Legislature,
2009.
Racine Journal Times. Most local legislators keeping pay raises.
La Crosse Tribune. $5.4 billion problem to dominate Wisconsin
legislative session.
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel. senate to take on child welfare.
The Capital Times.
Editorial: Decker right to be skeptical of OWI proposals.
Wisconsin State
Journal. Editorial: Leadership test: Who
passed?
Wisconsin State
Journal. Editorial: Please, GOP, don't isolate
yourself.
Jobs & Economy.
DWD. Governor
Doyle announces additional assistance for dislocated workers at APV
North America, Lake Mills.
Sen. Feingold.
Kicks off 2009 listening session tour with focus on job creation and the
economy.
Sen. Feingold.
Kicks off 2009 listening session tour with focus on job creation and the
economy.
Racine Journal Times. State economist: 'The worst in a generation.'
Stevens Point Journal. Job Centers troubles could lead to problems
for ex-workers.
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel. Economists say 2009 likely to be worse than 2008.
Wisconsin Radio Network. Bad economy could help scammers.
Wall
Street Journal. Calls grow to cap property taxes.
Dubuque
Telegraph Herald. Food stamp assistance soars.
Green Bay Press Gazette. Oshkosh defense contract could be
worth $1 billion.
PRNewswire. Penda Corporation and Durakon Industries, Inc. to
merge.
State Officials & Agencies.
Dept. of Health
Services. Early cervical cancer detection saves lives.
Dept of Health Services.
Seth Foldy named administrator of Division of Public Health.
Dept. of Health Services.
Testing and controlling home radon is a wise investment.
DOJ. Enbridge
Energy settles lawsuit with state.
WisDOT. State
ends 2008 with fewest traffic deaths since 1944...launches Zero in
Wisconsin traffic safety campaign.
WisDOT. Seeks public comment on transportation plan - meeting
in Madison.
WisDOT. Seeks public comment on transportation plan - meeting
in La Crosse.
Office of Justice
Assistance. Most wanted sex offender located after 15 years as
fugitive.
La Crosse Tribune. Health care licenses don't require background
checks.
Janesville
Gazette. Editorial: Accountability is lacking for
state's accountability board.
Education.
Insight School of
Wisconsin. Parents, students invited to online school
information session.
UW Stout.
Launches center to help other universities with survey needs.
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel. 2009 could be crucial year for changes in schools,
nationally and in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel. Mequon college's turbine rises.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. UW researcher finds link between age,
birth order and autism.
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel. UW System diversity plan results show more needs
to be done.
Eau Claire Leader Telegram. Op Ed: Julie Furst-Bowe:
More money for UW System worthy investment.
Energy.
Alliant Energy
Foundation. Improving quality of life is focus of Foundation
grants.
Lt. Governor Lawton.
School District of Ashland accepts Energy Star School Challenge.
RiverTowns.net.
Operation HELP sees increased need, utilities tell the tale.
Press
Media Wire. Deadly electrical pollution will slow economic
recovery.
Healthcare.
WI Medical Society.
Collaboration leads to electronic solution.
WI Medical Society.
Building primary care interest in Wisconsin not about money.
Wisconsin Technology
Network. Induced pluripoint stem cells steal limelight from
embryonic stem cells.
Farmers Health
Cooperative of Wisconsin. To offer dental coverage in 2009.
Marshfield News. Residents work to improve health care with
projects.
Local Officials & Issues.
Dane County Exec.
Falk. New year to bring first meetings of new Dane County
Alcohol Coalition.
Dane County Exec.
Falk. Dane County recognized for excellence in financial
reporting.
Dane County Exec. Falk.
Weekly schedule.
Milwaukee Mayor
Barrett. Names new communications director.
Kenosha News. County awaits BadgerCare benefits.
Green Bay Press Gazette. Area nursing homes get federal ratings.
Oshkosh Northwestern. TIF not in plans for EAA expansion.
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel. 17 years later, transit impasse drags on.
The Capital Times.
Editorial: Betty Smith's civil and civic Republicanism.
Seattle Times. San Francisco considers plan to charge drivers.
Statewide.
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation. Women's conference in La
Crosse set for March.
Wisconsin Law Journal. 2008 in Review.
Boardman Law Firm.
Bob Gregg: Legal and legislative update on employment law.
PRNewswire. TV4US celebrates one year of cable choice in
Wisconsin.
Stevens Point Journal. Grocery assistance up 22% statewide.
Social Security
Admin. January columns.
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel. Editorial: Government, our Yankee
legacy.
Congress.
Sen. Feingold.
Outlines priorities for 2009.
Campaigns, Elections & Politics.
Koschnick for
Supreme Court. Files nomination papers.
Letter to Justice
Abrahamson.
Pledge.
Appleton Post Crescent. Five candidates vie for superintendent of
education.
Kenosha News. Local candidate for state education post pushes new
ideas, better pay for teachers.
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel. U. S. attorney hopefuls stepping up.
St. Paul
Pioneer Press. Ballots retallied, but race isn't over
(Franken/Coleman) |
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Friday, January 2, 2009 |
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Economy.
DOR. National,
state economic crises deepen.
Executive Summary.
State Agencies & Officials.
Commissioner of Insurance.
Open meetings notice.
Courts.
Supreme Court.
January Calendar. Case
summaries.
Noted.
Axley Brynelson.
Attorneys named Madison Magazine 2009 top lawyers. |
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