WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE
Government and Political Roundup: Blame game all around in latest jobs report
-- Governor Scott Walker blames numbers showing Wisconsin lagging in job growth on the political turmoil which swept the state early in his term.
March 29, 2013
Government and Political Roundup: Cutting wolf permit fees questioned
-- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp says the governor’s decision to cut wolf permit fees from 100 dollars to 47 dollars for state residents brings them more in line with bear hunting permits.
March 27, 2013
Letter from Sen. Vinehout: Sand Mines in our communities -- Your right to know
By Sen. Kathleen Vinehout , March 26, 2013
Government and Political Roundup: New school report cards don't tell whole story, politican says
-- The head of the Wisconsin Senate’s education committee says the new report cards that were given to public schools last summer don’t tell the whole story.
March 22, 2013
Thursday State News Briefs: Milwaukee's northern suburbs state's healthiest
Wisconsin News-- People in Milwaukee’s far northern suburbs are the healthiest in Wisconsin.
March 21, 2013
State Government and Political Roundup: Walker's plans to borrow a billion and add employees questioned
-- The head of the Walker administration was put on the defensive yesterday, as his fellow Republicans questioned plans to borrow a billion-dollars and add 700 new state employees.
March 20, 2013
Letter from Sen. Vinehout: Welcome to Spring! Snow, Ice, Floods ... and Drought?
By Sen. Kathleen Vinehout , March 19, 2013
Government and Political Roundup: Tiffany sells cruise business
-- A Wisconsin senator who took a lead role in passing the state’s mining incentive bill has sold a cruise business – because he no longer has time to run it.
March 19, 2013
Budget woes worry schools
-- State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (R-River Falls) knew she was on the hot seat when she showed up at Osceola, Wis. High School on March 7.
By Jeff Holmquist , March 14, 2013
Government and Political Roundup: Debate over Act 10 continues
-- The state-and-federal courts still don’t agree on whether Wisconsin’s Act-10 is totally in place.
March 13, 2013
Letter from Sen. Vinehout: Local Educators -- Worst education budget in 30 years
By Sen. Kathleen Vinehout , March 12, 2013
Government and Political Roundup: Speculation begins on when mine opens
-- Governor Scott Walker says he won’t venture a guess as to when a new mine could open under the terms of the new mining permit regulations he signed yesterday.
March 12, 2013
State Government and Political Roundup: Gov. Walker to sign mining incentive bill today
-- Governor Scott Walker will sign Wisconsin’s mining incentive bill this afternoon at two factories that could end up supplying equipment for the proposed Gogebic Taconite iron ore mine.
March 11, 2013
Bill introduced in legislature to say life starts at conception
Wisconsin News-- Legislation to refine Wisconsin state law to say life starts at conception has been introduced at Capitol.
March 10, 2013
Assembly passes mining bill; now heads toward Governor
-- After nine-and-a-half hours of debate, the state Assembly voted 58-to-39 last evening to make it easier for the largest mine in Wisconsin history to be built in the far north.
March 08, 2013
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