Published: March 3, 2010
Tags: bill, Bruenig, expansion, Highway 12, Hilgenberg, Merrimac, Richard Marks, Sauk City, Schultz, utility, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT
By Paul Snyder
Sauk City refuses to let the state expand Highway 12 within village borders until someone comes up with more than $1 million to move the sewer, water and electric lines under the road.
“We feel if the state is going to do this project and come in and tell us it’s going to be [...]
Published: March 3, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security, Bartell, bill, Brothers Bar & Grill, eminent domain, Godfrey & Kahn SC, Joint Committee on Finance, Kessler, state Assembly, state Senate, UW System, UW System Board of Regents, Vruwink, Wittenwyler
By Paul Snyder
A bill that would increase legislative oversight of the University of Wisconsin System’s use of eminent domain lacks enough votes to make it to the Assembly floor.
State Rep. Fred Kessler, D-Milwaukee, said the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security will not vote on the bill before the legislative session ends next [...]
Published: February 26, 2010
Tags: agricultural land, bill, conversion tax, developers, farmland preservation program, Foye, Pat Stevens, Schultz, Tom Larson, Trade and Consumer Protection, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Wisconsin Realtors Association, zoning
By Paul Snyder
Builders groups are cheering on a bill that would suspend a tax developers and landowners face when they rezone agricultural land.
“The tax is a terrible thing to be doing at this time,” said Pat Stevens, general counsel for the Wisconsin Builders Association. “It just squeezed developers more in an already difficult economic climate.”
The [...]
Published: February 18, 2010
Tags: annexation, bill, Ed Huck, Jorgensen, Mikalson, Stadelman, Updike, Wisconsin Alliance of Cities, Wisconsin Department of Administration, Wisconsin Towns Association
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Veterans of the annexation battles between towns and municipalities are split over a bill that would define the rules of engagement.
The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Andy Jorgenson, D-Fort Atkinson, would prevent cities and villages from annexing town land that is not contiguous — or adjacent — to municipal property.
The bill also would [...]
Published: February 16, 2010
Tags: bill, budget, Dan Thompson, Fitzgerald, Huck, income tax, Krueger, League of Wisconsin Municipalities, Plale, property tax, roadwork, sales tax, shared revenue, Wisconsin Alliance of Cities
By Paul Snyder
Local governments facing a grim future of postponed roadwork and delayed capital projects are hailing a bill that would force the state to return more money.
But standing between the bill’s proposal and passage is the equally grim reality that the state doesn’t have any more money to return.
“This sounds kind of gimmicky,” said [...]
Published: February 12, 2010
Tags: amendment, bill, health care, insurance, Lemberg Electric Co. Inc., letter to the editor, Merkley, reform
To the editor:
I’ve followed the health reform debates and wonder what it will mean for my bottom line. I support the amendment by U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, and it would actually help me continue to provide health care to our employees.
Under the Senate bill, small businesses with less than 50 employees are not required [...]
Published: February 11, 2010
Tags: bill, Doyle, Joint Examining Board of Architects, landscape architect, Landscape Architect Accreditation Board, Landscape Architects, landscaping, law, license, Professional Engineers, Risser, Shilling
Gov. Jim Doyle on Thursday signed a bill into law requiring a license to practice landscape architecture in Wisconsin.
The bill — authored by state Rep. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, and state Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison — upgrades the definition of a certified landscape architect in the state to a licensed landscape architect.
To gain licensure, a [...]
Published: February 10, 2010
Tags: bill, blog, contractor, Fetters, Hot Topics, risk transfer, Sen. Lena Taylor, subcontractor
By Tom Fetters
copy editor
Why shouldn’t the “you break it, you bought it” rule apply to all construction companies?
Published: February 5, 2010
Tags: bill, Doyle, Energy Composites, jobs, stimulus
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle says a bill he signed into law will help the state increase access to federal bonds and create hundreds of jobs in Wisconsin.
Doyle signed the bill Friday at Energy Composites, a wind blade manufacturing plant in Wisconsin Rapids.
The bill allows cities and counties to tap into unused bonding [...]
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: AGC, Assembly Committee on Campaign Reform, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, bill, Boullion, campaign contribution, election, Schneider, Smith, Stone
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Legislative and industry skepticism is stacking up against a bill that would prohibit contractors on state projects from contributing to political campaigns.
State Rep. Marlin Schneider, D-Wisconsin Rapids, said he is willing to amend his bill, which in its current state would prohibit any officer or substantial owner of a company from contributing to [...]
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