Published: March 15, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on Jobs, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, bill, Boullion, certification, David Miller, Doyle, energy-efficient, green, Kaufert, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED, Milton School District, Molepske Jr., Roehl, the Economy and Small Business, The Renschler Co., Truelove, U.S. Green Building Council, University of Wisconsin System
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By Paul Snyder
A state lawmaker wants to require public buildings be constructed to green standards despite fears by project owners that the law would bust their project budgets.
State Rep. Louis Molepske Jr., D-Stevens Point, has introduced a bill requiring new public buildings or major building additions of at least 10,000 gross square feet achieve Leadership [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: Assembly, Doyle, KRM, regional transit, Scott Walker, Transportation Committee
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By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A broad coalition of Wisconsin business and labor officials, mayors, environmentalists and others urged the Legislature on Thursday to approve regional transit systems to ease congestion, improve transportation and create jobs.
Gov. Jim Doyle and lawmakers are trying to find a plan they can agree on that would [...]
Published: March 9, 2010
Tags: Community Development Block Grant Emergency Assistance Program, Doyle, Gays Mills, grant
Gov. Jim Doyle on Tuesday that Gays Mills will receive a $640,000 grant from Community Development Block Grant-Emergency Assistance Program to help the community relocate after storms and flooding in 2007 and 2008.
“I am very pleased that we could assist the village of Gays Mills in relocating,” Doyle said in a press release. “It is [...]
Published: March 3, 2010
Tags: commuter rail, Doyle, KRM
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle says he opposes a new regional transit plan for southeast Wisconsin unveiled by fellow Democrats in the state Assembly.
Doyle said he prefers the version that he worked on and announced in January along with business leaders in Milwaukee.
Doyle said Wednesday he believes his proposal has enough support to [...]
Published: March 3, 2010
Tags: Department of Administration, Department of Workforce Development, Doyle, DWD, Pocan
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle has approved a law that will require state agencies to make sure their contractors are performing the work in the United States, with certain exceptions.
Doyle signed the bill Wednesday. One sponsor, Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, said it “is one more tool to help our economy and our workers.”
He [...]
Published: March 2, 2010
Tags: Amtrak, Antonio Perez, Doyle, high-speed rail, Madison, manufacturing, Marcoux, Milwaukee, Rail, Talgo, Tower Automotive, train, Trowbridge, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT
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By Sean Ryan
Milwaukee won the competition for Talgo’s Wisconsin manufacturing plant, but the company still is considering Milwaukee and Madison for a train maintenance building.
The $810 million federal grant to build a Madison-to-Milwaukee high-speed rail line includes $41.7 million for a building to maintain the trains once they are in service.
Talgo, which would do the [...]
Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: clean energy bill, Doyle, energy, jobs, nuclear, renewable energy, renewable sources, solar
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle says he’s open to approving a scaled-back clean energy bill as long as a key provision setting new renewable energy standards remains in tact.
Doyle said the crux of the sweeping measure being debated in the Legislature would require 25 percent of Wisconsin’s energy to come from renewable sources [...]
Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: American history, collective bargaining, Dave Hansen, Department of Public Instruction, Doyle, Germanson, Josh Hansen, labor, Milton High School, organized labor, public schools, teachers, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Val Crofts, Viroqua High School, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin Labor History Society
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By Paul Snyder
When Ken Germanson began his lobbying effort in 1995, the union historian envisioned teachers spending days covering the history of organized labor.
Nearly 15 years later, Germanson has his law requiring labor history be taught in Wisconsin’s public schools. But there are no guarantees his vision will play out in classrooms.
“We were looking for [...]
Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: 911 tower, Assembly, Barron, Barron County, communications tower, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Doyle, Duane Herbert, forest management, Hubler, Jauch, Jeff French, Kathy Nelson, land use, managed forest law, property taxes, Schauf, Senate, tower
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By Paul Snyder
Bob and Karen Schauf’s decision to let Barron County build a 911 tower on their property instigated a $34,317 state penalty and inspired a bill that would make the fee disappear.
That bill is headed to Gov. Jim Doyle’s desk, and the governor’s staff has indicated he will sign it, said state Rep. Mary [...]
Published: February 21, 2010
Tags: Council of Great Lakes Governor, Doyle, EPA, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Coalition, Obama, wetlands
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By JOHN FLESHER
AP Environmental Writer
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Obama administration has developed a five-year blueprint for rescuing the Great Lakes, a sprawling ecosystem plagued by toxic contamination, shrinking wildlife habitat and invasive species.
The plan envisions spending more than $2.2 billion for long-awaited repairs after a century of damage to the lakes, which hold [...]
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