Published: March 4, 2010
Tags: Assembly, Department of Commerce, jobs, Kristen Dexter, National Federation of Independent Business, Seidel, Sheridan, small business
By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats in the Wisconsin state Assembly said bills passed on Thursday will help bolster the state’s struggling economy, while Republicans argued not enough was being done to create jobs.
“Wisconsin is open for business,” Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, said at a news conference before voting on the [...]
Published: February 9, 2010
Tags: Asain carp, Sheridan
Marinette man gets 25 years for crash deaths
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — A Marinette man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed five family members in northeastern Wisconsin.
WLUK-TV reports that Richard Powell was sentenced Tuesday in Marinette County court. The 40-year-old man had pleaded guilty in [...]
Published: February 5, 2010
Tags: Amtrak, Sheridan
Politician dating lobbyist gets angry e-mails
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin residents angry about Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan’s relationship with a lobbyist sent him insulting and hate-filled e-mails this week calling for his expulsion from his leadership position, messages released Friday to The Associated Press show.
There were also a handful of encouraging e-mails, which were released [...]
By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s economy hit rock bottom in 2009, with unemployment reaching 26-year highs and the state budget facing its deepest hole ever.
There are signs that 2010 won’t be as bad.
Even so, dealing with the economy and trying to find ways to put more people back to work is [...]
140 Frontier Airlines employees leaving Denver
DENVER (AP) — About 140 more Frontier Airlines employees in Denver will be moving to Indianapolis by the first half of next year.
Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings, which acquired Frontier on Oct. 1, said Tuesday that it is adding up to 300 full-time positions in its home city, including the 140 [...]
Published: December 2, 2009
Tags: Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, bill, Boullion, Decker, Kaufert, Kreitlow, membership, Mielke, Risser, Sheridan, state Building Commission
By Paul Snyder
A bill that would increase the number of state Building Commission members is facing criticism that more representation further frays the group’s commitment to checking politics at the door.
“Historically, the Building Commission has stayed out of politics and partisanship — until this year when (Democrats) have steamrolled us on every single issue,” said [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
Tags: Building Commission, Decker, Kaufert, Sheridan, Sweeney
By Paul Snyder
Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, D-Schofield, and Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, have introduced a bill to add two more members to the state’s Building Commission.
According to Sheridan’s spokeswoman, Rebekah Sweeney, Sheridan said the bill is a result of both lawmakers deciding the commission needs more representation.
But state Rep. Dean Kaufert, R-Neenah, who [...]
