Published: February 9, 2010
Tags: Baucus, benefits, Bergan, Buchen, Carpenters Local 314, debt, DWD, extension, Hixson, Hohlstein, Honadel, unemployment, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
Comments: 5
By Paul Snyder
The debate over how to replenish Wisconsin’s unemployment budget will grow more pointed if the federal government grants a state request to extend benefits for 99 weeks.
But matters of debt, even if the debt grows beyond the state’s $1.1 billion unemployment budget deficit, need to take a back seat to the specter of [...]
Published: November 10, 2009
Tags: Assembly Committee on Labor, Bergan, budget, debt, insurance, James Buchen, Mark Honadel, Tom Fisher, unemployment, unemployment insurance, Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council, wages, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Wisconsin’s unemployment insurance budget has slipped into the red and is projected to be more than $2 billion in debt in each of the next four years.
To avoid that crisis, state lawmakers are working on a bill, to be introduced in spring, that would offer possibilities to stem the bleeding.
But there will not [...]
Published: October 7, 2009
Tags: Ace Ethanol LLC, Badger State Ethanol, bill, demand, ethanol, production, supply, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
Comments: 1
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
A law is no better than a wish when forcing an increase in ethanol production to stimulate demand and construction of new plants, according to biofuels company leaders.
In fact, making companies exceed demand for their products could kill the ethanol producers lawmakers are trying to encourage, said Gary Kramer, president and general manager of [...]
Published: June 9, 2009
Tags: budget, Forward Janesville Inc., Forward Wisconsin Inc., incentive, Wisconsin Economic Development Association Inc., Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
Comments: 1
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
State economic-development groups are trying to cut measures they dislike from the state budget rather than insert new incentives to attract business.
Compared to other states, Wisconsin doesn’t offer much in terms of programs that provide cash incentives to lure companies to move to or expand within the state, said James Haney, president of [...]
Published: June 9, 2009
Tags: budget, Forward Janesville Inc., Forward Wisconsin Inc., incentive, Wisconsin Economic Development Association Inc., Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
Comments: 1
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Assembly Republicans will try to remove contractor registration and worker misclassification measures from the state budget with a round of proposed amendments Thursday.
“How far they will go, I don’t know,” said state Rep. Roger Roth, R-Appleton. “But I think there are other ways to make sure contractors in this state are properly classified.”
Before approving [...]
Published: June 9, 2009
Tags: budget, spending, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, WMC
Scott Bauer
AP Writer
Madison (AP) — Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan said Tuesday he does not expect Democrats to propose major changes to the state budget.
Sheridan said Democrats were discussing making “tweaks” to the two-year spending plan that passed the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee last month. The Assembly planned to start budget debate Thursday.
“If there’s tweaks that [...]
Published: May 13, 2009
Tags: energy, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, Magnolia, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, wind farm, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters
Comments: 2
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
More than eight hours of public testimony mostly opposed to state guidelines for wind farm placement did little to kill bills that would limit local control of the energy developments.
“It just underscores the reason why we need the bill,” said state Sen. Jeff Plale, D-South Milwaukee. “These are the discussions that need to be [...]
Published: May 7, 2009
Tags: Big Oil, gas tax, Joint Committee on Finance, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, oil franchise fee, state budget, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Opposition to Gov. Jim Doyle’s proposed oil franchise fee grows louder as the state’s budget deficit grows larger.
“As far as it goes, most of us have already realized we’ll be looking at years’ worth of legal fees if we choose that direction,” said state Rep. Robin Vos, R-Racine, and member of the Joint Committee [...]
Published: April 29, 2009
Tags: Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Christine Sinicki, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Wisconsin’s Fair Employment law
Comments: 3
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Construction industry and business groups are aligned against a bill they say makes it easier for people to file discrimination lawsuits and more expensive for companies.
“The timing of this is just bad,” said Jim Boullion, government affairs director for the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin. “Companies are already trying to survive in tough times, [...]
Published: April 21, 2009
Tags: Jim Doyle, Lee Sensenbrenner, R.J. Pirlot, Russ Decker, Scott Fitzgerald, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Replacing the state budget’s proposed oil-assessment fee with a 3-cent gas tax increase will do nothing to ease the political battles brewing over transportation project money, lawmakers said Tuesday.
“It’s just the worst timing for a tax increase,” said Senate Minority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau. “You’re going to tell a guy just getting by on [...]
