http://dailyreporter.com Wisconsin's Construction Authority Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:10:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dailyreporter.com/2013/04/01/lawmakers-try-again-for-material-sales-tax-exemption/ http://dailyreporter.com/2013/04/01/lawmakers-try-again-for-material-sales-tax-exemption/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:39:04 +0000 Dan Shaw http://dailyreporter.com/?p=96687 A state Assembly committee will take public testimony Wednesday on a bill that would prevent contractors from paying sales and use taxes on materials bought for nonprofit organizations’ projects.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2013/04/01/lawmakers-try-again-for-material-sales-tax-exemption/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2011/09/13/legislature-returns-with-little-on-agenda/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/09/13/legislature-returns-with-little-on-agenda/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:45:36 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=74214 By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature returned to work Tuesday to a light agenda and a new makeup, with two Democrats who defeated Republican incumbents in recall elections this summer taking their seats. They eased into their new jobs. The Senate didn’t take up any bills and it was not [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/09/13/legislature-returns-with-little-on-agenda/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2011/04/12/assembly-to-vote-to-increase-enterprise-zones/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/04/12/assembly-to-vote-to-increase-enterprise-zones/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:03:46 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=67742 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of enterprise zones designed to foster business development and growth in targeted areas across the state would increase under a bill passed by the state Assembly. The bill passed on a bipartisan 79-12 vote Tuesday by the Assembly is backed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker. The proposal would increase [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/04/12/assembly-to-vote-to-increase-enterprise-zones/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2011/03/10/lawmakers-cut-public-worker-bargaining-rights/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/03/10/lawmakers-cut-public-worker-bargaining-rights/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:50:56 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=66665 By 
SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers have voted to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from the state’s public workers in one of the strongest blows to the power of unions in years. The state’s Assembly passed Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s explosive proposal 53-42 Thursday. The state’s Senate approved it [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/03/10/lawmakers-cut-public-worker-bargaining-rights/feed/ 9 http://dailyreporter.com/2011/03/10/assembly-speaker-says-union-bill-will-pass/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/03/10/assembly-speaker-says-union-bill-will-pass/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:45:29 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=66637 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald says a bill taking away collective bargaining rights from public workers will pass the Assembly on Thursday. Fitzgerald said he believes Republicans are doing what they said they would do on the campaign trail. He said when Republicans took control of the Legislature and the governor’s [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/03/10/assembly-speaker-says-union-bill-will-pass/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2011/02/22/wis-assembly-debates-amendments-to-union-bill/ http://dailyreporter.com/2011/02/22/wis-assembly-debates-amendments-to-union-bill/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:35:50 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=65868 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly has voted down the first of dozens of proposed Democratic amendments to a bill that would cut collective bargaining rights for most public employees. Debate on the amendments started Tuesday afternoon and was expected to last for hours as the Democrats try to derail a plan they call [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2011/02/22/wis-assembly-debates-amendments-to-union-bill/feed/ 1 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/12/23/splits-bubble-up-at-state-capitol/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/12/23/splits-bubble-up-at-state-capitol/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:27:16 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=62659 By Matt Pommer Old divisions among Democratic legislators bubbled up during the recent votes on new labor contracts for more than 35,000 unionized state workers. The Democratic-controlled Assembly narrowly approved the agreements, but the contract measures failed in the state Senate on tie votes. Democrats had an 18-15 margin in the now lame-duck Senate. The [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/12/23/splits-bubble-up-at-state-capitol/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/12/16/wis-lawmakers-officially-end-session-with-no-state-contracts/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/12/16/wis-lawmakers-officially-end-session-with-no-state-contracts/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:50:24 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=62412 By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Dejected Democrats quietly ended a messy lame-duck session to approve state contracts Thursday, hours after one of their key leaders unexpectedly turned on them and voted the deals down. Senate President Fred Risser gaveled the Senate in and gaveled it out seconds later to officially end [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/12/16/wis-lawmakers-officially-end-session-with-no-state-contracts/feed/ 2 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/11/21/democrats-push-to-pass-state-worker-contracts/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/11/21/democrats-push-to-pass-state-worker-contracts/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:07:33 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=61477 By 
SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats are trying to approve state labor union contracts in a lame duck session before Republicans take over the Legislature in January. Republican Gov.-elect Scott Walker has asked that the process stop until he takes over on Jan. 3 because the deals could make his job [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/11/21/democrats-push-to-pass-state-worker-contracts/feed/ 1 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/11/02/wisconsin-senate-governors-race-to-be-decided/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/11/02/wisconsin-senate-governors-race-to-be-decided/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:43:21 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=60651 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans were hoping to ride the national tide of discontent to big wins in Tuesday’s election, while Democrats counted on their traditionally strong history of getting voters to the polls to give them the edge. Top on the Republicans’ list was knocking off 18-year incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold and [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/11/02/wisconsin-senate-governors-race-to-be-decided/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/10/29/after-the-vote-focus-shifts-to-new-insiders/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/10/29/after-the-vote-focus-shifts-to-new-insiders/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:17:09 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=60534 By Matt Pommer Personnel selections will be in the spotlight next week as the governor-elect gets down to work. Early selections are expected to be a secretary of administration and state budget director, but Capitol insiders will focus on who will be the governor’s chief of staff and his other key insiders in the new [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/10/29/after-the-vote-focus-shifts-to-new-insiders/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/06/21/assembly-candidate-calls-for-ironworkers-licensing/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/06/21/assembly-candidate-calls-for-ironworkers-licensing/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:22:00 +0000 http://dailyreporter.com/?p=55113 By Paul Snyder An ironworker running for state Assembly wants to revive a licensing bill for his trade even if industry reps consider the proposal little more than a power grab. “We can’t afford to have buildings falling down in this state,” said Thad Kubisiak, a member of Ironworkers Local 383 who is running as [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/06/21/assembly-candidate-calls-for-ironworkers-licensing/feed/ 2 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/05/24/state-rep-williams-announces-retirement/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/05/24/state-rep-williams-announces-retirement/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 16:28:01 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=54184 State Rep. Annette Polly Williams, D-Milwaukee, announced Saturday she will not seek re-election to the Wisconsin Assembly. Williams was first elected to the Assembly in 1980 and is currently the longest-serving woman in the state Legislature. She said in a statement Saturday she feels it is time to retire and move to the next phase [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/05/24/state-rep-williams-announces-retirement/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/05/03/hubler-will-not-seek-reelection/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/05/03/hubler-will-not-seek-reelection/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 18:28:22 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=52465 State Rep. Mary Hubler, D-Rice Lake, announced Monday she will not seek re-election to the Wisconsin Assembly. Hubler was first elected to the state Assembly in 1985 and voters re-elected her 12 times. She said in a press release Monday she wants to pursue other opportunities. “Over the past 26 years, I’ve answered more than [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/05/03/hubler-will-not-seek-reelection/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/22/milwaukee-transit-bill-dies-in-senate/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/22/milwaukee-transit-bill-dies-in-senate/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:20:05 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=42709 By Sean Ryan The debate over creating a transit sales tax in southeastern Wisconsin will be shelved until next year, as could plans to apply for federal money for commuter rail in the region. The Wisconsin Senate on Thursday disbanded without voting on a bill that would authorize regional transit authorities to pay for local [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/22/milwaukee-transit-bill-dies-in-senate/feed/ 3 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/21/clean-energy-transit-bills-remain-unresolved/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/21/clean-energy-transit-bills-remain-unresolved/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:27:59 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=42648 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With just one day left in the legislative session to pass bills this year, major pieces of legislation remain undone and in serious jeopardy. The state Assembly failed to take action on proposals addressing clean energy requirements and creating a regional transit unit in southeastern Wisconsin to pay for commuter rail [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/21/clean-energy-transit-bills-remain-unresolved/feed/ 1 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/20/doyle-calls-regional-transit-bill-good-compromise/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/20/doyle-calls-regional-transit-bill-good-compromise/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:58:42 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=42637 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle says he thinks a bill before the state Assembly creating a regional transit system in southeast Wisconsin is a very good compromise. The bill up for a vote Tuesday would allow Milwaukee County to levy up to a half-cent sales tax to help pay for commuter rail and [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/20/doyle-calls-regional-transit-bill-good-compromise/feed/ 1 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/20/operator-licensing-bill-fades-as-session-wanes/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/20/operator-licensing-bill-fades-as-session-wanes/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:01:28 +0000 http://dailyreporter.com/?p=42622 By Paul Snyder Rhode Island contractor David Burnham has worked with heavy equipment for 45 years without an accident. The owner of Sauderstown, R.I.-based Burnham Excavating Inc. will not attribute his safety record entirely to his state-mandated operating license, but he refuses to downplay its importance. “When you have a licensing system, you know everyone’s [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/20/operator-licensing-bill-fades-as-session-wanes/feed/ 1 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/20/regional-transit-renewable-energy-on-deck-for-lawmakers/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/20/regional-transit-renewable-energy-on-deck-for-lawmakers/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:02:09 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=42581 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State lawmakers will be busy today debating the clean energy bill, as well as regional transit. Milwaukee County could levy up to a half-cent sales tax to help pay for commuter rail and bus service under a bill set to pass the state Assembly. Even if the measure passes on Tuesday, [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/04/20/regional-transit-renewable-energy-on-deck-for-lawmakers/feed/ 1 http://dailyreporter.com/2010/03/31/green-building-bill-progresses-to-assembly/ http://dailyreporter.com/2010/03/31/green-building-bill-progresses-to-assembly/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:58:10 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=41874 A bill that would set green building standards for all public buildings in Wisconsin is on its way to the Assembly floor for a vote. The Assembly Committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business, on a 7-5 vote Tuesday, approved the bill introduced by state Rep. Louis Molepske Jr., D-Stevens Point. Since introducing the [...]]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2010/03/31/green-building-bill-progresses-to-assembly/feed/ 2