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Wirch, Shilling named to Joint Finance Committee

Published: November 23, 2012
Tags: Bob Wirch, Chris Larson, Jennifer Shilling, Joint Finance Committee

Senate Democrats have appointed Sen. Bob Wirch and Sen. Jennifer Shilling to serve on the Joint Committee on Finance for the upcoming legislative session.

Lawmakers want ferry to stop dumping coal ash

Published: October 25, 2012
Tags: Chris Larson, coal ash, EPA, Jon Richards, Scott Walker, SS Badger

Two Wisconsin lawmakers are asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reject a request by the owners of the SS Badger ferry to continue dumping coal ash into Lake Michigan.

Senate passes new wetland protocols  (UPDATE)

Published: February 14, 2012
Tags: Chris Larson, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, permits, wetlands

Minority Democrats in the state Senate have used a procedural maneuver to delay a vote on a Republican bill that would ease regulations on wetland development.

Plale to take over as railroad commissioner

Published: August 23, 2011
Tags: Building Commission, Chris Larson, Department of Administration, Division of State Facilities, DOA, DSF, Plale, Scott Walker

Former Sen. Jeff Plale is leaving his position as Division of State Facilities administrator and Building Commission secretary after just eight months on the job.

Search for waste yields complaints

Published: March 30, 2011
Tags: Chris Larson, Commission on Waste Fraud and Abuse, Department of Administration, DOA, Gary Hamblin, Huebsch, Joint Committee on Finance, Klipstein, Leibham, Luther Olson, Mark Pocan, Scott Walker, State Engineering Association, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

By James Briggs Nearly three months into Gov. Scott Walker’s tenure, some lawmakers and state workers are declaring the governor’s attempt to identify wasteful spending a failure. Walker in January established the Commission on Waste Fraud and Abuse intended, in part, to solicit suggestions from employees on how to streamline government services. But two legislative [...]

Walker rebuffs Democrats’ request for meeting  (UPDATE)

Published: March 7, 2011
Tags: Bob Jauch, Chris Larson, Democrats, Erpenbach, Julie Lassa, Mark Miller, Scott Walker, Tim Cullen, unions

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats who fled the state nearly three weeks ago asked Monday for a meeting with Gov. Scott Walker to talk about changes to his plan to eliminate most public workers’ union rights, a request the governor dismissed as “ridiculous.” Walker said he and his administration [...]

Democratic senators still AWOL

Published: March 3, 2011
Tags: Chris Larson, Democrats, Scott Walker, unions

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Wisconsin senators say they have no plans to return for a session day on Thursday. Sen. Chris Larson of Milwaukee said the 14 AWOL senators remain unified in their plans to stay away until Gov. Scott Walker is willing to compromise on his plan taking away nearly all collective bargaining [...]

Wisconsin stalemate could drag on for months

Published: March 2, 2011
Tags: Chris Larson, collective bargaining, Fred Risser, Mark Miller, Scott Fitzgerald, Scott Walker, unions

By  SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s budget stalemate over union bargaining rights shows no sign of resolution — and it could be a long wait. The governor isn’t budging. AWOL Democrats aren’t planning to come back. And, despite talk of deadlines and threats of mass layoffs, the state doesn’t really have [...]

Industry exec to chair Walker’s government waste commission

Published: January 10, 2011
Tags: Chris Larson, Cindy Archer, government waste, government waste commission, James Craig Builders, Lasee, Mark Pocan, Rakowski, Samantha Kerkman

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A special commission created by Gov. Scott Walker to find $300 million a year in government waste is scheduled to meet for the first time on Tuesday. Walker wants the group to make its first recommendations by July 1. The group includes two members of the public, four state lawmakers and [...]