Published: October 21, 2010
Tags: Bucyrus International, Feingold, Herb Kohl, jobs, Reliance Power
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal bank has approved loan guarantees that will allow a $600 million deal with South Milwaukee-based Bucyrus International Inc. to go through. U.S. Sens. Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold announced the U.S. Export-Import Bank’s vote on Thursday. The bank had voted in June to deny the loans to Reliance Power [...]
Published: August 20, 2010
Tags: Dave Obey, Department of Veterans Affairs, Feingold, Green Bay, Gwen Moore, Herb Kohl, Madison, Milwaukee
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs will build a new veterans center in Wausau, according to the agency. The Wisconsin State Journal reports it’s part of an expansion of services statewide that will also include additional counselors at the Madison, Green Bay and Milwaukee centers. Democratic Sens. Herb Kohl and Russ [...]
Published: July 14, 2010
Tags: bank, Bucyrus, Feingold, Herb Kohl, jobs, Reliance Power
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal bank has taken the first step in approving loan guarantees that will allow a $600 million deal with South Milwaukee-based Bucyrus International Inc. U.S. Sens. Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold jointly announced the Export-Import Bank’s unanimous vote Wednesday. Last month the bank voted to deny the loans to Reliance [...]
Published: May 21, 2010
Tags: democrat, education jobs bill, Feingold, Pommer, property tax, Republican, school districts, schools, stimulus, Tony Evers
By Matt Pommer Which is worse: high property taxes or a growing federal deficit? The issue seems linked to the $23 billion education jobs bill pending in Congress. A total of $415 million would go to Wisconsin schools. The bill could pertain especially to affluent school districts that have suffered up to 15 percent reductions [...]
Published: February 11, 2010
Tags: Feingold, governor, Senate, thompson, Wall, Westlake
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson still isn’t saying whether he’ll enter the U.S. Senate race to challenge incumbent Russ Feingold, and it may be a while before he makes up his mind. Thompson, 68, said Thursday following a speech at a management conference in Madison [...]
Published: January 20, 2010
Tags: Brown, Democrats, Feingold, Kagen, Kind, Obama, Obey, Priebus, Republican, Tate, Wisconsin Democratic Party
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The chairman of Wisconsin’s Republican Party says Democrats should be worried following Tuesday’s Massachusetts Senate election in which a Republican won the seat held by Sen. Ted Kennedy for 46 years. Reince Priebus said Wednesday that Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts reflects an unhappiness with the agendas of both President Barack [...]
Published: January 18, 2010
Tags: campaign, Feingold, Michels, Senate, Wall, Westlake, Wisconsin Democratic Party
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Real estate developer Terrence Wall, a newcomer to statewide politics who is seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Russ Feingold, on Monday called the three-term U.S. senator a career politician who has lost touch with ordinary voters. Wall was launching his campaign with a series [...]
Wisconsin residents will see some changes this year, some of them new and others cyclical. Among the new is the smoke-free workplace law that takes effect July 1. Years in the making, the law ensures that people won’t be required to inhale carcinogens in a confined space as a condition of their employment because smoking [...]
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Saying he would hold himself to just two terms in office if elected governor, Republican Mark Neumann on Monday came out in support of limiting all state lawmakers and constitutional officers to no more than 12 years in office. Neumann, a former two-term U.S. congressman, [...]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Barack Obama has nominated James Santelle as the next U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Santelle was nominated by Obama on Monday. Santelle said he’s honored by the nomination and the support from Sens. Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold of Wisconsin. The 51-year-old has served as an Assistant U.S. [...]
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