Federal Contractor Awards announced

Gov. Jim Doyle Tuesday announced the winners of the annual Governor’s Federal Contractor Awards.

Tax politics affect campaigns

Published: February 5, 2010
Tags: amendment, democrat, Gov. Jim Doyle, property tax, Republican, Scott Walker, tax, Wisconsin Constitution

By Matt Pommer Gov. Jim Doyle wants a constitutional amendment to give the Legislature more freedom on taxes, especially the property tax. The idea has the potential to refocus the tax debate during the 2010 election campaign and open the door to a future Legislature exempting a portion of a home’s value from the property [...]

State worker buyout has advantages

By Matt Pommer Gov. Jim Doyle is again talking about reducing the number of state workers to help meet state government’s growing financial challenges. His comments have spurred speculation that a pension buyout plan may be in the works. A possibility is to offer additional years of credit to senior employees if they retire in [...]

Doyle faces the lame duck test

Published: October 30, 2009
Tags: educational reform, Gov. Jim Doyle, teacher unions, tourism, Wisconsin Property Taxpayers Inc.

By Matt Pommer Gov. Jim Doyle is preparing to push ideas that will test the Legislature, educational groups, the tourism industry and taxpayer organizations. Doyle has announced he won’t seek re-election next year, and that makes him a lame duck politician. Lame ducks usually find their ideas don’t fly well, especially when hundreds of thousands [...]

News Briefs

Published: October 14, 2009
Tags: California Energy Commission, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Electricity Commission, furloughs, Gov. Jim Doyle, Mexico, Office of State Employee Relations, Philippines, televisions, United Airlines, US Airways, Wisconsin

State agencies may have to cut because of furloughs Madison (AP) — State agencies may find themselves looking for even more cuts than expected if employees decide to cash in unused vacation time for pay to offset the effect of furloughs. Cashing out up to five days vacation, or banking unused vacation days to cash [...]

Wind farm development stalls in state

Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com A Wisconsin law designed to make it easier to develop small wind farms is freezing the market as local governments block plans until the state offers specific guidelines. The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin wants to work quickly to draft the wind farm placement rules, said PSC spokeswoman Kailey Bender, but there [...]

News Briefs

Published: September 18, 2009
Tags: Gov. Jim Doyle, Highway 51, Lock and Dam 3, Minn., Minocqua, Mississippi River, Oneida County, Pitlik & Wick Inc., Red Wing, Rhinelander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Woodruff

Improvement work begins Tuesday on Highway 51 in Oneida County The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced that Gov. Jim Doyle signed a $469,000 contract to improve 1.7 miles of Highway 51 in Oneida County. The work will take place between Front Street and 3rd Avenue in Minocqua and Woodruff. Construction will begin Tuesday. Rhinelander-based Pitlik [...]

Doyle pushes transit plan for southeastern Wisconsin

Published: September 8, 2009
Tags: Chicago, Federal Transit Authority, Gov. Jim Doyle, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail
Comments: 1

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Consensus on transit in southeastern Wisconsin is the key that could unlock federal grants for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter-rail project. The region has not found that key, but Gov. Jim Doyle on Tuesday nudged area leaders toward intensifying the search. “One of the real important criteria that the federal government is looking at,” [...]

News Briefs

Published: August 27, 2009
Tags: earnings, Gov. Jim Doyle, Marquette University, Milwaukee School of Engineering, renewable energy, stimulus, Toll Brothers, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Toyota plans to end production at California plant Washington (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. plans to end production in March 2010 at a California joint venture where it has built vehicles with General Motors, the company said Thursday. The decision would mean the shutdown of the sole auto assembly plant on the West Coast if [...]

News Briefs

Published: August 18, 2009
Tags: Chilton High School, endangered species, global warming, Gov. Jim Doyle, high-speed passenger rail, politics, schools, solar panels, SolarWise for Schools, Wisconsin Public Service Community Foundation, Yellowstone National Park

Wisconsin governor has full agenda for rest of term Madison (AP) — Don’t count out Gov. Jim Doyle just yet. The governor and his allies say he still has time for major achievements despite his decision not to run for re-election next year. His goals include bringing high-speed passenger rail to the state, overhauling Milwaukee’s [...]