Published: February 1, 2011
Tags: AFT-Wisconsin, Bryan Kennedy, Citizen Action Wisconsin, Grigsby, Michelle Dawson, Peter Barca, Robert Kraig, Scott Walker, State of the State, unions, Wisconsin State Employees Union, WSEU, Zoo, Zoo Interchange
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SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker promised to target public employee benefits and Medicaid programs in order to deal with Wisconsin’s budget shortfall, but offered few details in his first State of the State speech on Tuesday about how he will plug the $3.2 billion gap. He did wrap [...]
Published: February 19, 2009
Tags: Christine Schaefer, Highland, Highland Builders LLC, John Andrew Builders Inc., Michelle Dawson, Pat Gaspar, Racine Kenosha Builders Association, Shane Pionkowski, Siren, Tom Heegeman, Tom Hietpas, Valley Home Builders Association, Waupun
Home run would mean team builds more stadium improvements Dustin Block dustin.block@dailyreporter.com If you build it they will come. If you don’t build it, they will go. The Beloit community learned that in 2004 when the Milwaukee Brewers minor league team left the city for a new stadium in West Virginia. It’s learning that again [...]
Published: February 19, 2009
Tags: Christine Schaefer, Highland, Highland Builders LLC, John Andrew Builders Inc., Michelle Dawson, Pat Gaspar, Racine Kenosha Builders Association, Shane Pionkowski, Siren, Tom Heegeman, Tom Hietpas, Valley Home Builders Association, Waupun
Building, expanding schools on hold statewide Dustin Block dustin.block@dailyreporter.com Tom Heegeman’s home building company is struggling to sell houses during the recession. But he still backed Appleton’s failed $15.9 million school referendum that would have raised property taxes to lower class sizes and pay for textbooks. “We can build roads all over the place, but [...]