Committee adopts parts of WisDOT deficit plan

Editorial: Good for Abele, bad for public

Published: May 17, 2013
Tags: Chris Abele, Joe Sanfelippo, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee County board, Milwaukee County executive, Scott Walker

The seven people who work in Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele’s office should be grateful.

Walker signs layoff alternative bill

Published: May 17, 2013
Tags: jobs, Scott Walker

Gov. Scott Walker on Friday signed into law a bill creating a program that gives employers an alternative to laying off employees when work slows.

State adds 62,000 jobs over past 2 years (UPDATE)

Published: May 16, 2013
Tags: DWD, jobs, Scott Walker

Gov. Scott Walker’s administration reported Thursday that Wisconsin added more than 62,000 private sector jobs over the first two years of his term, less than a quarter of the 250,000 he promised to create by 2015.

Finance committee wants to cut DNR’s land-stewardship budget

Published: May 16, 2013
Tags: budget, Cory Mason, DNR, Joint Finance Committee, land purchases, land stewardship, Scott Walker

The state’s Republican-controlled budget committee voted, 12-4, on Wednesday to reduce Wisconsin’s budget for land stewardship, which sets aside land for public purposes, by millions of dollars two years after reducing it by $26 million.

Digital land maps could be coming to Wis.

Published: May 15, 2013
Tags: budget, digital land maps, DOA, land maps, Scott Walker

A plan to develop digital land maps of the entire state will benefit from a motion to increase the cost of registering deeds that the state’s Joint Finance Committee passed Wednesday.

State’s budget surplus could go to reduced bonding on road projects

Published: May 9, 2013
Tags: budget, Scott Walker

Wisconsin’s budget surplus grew by $500 million Thursday, leading to a bipartisan call by state lawmakers and Gov. Scott Walker to put some of the money toward public schools two years after money was cut by more than $1 billion.

Assembly passes Milwaukee County Board reform (UPDATE)

Published: May 8, 2013
Tags: Chris Abele, Janet Bewley, Joe Sanfelippo, Milwaukee County board, Scott Walker, Stephen Smith

State Assembly Democrats warned Wednesday that reform for one county in the state easily could mean the same thing for any municipality.

Troubles mount for jobs agency

Published: May 7, 2013
Tags: jobs, Peter Barca, Scott Walker, WEDC, Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

The troubles for Gov. Scott Walker’s chief economic development agency continued to mount Tuesday, with the news that its newly hired spokesman quit amid reports he owed $36,000 in back taxes.

Walker wants fewer labor dispute mediators

Published: May 3, 2013
Tags: collective bargaining, Cory Mason, Scott Walker

Gov. Scott Walker might be going too far, according to a nonpartisan fiscal report, if he cuts 65 percent of the staff jobs at a state commission that mediates labor disputes.