Industry puts brakes on jobs optimism

Millions of dollars in green energy grants unused

Published: November 5, 2012
Tags: energy, federal government, green energy, stimulus

Millions of dollars in federal grants and loans for property owners in Madison, Milwaukee and Racine still are unused more than two years into a program to help homes and businesses become energy efficient.

Homebuilder founder Neumann got $500,000 in grants (UPDATE)

Published: February 3, 2012
Tags: Mark Neumann, Neumann Solar Leasing, renewable energy, solar energy, stimulus, tax credits
Comments: 1

Solar energy companies owned by a tea party Republican running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Wisconsin who is strongly opposed to the 2009 federal stimulus package have received $500,000 in grants under the program.

GOP candidate Neumann got stimulus money (UPDATE)

Published: February 2, 2012
Tags: Mark Neumann, Neumann Solar Leasing, Obama, solar energy, stimulus
Comments: 7

The leading tea party-backed Republican candidate running for Wisconsin’s open U.S. Senate seat who has also been a longtime critic of a federal stimulus program received more than $80,000 in stimulus grants for his own solar energy company.

Milwaukee’s ‘mini-stimulus’ gains momentum

Published: October 28, 2011
Tags: alleys, budget, Department of Public Works, DPW, infrastructure, Joe Dudzik, Michael Murphy, Milwaukee, Robert Bauman, sidewalks, stimulus, Tom Barrett

Milwaukee-area contractors could benefit from $4.4 million in capital projects that have been added to the city’s 2012 budget.

GOP pitches transportation bill as jobs program

Published: October 24, 2011
Tags: economy, infrastructure, jobs, Obama, stimulus, transportation bill

By JOAN LOWY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republicans are pitching a six-year transportation construction plan as a major jobs bill that can win bipartisan approval before next year’s election, a key GOP lawmaker said Monday. Even while prospects for enacting President Barack Obama’s jobs plan have dimmed, Republican backing has grown for a [...]

Senate infrastructure bill faces uphill battle

Published: October 21, 2011
Tags: economy, infrastructure, jobs, Obama, stimulus

By Andrew Taylor Associated Press Washington — A stimulus-style spending and tax surcharge on the very wealthy could torpedo an infrastructure package that calls for almost $60 million in roads and bridges. President Barack Obama’s allies in the Senate on Friday unveiled the legislation, which was part of a $447 billion jobs measure that was [...]

Milwaukee alderman calls for ‘mini stimulus’

Published: September 29, 2011
Tags: budget, Capital Improvements Committee, common council, Department of Community Development, Finance and Personnel Committee, Joe Dudzik, Kammholz, Mark Nicolini, Robert Bauman, stimulus, Tom Barrett

Milwaukee Alderman Robert Bauman wants to pump money into low-cost capital improvement projects that would beef up city infrastructure and create work for contractors.

State wants $9.9 million in unemployment stimulus money back

Published: September 25, 2011
Tags: Division of Unemployment Insurance, jobs, stimulus, unemployment

GREEN BAY, WIS. (AP) — The state is making nearly 84,000 people repay a total of $9.9 million in unemployment stimulus money it received incorrectly. WLUK-TV in Green Bay reports the amounts range from $25 to $2,500. The average repayment is $125. Craig Barkelar, the administrator for the Division of Unemployment Insurance, says they have [...]

Treasury approves state’s request for small business stimulus

Published: September 16, 2011
Tags: Obama, SSBCI, State Small Business Credit Initiative, stimulus, Valley Home Builders Association, WEDC, WHEDA, Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

Wisconsin will receive $22.4 million for small-business lending programs after the U.S. Treasury Department approved the state’s application to participate in the State Small Business Credit Initiative, a program that was created by President Barack Obama’s first rounds of economic stimulus.