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No matter what his job title is at any given moment, Jeff Stone tends to drift toward government work.
Tagged with: Jeff Stone Kapur & Associates On the level state assembly
Read More »ON THE LEVEL: Public service foundation of Stone’s career 
ON THE LEVEL: Public service foundation of Stone’s career
Milwaukee water rate increase in the works
Milwaukee Water Works wants state approval for a rate increase that would raise $10 million, enough to start to catch up on water main replacements.
Tagged with: Carrie Lewis Dick Wanta Jeff Stone Milwaukee Water Works PSC sewers Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association WUCA
Read More »Amendment opens door to public trust challenges
Where state Rep. Jeff Stone sees a tree, environmental advocate Todd Ambs sees a forest.
Tagged with: DNR Downtown Transit Center Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition Jeff Stone Pat Jursik Preserve our Parks Rick Barrett The Couture
Read More »Panel OKs mining bill, sends it to Assembly
Republicans on the state Assembly's jobs committee approved a bill Tuesday that would streamline Wisconsin's iron mining permit process, brushing aside Democrats' claims that the measure is a license to pollute.
Tagged with: DNR Gogebic Taconite iron ore Jeff Stone mining Neal Kedzie Penokee Hills Sandy Pasch Scott Walker
Read More »Wisconsin’s voter ID debate touches everyone
There are some laws and public programs that only affect rich people. Others only affect poor people. Some only affect farmers, and others only affect construction workers. Rare, though, is the public debate in which everyone has a stake. Those ...
Tagged with: capitolisms Jeff Stone voter ID
Read More »Union battle casts shadow over local races
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When the race for Green Bay mayor began months ago, the main issues looked clear-cut: planning downtown development, dealing with dwindling state aid and debating whether the city should have spent ...
Tagged with: Chris Abele collective bargaining election Green Bay Jeff Stone Jim Schmitt Miron Construction roller coaster Scott Walker unions Zippin Pippin
Read More »Freight rail gets budget delivery
By James Briggs Gov. Scott Walker has signaled a firm commitment to trains in Wisconsin — just not the kind people can ride on. At a time when state aid is being slashed across the board, Walker’s proposed budget would ...
Tagged with: budget Cory Mason Department of Transportation Doyle freight high-speed rail Jeff Stone Madison Rail railroad Scott Walker Steve Hiniker Union Pacific
Read More »Pratt named interim county executive in Milwaukee
It will be Marvin Pratt and not acting Milwaukee County Executive Lee Holloway who will hold the county’s top spot until April 5. Holloway selected Pratt, a one-time acting Milwaukee mayor and long-time alderman. Pratt eventually lost the mayoral post ...
Tagged with: Chris Abele county executive Jeff Stone Lee Holloway Marvin Pratt Scott Walker
Read More »Tuesday’s Trending Topics: Scott Walker takes office; Legislature back in session
Welcome to Trending Topics, a (mostly) daily feature that will glance at the top news items and opinions of the day. It seems like only a couple weeks ago Wisconsin lawmakers were bickering in dramatic fashion over whether to approve ...
Tagged with: capitolisms Gordon Hintz Jeff Stone Scott Fitzgerald Scott Walker trending topics
Read More »Counties try to save state road budget
Sean Ryan [email protected] Supporters of protecting the state’s road budget from future raids are warning the loss of transportation money could get worse without a constitutional amendment. The boards of at least two Wisconsin counties — Waukesha and Calumet — ...
Tagged with: 1000 Friends of Wisconsin Dan Vrakas Jeff Stone Legislative Fiscal Bureau Steve Hiniker Waukesha
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