The former second-in-command at Wisconsin's job-creation agency has taken a job with a Milwaukee-based firm that lobbies for AT&T, Union Pacific Railroad and the Milwaukee Police Association.

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Ryan Murray, the second in command at Gov. Scott Walker's job-creation agency, is resigning.

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The state's quasi-public economic development agency lost track of $69 million in loans to businesses because no one was in charge of keeping tabs on that money, members of the board that oversees the agency were told Friday.

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Gov. Scott Walker is moving his deputy chief of staff into the No. 2 position at Wisconsin's premiere economic development agency in an attempt to improve communication and recover from a flubbed tax break offer to a company bidding on a $15 million state contract.

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Wisconsin cities without street projects qualifying for stimulus money are pushing to shift the focus of federal rules toward spending on local roadwork. But at least one state legislator is resisting the idea. Sen. Randy Hooper, R-Fond ...

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Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com Two Wisconsin lawmakers are pushing a bill to protect the state’s transportation money just weeks after two other lawmakers sparked an effort to protect all segregated money. “I support the idea of protecting all segregated funds,” said ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Milwaukee officials this week amplified their call for the state to spend more money on local roads and less on highway expansion projects. But pushing for the redirection of state money away from state and interstate highway ...

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