By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Republican legislators are using their new majorities to rush through aggressive reversals of environmental safeguards their predecessors championed as a continuation of the state’s outdoors heritage. ...

Tagged with: Alberta Darling Dean Kaufert Department of Natural Resources DNR Environment Gogebic Taconite jobs mining Rob Cowles Robin Vos Scott Manley Scott Walker water water pollution Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Some members of the State Employees Union are warning businesses in Wisconsin to either support collective bargaining for public employees or face a boycott. A letter from Council 24 of the American Federation of State, County and ...

Tagged with: AFSCME collective bargaining unions Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce

By Joe Lanane A shared skepticism between industry representatives and the state Department of Natural Resources’ new secretary might kill the agency’s proposed diesel emission rule. “We want to be careful to make sure Wisconsin is not all of a ...

Tagged with: Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Cathy Stepp Deere & Co. Department of Natural Resources diesel DNR emissions Environmental Protection Agency EPA John Mielke Scott Manley Sierra Club Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state law that took effect in late May designed to help union organizing efforts will not be enforced, under a stipulation reached between business groups and Gov. Jim Doyle’s administration. According to the stipulation signed ...

Tagged with: Doyle Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce unions Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce

By Paul Snyder Campaigns for the state Legislature and the growing debate over transportation spending are likely to collide in the November elections. Many Wisconsin counties are lining up advisory referendums to ask voters if they support a constitutional amendment ...

Tagged with: Construction Business Group Craig Thompson election International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 McGowan state Legislature transportation budget Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Association transportation spending Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce

By Paul Snyder The debate over how to replenish Wisconsin’s unemployment budget will grow more pointed if the federal government grants a state request to extend benefits for 99 weeks. But matters of debt, even if the debt grows beyond ...

Tagged with: benefits Buchen debt DWD extension Hixson unemployment Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce

By Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com Wisconsin’s unemployment insurance budget has slipped into the red and is projected to be more than $2 billion in debt in each of the next four years. To avoid that crisis, state lawmakers are working on ...

Tagged with: Assembly Committee on Labor budget debt insurance Mark Honadel unemployment unemployment insurance Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council wages Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce

Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com A law is no better than a wish when forcing an increase in ethanol production to stimulate demand and construction of new plants, according to biofuels company leaders. In fact, making companies exceed demand for their products ...

Tagged with: bill ethanol Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com State economic-development groups are trying to cut measures they dislike from the state budget rather than insert new incentives to attract business. Compared to other states, Wisconsin doesn’t offer much in terms of programs that provide cash ...

Tagged with: budget Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce

Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com Assembly Republicans will try to remove contractor registration and worker misclassification measures from the state budget with a round of proposed amendments Thursday. “How far they will go, I don’t know,” said state Rep. Roger Roth, R-Appleton. ...

Tagged with: budget Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce