Paul Snyder [email protected] 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 ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] 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 ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] 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. ...

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Scott Bauer AP Writer Madison (AP) — Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan said Tuesday he does not expect Democrats to propose major changes to the state budget. Sheridan said Democrats were discussing making “tweaks” to the two-year spending plan that passed ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] More than eight hours of public testimony mostly opposed to state guidelines for wind farm placement did little to kill bills that would limit local control of the energy developments. “It just underscores the reason why we ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Opposition to Gov. Jim Doyle’s proposed oil franchise fee grows louder as the state’s budget deficit grows larger. “As far as it goes, most of us have already realized we’ll be looking at years’ worth of legal ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Construction industry and business groups are aligned against a bill they say makes it easier for people to file discrimination lawsuits and more expensive for companies. “The timing of this is just bad,” said Jim Boullion, government ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Replacing the state budget’s proposed oil-assessment fee with a 3-cent gas tax increase will do nothing to ease the political battles brewing over transportation project money, lawmakers said Tuesday. “It’s just the worst timing for a tax ...

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