WTMJ-AM’s Charlie Sykes quotes State Representative Brett Davis, candidate for Lt. Governor, complaining about a program to help people released from prison get a driver’s license. I’m not going to lose any sleep over this. If the Republicans want voter ID, and they say they’re willing to help people get driver’s licenses for [...]
The MacIver News Service reports today more bad news about our state government’s debt obligations for unemployment compensation:
The State of Wisconsin continues to be one of the largest debtors to the federal government when it comes to covering losses in its Unemployment Reserve.
Earlier, MacIver News reported the state had amassed a $1.4 billion dollar debt in [...]
In a 5-2 decision this morning, the Wisconsin Supreme Court dealt the state budget a $200 million blow by declaring the raid on the medical malpractice fund unconstitutional. Reaction from the MacIver Institute:
The ruling, which Capitol observers say is a stunning rebuke of the Doyle Administration’s budgeting practices, reversed a lower court ruling and [...]
This week at the MacIver Institute, I defend Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker’s proposal to permanently eliminate 4,000 positions in state government.
Of course, it isn’t hard to imagine the state employees’ unions are unhappy with Walker’s proposal. Marty Beil, Executive Director of AFSCME, also criticized Walker’s plan as a gimmick. Then he criticized Walker’s proposal [...]
Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas thinks the public has had enough of the raids of the transportation funds, and he’s pushing for an amendment to the state constitution to stop it
“We are violating the faith and trust of the people who pay the gas tax,” he said, and then asked what people must think when [...]
Somebody will have to let me know if it’s okay for a writer covering an event to help himself to the free doughnuts. I spent Saturday morning listening to Tom Beebe of the Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools describe a “crisis” in education funding in the state and suggest, purely as a band-aid measure, raising [...]
Publication: Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date: Apr 22, 2010; Section: Opinion; Page: 8A
Trouble on tap for Leinenkugel?
Candidate might fall flat
(James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at http://www.wigderson.com and a Waukesha resident. His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.)
When Dick Leinenkugel stepped down as Gov. Jim Doyle’s fourth Commerce secretary, speculation immediately began about whether he [...]
What’s in your mutual funds? How about the state government’s hand?
Congratulations Wisconsin! Once again, our state is the big red one, first place in socking it to people trying to save for retirement.
In the last biennial budget, Governor Doyle requested the state legislature to approve increasing the fees paid by mutual fund companies selling [...]
The LaCrosse Tribune listed the economic woes the state legislature will be confronting in the coming year:
Given that it’s an election year, and the Legislature is fresh off raising taxes more than $5 billion in 2009, Republicans say they expect Democrats to cast a low profile.
“The next six months are going to be nothing more [...]
The MacIver Institute discovered the state budget is seriously out of whack and warns that a budget adjustment may be coming. Given that both houses of the legislature are controlled by the Democrats, and we still have a Democratic governor, it’s unlikely they will be cutting spending.
In an exclusive interview with the MacIver Institute [...]
