State to finish 2015-17 budget in the black, but with smaller surplus
MADISON — New projections show the state will finish the 2015-17 budget with less money than expected.The Legislative Fiscal Bureau released forecasts Thursday showing the state will finish the biennium $70.2 million in the black.
Gov. Walker suggests putting health care savings into education, but how would that work?
MADISON -- One of the proposals offered by Governor Scott Walker on Tuesday evening, January 19th, during his sixth State of the State address in Madison involves putting health care savings back into education.The questions now are: Just how significant would these savings be, and where, exactly would the money for education be spent?Officials with Wisconsin's Employee Trust Fund are considering a switch in how the state provides health care to its workers.
READ IT: Governor Scott Walker's sixth State of the State address
MADISON -- Governor Scott Walker on Tuesday, January 19th delivered his 2016 State of the State address.Below is Governor Walker's address as prepared for delivery: The state of our state is strong.
Governor Walker to emphasize workforce development in sixth State of the State address
MADISON -- Governor Scott Walker will discuss his priorities in front of the Republican-controlled Legislature on Tuesday evening, January 19th.It will be Governor Walker's sixth State of the State address, and Walker says he plans to emphasize workforce development needs."Really what we're going to highlight is a focus on this concept of everybody who wants a job can find a job.
Gov. Scott Walker says MLK's legacy encourages focus on love
MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin Gov.
Walker governor campaign finishes 2015 with $20,000 in bank
MADISON — New campaign finance reports show Republican Scott Walker's gubernatorial campaign finished 2015 with a little more than $20,257 in the bank.Walker's campaign released reports Friday that show the governor raised $6.4 million during the past year.
Facing outcry, state board revokes decision to limit access to public records
MADISON -- Facing a major outcry, Wisconsin officials are again backtracking on a policy that limits access to public records.
Walker announces plan to make higher education more affordable, Dems say he didn't meet with them
WAUKESHA -- Governor Scott Walker has announced a new plan to make higher education more affordable.
Gov. Walker appoints two new members to Government Accountability Board
MADISON -- Governor Scott Walker has appointed two new members to the Government Accountability Board to fill vacancies created by one term expiration and one resignation.The new Board members are:
White House responds to Avery/Dassey petition: "President cannot pardon a state offense"
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After it received more than 100,000 signatures, the White House has responded to an online petition asking President Barack Obama to pardon Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey for the murder of photographer Teresa Halbach.The signatures are in response to the Netflix series "Making a Murderer."The following is the response from the White House:
Gov. Walker asks state attorney general to challenge President Obama's gun control plan
MADISON — Governor Scott Walker is asking Wisconsin's attorney general to challenge President Barack Obama's gun control plan.Walker said in a statement Wednesday, January 6th that he believes Obama overstepped his authority when he announced an executive action to expand mandatory background checks to gun shows, flea markets and online sales.Walker's statement reads as follows:
Wisconsin Railroad Commissioner Jeff Plale resigns, Gov. Walker appoints new commissioner
MADISON — Governor Scott Walker's office says Railroad Commissioner Jeff Plale has resigned.Walker's office issued a news release Tuesday, January 5th saying Plale quit Monday.
Governor Scott Walker says he won't pardon Steven Avery
MENOMONIE -- Governor Scott Walker has now been asked about the Netflix docuseries "Making A Murderer" that is growing in popularity among folks in Wisconsin and across the country.Petitions have been launched on Change.org and at the White House, asking for a presidential pardon for Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey, who were convicted of murdering photographer Teresa Halbach.As thousands call upon President Barack Obama, asking for Avery's release, Governor Walker is actually the only person who could set Avery free.
State Senate plans to vote on civil service changes this month
MADISON — Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he expects his chamber will vote on a bill overhauling the state's civil service system later this month.Fitzgerald said he expects the Senate will take up the bill on Jan. 19.
Governor Walker announces more than $31 million in freight rail awards
MADISON -- Governor Scott Walker announced Monday, January 4th awards for seven freight rail improvement projects totaling more than $31 million in grants and loans.The goal of Wisconsin’s freight railroad assistance program is to increase the use of rail transportation and support economic development and job creation.The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is distributing more than $24 million in grants through the Freight Railroad Preservation Program (FRPP).
Feds: State has paid $577,000 in overtime to Gov. Scott Walker's bodyguards
MADISON — Federal labor regulators say the state Department of Transportation has paid Gov.