Preparing for the worst: UW System officials plan to deal with proposed $250 million in cuts
MILWAUKEE -- For months, speculation has swirled about how the UW System would handle a $300 million cut proposed in Governor Scott Walker's budget.
"For a wonderful cause:" Law enforcement officials carry "flame of hope" in Special Olympics torch run
WAUKESHA -- Governor Scott Walker on Thursday, June 4th took part in the final leg of the 29th annual "Law Enforcement Torch Run."The run is the largest grassroots fundraising program for the Special Olympics.
Bucks arena funding deal finally reached? News conference set for 3:15 p.m. in Madison
MILWAUKEE -- A deal may have finally been reached as it relates to funding for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena in downtown Milwaukee.
Governor Scott Walker to lead business development mission to Canada in June
CANADA -- Governor Scott Walker will lead a business development mission to Canada in June as part of the state’s ongoing effort to encourage international companies to invest in Wisconsin.“As we did during our April trip to Europe and our mission to the U.K. earlier this year, we will promote Wisconsin’s strong business climate, outstanding workforce and key industry sectors to as compelling assets for successful business operations in Wisconsin.” said Governor Walker.During the mission, which runs from June 12-17, Governor Walker and representatives of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) will talk to leaders at select Canadian companies about establishing new operations in Wisconsin.
New reports: Bucks arena funding plan could be stand-alone measure, separate from budget
MILWAUKEE -- Will it or won't it be part of the state budget?
Major projects on the chopping block? Lawmakers challenged as they finalize transportation budget
MADISON -- Are major transportation projects on the chopping block?
Walker calls Bucks arena talks fluid, as new study touts economic impact on Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE — Governor Scott Walker says negotiations over a financing deal for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena are fluid, but he still hopes to have something to announce by the end of the week.
He's not yet a candidate for president, but Scott Walker already tops one poll
IOWA -- He hasn't yet officially announced his candidacy for president in 2016 -- but Governor Scott Walker holds a seven-point advantage among voters in Iowa over the rest of the crowded Republican field in the scramble for the party's 2016 nomination for president, a new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll finds.
Governor Walker talks about his firm stance against same-sex marriage on FOX News
WASHINGTON -- Even though he has yet to announce his presidential candidacy, Governor Scott Walker is heating things up on the campaign trail -- even leading his potential Republican challengers in a new poll of primary voters in Iowa.
In New Hampshire, Walker says he wants to grow economy by putting people of America back in charge
NEW HAMPSHIRE -- Governor Scott Walker was in New Hampshire on Saturday, May 30th for some politics and pie.The New Hampshire National Republican Committee and the Concord Republican City Committee hosted its "Politics and Pie" series.Walker says unlike President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, he wants to grow the economy by putting the people of America back in charge."There's a huge difference between people like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and I think the rest of us.
Committee rejects Governor Walker's plan to freeze land buys
MADISON — Wisconsin lawmakers have rejected Republican Governor Scott Walker's plan to block the state Department of Natural Resources from purchasing any land through its stewardship program for at least the next 13 years.Walker's budget would place a moratorium on stewardship land acquisitions until debt service on purchases already made drops to $1 for every $8 spent since the program began in 1989.
Lawmakers restore some UW system cuts, critics say "it's like squandering the investments we made before"
MADISON -- The state's budget is back on center stage in Madison.
Facing millions in cuts, MPS School Board passes budget
MILWAUKEE -- Facing millions less in state and federal funds, the Milwaukee Public School Board has passed a more than billion dollar budget for next year that will add positions and programs.The school district faces $28 million in cuts in funding from state and federal funding.
"Ongoing discussions" over proposed new Bucks arena, deal said to be close
MILWAUKEE -- We are getting a clearer picture of who would pay for a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks -- and potentially how.Workers collected soil samples Thursday on the proposed site of a new arena -- just north of the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Eliminating DNR positions could take 95 more jobs with it
MADISON — A new report says Gov.
Approved: Assembly committee okays measure to eliminate prevailing wage law
MADISON -- The Assembly Labor Committee approved a measure that would eliminate Wisconsin's prevailing wage law.
Lawmakers to vote on plan to impose stiffer civil penalties for unemployment fraud
MADISON — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee plan to impose stiffer civil penalties for unemployment fraud but scrap plans to create harsher criminal penalties.Right now penalties can include losing eligibility, a surcharge equal to 15 percent of the benefits erroneously paid, criminal fines ranging from $100 to $500 and up to 90 days in jail.Governor Scott Walker's budget calls for upping the surcharge to 40 percent and creating a scale of criminal penalties ranging from a $10,000 fine and up to nine months in jail to $25,000 in fines and up to five years in prison.Committee Republicans released plan Wednesday, May 27th that calls for adopting the surcharge increase but rejecting the criminal penalty changes.
Gov. Walker asks for supporters' opinions on national issues
MADISON (AP) — In another sign of his likely presidential campaign, Wisconsin Gov.