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Census Bureau wants you

November 13, 2009 By

The U.S. Census Bureau is looking to hire 47,000 people in Wisconsin next year. The jobs pay between 11 and 15 dollars an hour and involve going door-to-door to interview people who don’t respond to a questionnaire that has to be mailed back by April first of next year. Census Spokesman Steve Laue says they are setting up local offices throughout the state and they’ll start hiring around the first of the year.

Laue says people can find where the local offices are located on-line. He says the local offices will open around the first of the year. The temporary employees will work primarily during the evening and on weekends, in their own communities.

WHBY’s Rick Schuh submitted this report

Filed Under: Human Interest, Politics & Government

Health care reform may hit care providers

November 13, 2009 By

A group who cares for the elderly and disabled is anticipating paying more in taxes; while continuing to deal with inadequate funding at the state and federal level. Paul Soczynski of Community Care Inc. says they expect a tax hike when health care reform passes.

AUDIO: Paul Soczynski (MP3 :20)

With care programs always under the threat of budget slashing, Stephanie Sue Stein, Director of the Milwaukee County Department on Aging, told state lawmakers to draw a line in the sand.

AUDIO: Stephanie Sue Stein (MP3 :17)

Shelly Hansen-Blake, VP of Community Alliance Providers of Wisconsin, says funding issues lead to a shortage of direct care workers. This adds stress to remaining care providers and increases chances of abuse or neglect among the developmentally disabled patients.

They were among more than a dozen speakers invited by the Assembly Committee on Aging and Long Term Care for an informational hearing Thursday on aging and care issues in Wisconsin.

Filed Under: Health & Medicine, Legislature

All eyes on Barrett

November 13, 2009 By

It’s apparently decision time this weekend for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. Does he or doesn’t he? UW political scientist David Canon expects Barrett to announce he is going to run for governor. “My gut feeling is that he’s going to jump in,” said Canon. “I think that had he definitely decided on not running, we would have known by now. At least, I think we can take this delay as being an indication that he is very seriously considering running.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics & Government

FdL man survives train encounter

November 13, 2009 By

Maybe it was a combination of sheer luck or the fact that he was really drunk, but a man in Fond du Lac has a story to tell about being run over by a train. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Wunsch says normally when they get a call about someone being run over by a train they arrive to a gruesome scene. “Usually when we come on those scenes, I mean, there’s not much there,” says Wunsch, adding that the man “decided to take a little nap between the rails.”

The 30 to 40-year-old man was sleeping on tracks at the 9th Street crossing Thursday night when the train went through. Police say the engineer swears he ran over the man, but Wunsch says the sleeper came through the incident no worse for wear. “There wasn’t a scratch on him,” says Wunch, adding that the man stood up on the side of the stopped engine looking like he’d just gotten out of bed.

By sleeping on the tracks the man was technically trespassing on railroad property. In this case however, officers took him into custody so he could be evaluated at a hospital.

KFIZ’s Bob Nelson submitted this report

Filed Under: Human Interest, Transportation Tagged With:

Decker wants community buy in on MPS plan

November 13, 2009 By
Senator Russ Decker

Senator Russ Decker

State Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker says changing how Milwaukee schools are governed is a major public policy change which will require diligence by lawmakers.

Meeting with reporters at the Capitol Thursday, Decker said he is not opposed to the concept of having the mayor of Milwaukee in charge of the city’s public schools, but that lawmakers in Madison need to move cautiously. “This process needs to have community buy in, and I think it’s very important for that. The conversation is getting more and more intense, and I think people need to flesh it out, not only lawmakers but the citizens of the Milwaukee Public Schools area,” Decker said.

Decker said that means public hearings will need to happen in Milwaukee, and Democrats representing the city in the legislature will need to be on board. “We’re going to be very diligent on this thing. This a major public policy change,” Decker said. “There’s go to be community buy in.” Decker said any public hearings would be up to Senator John Lehman, the Racine Democrat who chairs the Senate education committee. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Legislature
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