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WIAA’s football proposal on thin ice

January 27, 2010 By

The WIAA’s Board of Control is taking up a WIAA proposal that would eliminate conference play in high school football in favor of a district format.  But that proposal has drawn heavy opposition around the state and was voted against unanimously by the board’s Advisory Council, 17-0 yesterday. 

There’s also been a lack of support shown in previous votes by the Sports Advisory Committee and the Coaches Association Advisory Committee. 

Those against the plan are by far in the majority.  If the Board of Control follows those recommendations, then they’ll vote the plan down today, or at least recommend that the WIAA come up with an alternative plan.  If it passes, the District play would go into affect next season.

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Accused killer in Eau Claire Co. court

January 27, 2010 By

The man accused in the murder of Theresa Still had his preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon. The Eau Claire County courtroom was packed as 44 year old Greg Gubernot of Altoona appeared,shackled, to hear preliminary testimony in his First Degree Intentional Homicide case.

He’s accused of killing Still a month ago, her body was found in a remote part of Adams County on December 30th. District Attorney Rich White’s witnesses included Dr. Robert Corliss, who performed the autopsy on Still, who testified that she was beaten and strangled to death. [Read more...]

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Doyle to do list: jobs, RTA & MPS

January 26, 2010 By
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Governor Jim Doyle arrives to Assembly chambers (Photo: Jackie Johnson)

During his last State of the State address, Governor Jim Doyle says his top priority for the rest of his term will be to create jobs, but he also made an impassioned plea for reform of Wisconsin’s largest school district. 

Doyle pushed for his green jobs agenda Tuesday night, which he said could fuel creation of thousands of new jobs. “This is not some pie in the sky,” the Democratic governor said of his Clean Energy Jobs Act. “Anyone who says they’re aren’t jobs in the green economy had better open their eyes,” he said, urging quick passage of the package. Doyle also announced creation of a $100 million “Wisconsin Green to Gold Fund,” a revolving loan fund which he said will allow manufacturers to reduce their energy costs, something he says many firms in the state are already doing. [Read more...]

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GOP calls Doyle’s job speech hypocritical

January 26, 2010 By
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Governor Jim Doyle delivers his final state of the state address (Photo: Jackie Johnson)

In his speech, Governor Jim Doyle says his top priority in 2010 is to create jobs and help struggling families. Republican Senator Scott Fitzgerald from Juneau calls the governor’s job initiative “hypocritical.”

“That the governor stood up there tonight and talked about all the job creation that happened when you have 163,000 jobs lost just in the last year … it’s amazing to me that he could have stood up there with a straight face.”

The Senate Minority Leader says if Democrats in the Legislature follow the Governor’s path, there will be even more jobs lost.

However, Democrat Senator Russ Decker of Schofield — the Senate Majority Leader — is optimistic about the governor’s job creation priority in the remaining months of his governorship.

“The biggest thing that I think he talked about, which I’m glad he did, was jobs. And I think that’s the focus where we need to go.”

Wisconsin’s unemployment rate for December was up to 8.7-percent.

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Reaction to Doyle’s speech

January 26, 2010 By
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Assembly chambers during Governor Doyle's state of the state address (Photo: Jackie Johnson)

Republican Senator Scott Fitzgerald from Juneau calls it a disappointing speech. The Senate Minority Leader says mayoral control of Milwaukee Public Schools is dead on arrival, yet Governor Jim Doyle continues to push for it.

“He actually said it’s a partisan issue but it’s not partisan at all. This is a civil war among the Democrats in the city of Milwaukee.”

Democrat Senator Russ Decker of Schofield compliments the governor on his “top priority” — job creation. But what does the Senate Majority Leader think about MPS?

“The MPS thing is nothing secretive around here. There are opposing sides and we need to work out a compromise.”

Fitzgerald says a global warming package and the regional transit authority (RTA) tax in Milwaukee aren’t getting much support, either. He says the governor’s incentive packages are just political cover.

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