There’s another potential candidate to succeed Herb Kohl in the U.S. Senate. State Senator rank Lasee has announced he’ll begin raising money for a U.S. Senate campaign. “If we continue to do what we’re doing we’re going to end up like Greece or worse, because there’s nobody to bail us out,” the DePere Republican said. “We can’t keep over spending and over regulating.” Lasee said he’ll propose an energy policy which will drive down consumer costs, and work to repeal health care reform

Also announcing an exploratory committee is Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald. Former congressman Mark Neumann and former Governor Tommy Thompson are announced Republican candidates. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin is the only Democrat in the race thus far.

Brian Norton, WOMT

Consumer Protection is urging young adults to protect their identity, and their bank accounts.

Most of us know the importance of guarding our personal information — name, address, phone number, mother’s maiden name, social security number, date of birth, etc. In the wrong hands, that information could financially ruin an individual and destroy one’s credit rating, so says Sandy Chalmers with Consumer Protection. [Read more...]

Iowa may have the reputation for wind power but a new study shows output from Wisconsin wind farms is about on-par with those in the Hawkeye State.

The head of Renew Wisconsin, which authored the study, was surprised by the similarity. “We expected a bigger gap,” says Executive Director Michael Vickerman.

The group analyzed production figures from wind energy projects owned by Wisconsin utilities and found “no significant difference” comparing wind farms [Read more...]