• Home
  • News
    • Politics / Govt
    • Legislature
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
    • Archives
  • Sports
    • Badgers
    • Packers
      • Titletown Report
    • Brewers
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support

Wisconsin Radio Network

Wisconsin News and Sports

You are here: Home / Legislature / Assembly will spend time going over Bucks arena plan

Assembly will spend time going over Bucks arena plan

July 16, 2015 By WRN Contributor

Rep. Jim Steineke

Rep. Jim Steineke

A financing plan for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena is now in the hands of the Assembly, and lawmakers there plan to spend some time going over it before deciding what to do with the package.

Assembly Republican Leader Jim Steineke (R-Vandenbroek) said Thursday that leadership plans to sit down with Democrats next week to go over the proposal, which passed in the Senate Wednesday on a bipartisan 21-10 vote, and they hope to carry over that strong support in his chamber. “I think it definitely helps that it was a good bipartisan vote,” Steineke said. “I think people understand that if the arena doesn’t go forward the state loses money. It’s just as simple as that.”

Still, Steineke said there are lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who have philosophical issues with the proposal, which uses taxpayer funding to help cover about half the cost of the $500 million dollar arena. Despite those concerns, he believes the chamber will eventually pass a financing plan.

WHBY

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Legislature, News



Featured Stories

Reports: Shawn Mennenga fired as Packers Special Teams Coordinator

Butler’s Hall of Fame bid falls short

Budmayr leaving UW for coordinators job at Colorado State

Notre Dame to host 2021 Big Ten Hockey Tournament

Packers season comes to an end in NFC Championship

TwitterFacebook

Listen Now | More from Titletown ยป

Sports Headlines

Reports: Shawn Mennenga fired as Packers Special Teams Coordinator

Butler’s Hall of Fame bid falls short

Budmayr leaving UW for coordinators job at Colorado State

Notre Dame to host 2021 Big Ten Hockey Tournament

Packers season comes to an end in NFC Championship

More Sports

Tweets by @WRN

Get our news delivered to your inbox:

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Copyright © 2021 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC