by WRN Contributor | Mar 31, 2010
Governor Doyle is responding to critics who say he’s to blame for the closure of a crumbling bridge that carries traffic through Milwaukee’s Zoo Interchange. Doyle said the funding he opposed had nothing to do with the condition of the road. He said the decision to...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 31, 2010
Governor Jim Doyle says Wisconsin’s second application for Race to the Top education funding will need some improvements. A score sheet released by the US Department of Education this week put Wisconsin in the bottom half of states that applied for the first...
by Jackie Johnson | Mar 26, 2010
A $100-million loan fund would help to create jobs and grow the green economy. It’s being called the Green to Gold bill. It would combine existing state resources with federal dollars to create a low-interest revolving loan fund for Wisconsin manufacturers. The...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 25, 2010
The Governor and Legislative leaders are letting the Attorney General know there’s little chance the state will file a lawsuit challenging federal health care reforms. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen sent a letter Tuesday morning, requesting authorization for...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 25, 2010
Wisconsin’s Attorney General is asking lawmakers and the Governor to let him file a legal challenge against the federal health care reform bill. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says state law prevents him from challenging the bill signed by President Obama this...
by Bob Hague | Mar 22, 2010
A Republican candidate for governor says there are a lot of unanswered questions about high speed rail. Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker asks who will ride the high speed line linking Milwaukee and Madison. “Right now, without one penny of taxpayer...
by Bob Hague | Mar 18, 2010
An environmental group contends clean energy legislation will be a boon to farmers and homeowners. On the Capitol Square Wednesday, Clean Wisconsin staff scientist Peter Taglia talked up the potential benefits of renewable home grown energy. Taglia said farmers and...
by WRN Contributor | Mar 15, 2010
Wisconsin honey producers will get new protections under a bill being signed into law today by Governor Doyle. The new law requires the state Ag Department to establish “honey standards,” and prohibits products from being labeled as Wisconsin honey if they...
by Brian Moon | Mar 9, 2010
A UW-Sea Grant Institute fisheries specialist says the best way to stop Asian Carp from coming to Lake Michigan is to develop a complete ecological separation between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. Currently there exists an electric barrier between the two...
by Bob Hague | Mar 5, 2010
A proposal to place Milwaukee’s mayor in charge of the city’s public schools faces an uncertain future in the legislature, now that Wisconsin has failed to make the first cut for federal education dollars. Governor Jim Doyle proposed mayoral control and...
by WRN Contributor | Mar 5, 2010
While Governor Jim Doyle accepted an award at Marian University in Fond du Lac, he used the event as a platform to talk about how Wisconsin will emerge from the downturn in the economy. Doyle says the state will prosper as there is investment into reaching quality....
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 5, 2010
The Governor says the time for delaying reforms of Milwaukee’s public school system is over. Lawmakers have been unable to reach an agreement for months on the issue, and Governor Jim Doyle believes that inaction played a major role in the denial of...
by Bob Hague | Mar 5, 2010
A legislative session which has seen sweeping revisions of state laws dealing with intoxicated driving has produced one more drunk driving bill – “Tim’s law” is headed to Governor Jim Doyle’s desk. The measure (SB 303) requires that blood...
by Brian Moon | Mar 4, 2010
A group that promotes the production of movies in Wisconsin is eyeing 2011 as a year to bring back film tax credits. The tax credits were heralded as a bi-partisan victory in the legislature which, among other things, brought production of the blockbuster...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 4, 2010
Wisconsin has been knocked out of the running in its first try for federal Race to the Top education funding. The state’s application is not on the list of finalists for the first round of grants under the $4.5 billion program. Governor Jim Doyle says the state...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 4, 2010
Baby bottles and sippy cups for children will have to be BPA-free, under legislation signed into law Wednesday by the Governor. The bill bans the selling or making in Wisconsin of bottles and cups for children under the age of three that contain bisphenol-A, or BPA....
by Bob Hague | Mar 3, 2010
Republican candidates for governor aren’t backing off on their criticism of the state’s high speed rail deal. On Tuesday, Governor Jim Doyle and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett were touting the Milwaukee site for a high speed rail assembly facility which will...
by Jackie Johnson | Mar 2, 2010
Talgo decides to locate its U.S. high-speed passenger rail manufacturing and assembly facility in Milwaukee. Governor Jim Doyle says that will create 125 direct jobs in Wisconsin and about 450 indirect jobs by way of vendors throughout the Midwest. Spain-based Talgo...
by Brian Moon | Mar 2, 2010
Mixed martial arts (MMA) industry insiders had their chance to chime in on upcoming sanctioning. The state Department of Regulation and Licensing held a town hall meeting Tuesday to work out the details of the new law. “We really want to involve the...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 1, 2010
For four years, Governor Jim Doyle has been encouraging students to sign the Wisconsin Covenant. The agreement guarantees them entrance into almost any college or university in the state if they maintain a B average, stay out of trouble, and graduate high school. So...
