For a fee: Measure aims to protect WI taxpayers

By   /  May 16, 2013  /  Accountability, Featured, Legislature, Local Government, News, Property Taxes, Tax Reform, Taxes, Taxes versus Fees, Wisconsin  /  1 Comment

A measure put into Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget prohibits municipalities from charging fees for services previously financed with property taxes, unless there is a corresponding property tax cut.

It may be back to the drawing board for Wisconsin officials who want to exceed their local spending authority.

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Sensenbrenner sees shades of ‘Fast and Furious’ in AP records scandal

By   /  May 16, 2013  /  National, News, Wisconsin  /  3 Comments

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By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin sees a sequel playing out with Attorney General Eric Holder and the U.S. Department of Justice.
“It’s just like with ‘Fast and Furious’. He’s dodging who is really responsible in the Justice Department,” Sensenbrenner told Wisconsin Reporter Wednesday after grilling Holder about what he knew [...]

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Auditor takes IRS to task for singling out conservative groups

By   /  May 15, 2013  /  National, News, Wisconsin  /  1 Comment

A new federal audit finds the Internal Revenue Service gave the 'appearance that the IRS is not impartial in conducting its mission' when it singled  conservative groups.

 
By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — Reading the highly critical report by the Internal Revenue Service’s auditor, you get the sense that rogue, lower-level agents ran amok, writing up watch lists, targeting conservative agencies and stalling their applications for tax-exempt status.
At least IRS management has painted a picture of misguided underlings who acted “inappropriately,” finally [...]

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Twice as lousy: WI may duplicate useless SBA program

By   /  May 14, 2013  /  economic development, Economy, Featured, News, Wisconsin  /  2 Comments

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As Wisconsin lawmakers debate a new $25 million venture capital program, a similar, decades-old multi-billion dollar federal program goes untapped by Badger State venture funds.

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Walker, Jindal in letter to Obama call IRS scandal ‘Big Brother come to life’

By   /  May 14, 2013  /  Accountability, Censorship, Ethics, Featured, Federal Government, News, Politics, Scott Walker, Wisconsin  /  14 Comments

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By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – As he prepared for his meeting Tuesday morning with the peaceful Dalai Lama in Madison, Gov. Scott Walker packed a rhetorical punch in a letter he and fellow Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana penned demanding President Obama call for a special prosecutor to investigate the Internal Revenue [...]

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