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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WI Legislature gets busy after time away from floor

By   /  May 8, 2013  /  News, Wisconsin  /  1 Comment

Wisconsin's Assembly majority Republicans on Tuesday passed a bill that limits junk food purchases with FoodShare, or food stamp, cards.

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — Pace yourself, gentle people. You’re bound to end up with a cramp.
After a few weeks away from the floor, Wisconsin’s lawmakers hit the ground running Tuesday, debating — and passing — a raft of legislation.
Two Republican-led bills involving Wisconsin’s FoodShare, or food stamps, program moved through the Legislature.
State Rep. Dean Kaufert, [...]

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WI Assembly votes to ban food stamp trafficking

By   /  April 16, 2013  /  Assembly, Featured, Fraud, News, State Government, Wisconsin  /  4 Comments

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By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – Food stamp trafficking is one step closer to becoming a crime in Wisconsin after bi-partisan approval in the Assembly on Tuesday.
Criminal penalties for food stamp fraud and related crimes already are on the books, but a group of Republican lawmakers, led in the Assembly by the bill’s author, Rep. Samantha [...]

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No ‘Friends’ found in last episode of WI mining dramedy

By   /  March 7, 2013  /  Environment, Environmental, Featured, Governor, Legislature, mining, Mining Wisconsin, Regulations, Regulatory Reform, State Government, Wisconsin  /  2 Comments

A TIGHT GROUP: Wisconsin's mining bill saga comes to an end with, as expected, passage by majority Republicans.

Part 4 of 4 in the series Mining in Wisconsin

By Ryan Ekvall and M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – Two things were all but certain going into Thursday’s extended Assembly debate on the controversial mining bill: There would be enough grand-standing to choke a Trump, and, arguably, it would all be for naught.
Assembly Republicans had [...]

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WI bill would give government power to charge you for the information it must hide

By   /  February 26, 2013  /  Censorship, Featured, Local Government, News, Open Records, Power Abuse, State Government, State House, State Politics, Transparency, Wisconsin  /  No Comments

An Assembly bill would allow fees for the cost of government entities redacting public information.

Some journalists I know, yours truly included, have a less-than-affectionate name for the state Department of Administration.

Dead on Arrival.

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