Florida red-light cameras flash on the cash

By   /  May 22, 2013  /  Featured, Florida, News  /  3 Comments

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When it comes to red-light cameras in Florida, the focus is on the money.

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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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WI lawmaker’s bill gives property owners right to sue wind turbine operators

By   /  April 16, 2013  /  News, Wisconsin  /  9 Comments

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MADISON — A state lawmaker who has stood at the forefront in the fight in what he asserts to be the real and present dangers of wind turbines on Tuesday plans to introduce a bill giving harmed property owners living next to the massive towers the right to sue for damages.

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WI conservatives find an entitlement program they like

By   /  April 11, 2013  /  Featured, News, State Government, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Reporter  /  6 Comments

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The get-the-government-out-of-our-face party welcomed the help of the federal government this week, when Senate Republicans passed a new entitlement program for businesses and the already-employed.

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