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"There are eight candidates for six seats on the Hurley City Council in Tuesday's election. They are incumbents Robert Kallas, Donald Richards, Char Mussatti, Paul Mullard and Michele Fink, and challengers Leon Baron, Larry Fluhr and David Vuorenmaa."
"Paris was appointed to the council to replace Dale Wicklund, who resigned from the board April 11, 2005."
"The Daily Globe has asked five questions of each of the 20 candidates for the 15-member board."
"It's a perfect location," Morzenti said, noting that the Montreal River flows just east of the site, and the entire area from the highway to city hall could become a park."
"The bill, which sailed into passage on bipartisan support, restricts state and local governments' eminent domain powers to their classic intent - acquiring land for public service projects."
"There are no bigger sleazebags than these types of child molesters," said Rep. Dean Kaufert (R-Neenah), co-chairman of the Joint Finance Committee. "When they know they're being tracked, their behavior is going to change."
"One reason, he says, is because there already are a lot of immigrants here. What's more, a lot of poor whites and blacks would be pulled into the labor force. But the job market definitely would tighten and wages would go up, Marquez says."
Sen
R. Feingold"I think the fact that you have proposed legislation on this program undermines your argument that such presidential authority exists. Because if it does exist, then nothing that we can legislate, no matter how carefully crafted, is worth a hill of beans."
"Today, as the President admits, even flaunts, his program to wiretap Americans on American soil without the warrants required by law, we need more courageous Republicans to stand up and check the President’s power grab. "
"Four people are running for two seats on the Montreal City Council in the April 4 election."
"The closure of the trails brings an end to a snowmobiling season that was lengthened by the two feet of snow that fell throughout much of the county on March 13."
"The dreaded carp long ago escaped into the wild and have been spreading like an infection up the Mississippi River basin. The filter feeding fish, which can grow up to 100 pounds and consume 40 pounds of plankton per day, have been found within about 50 miles of the shore of Lake Michigan."
"Watergate figure John Dean is one of two witnesses tapped by Sen. Russ Feingold to testify at a hearing Friday on Feingold's resolution to censure President Bush."
"UW-Madison's student government suspended its spring election Wednesday - after more than 6,000 people had voted - because a computer bug invalidated some of the ballots, officials said."
"And as the SEC met Wednesday evening to discuss the situation, representatives were seriously considering throwing out all votes cast — for both the referendums on the ballot and the Student Council seats — and beginning a new election."
"This was the fourth straight month where there were fewer workers than in the previous month, resulting in an increase in the number of unemployed and higher unemployment rates."
Sen
R. Feingold"These groups, which gained such prominence in the 2004 elections with their attack ads against the two presidential candidates, must abide by the contribution limits and reporting requirements that apply to all groups that seek to influence federal campaigns."
Sen
H. Kohl"The video game industry must be accountable for their product. And the retailers must responsible for enforcing it. All we ask for is a reliable, accurate and effective ratings system with impeccable integrity."
"There are a lot of members that do not know what is going on with this land swap deal," DeRosso said. "We agreed that issue wouldn't be brought up until the new board is seated."
"The Iron County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved salary increases for elected officials."
"Sen. Russ Feingold, after a weekend trip to Iraq, said Tuesday that in many ways, he found the security situation "significantly worse" than when he first visited in February 2005."
"Dubbed the Wild Rivers Legacy Forest, the land encompasses 48 lakes and ponds and 70 miles of rivers and streams, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The forest will remain open to the public and it will provide habitat for wildlife, including trout, migratory waterfowl, songbirds, wolves, bears and the pine marten, which is a protected species in Wisconsin."
"Despite high fuel costs last year, strong milk prices helped cushion the impact on his 850- acre farm. But there won't be a cushion this spring as he pays higher prices for everything from diesel fuel to seed."
"The new rules likely will hit hardest in Wisconsin's rural communities, where voter registration was often not required in order to vote."
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"It was a trickle down effect, slowly. I mean, we had smokers in here that would stick around, go outside and smoke, but they got tired of it. Most people like to sit down, have a beer, and smoke at the table, says Bob Tague, Owner of Hammer Time Tavern."
"In the past several years, some 40 calves have been killed and eaten by a pack of gray wolves whose home range includes the Mihalek farm. This year alone, three newborn calves have been killed and at least partly eaten by wolves says Marcia."
Sen
R. Feingold"But while I look forward to reviewing the Schumer proposal, Congress itself should not delay in holding the President accountable for his illegal actions."
Sen
H. Kohl"Xcel Energy officials are offering a 30-day extension regarding winter service disconnection protections for low-income customers in Wisconsin."
"Under the law, judges will evaluate whether the communication is in the child's best interest and whether the necessary equipment is available. The law requires that such communications be used to supplement, not replace, regular in-person visits."
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"Justice Jon Wilcox has announced he will step down from the bench when his term expires next year."
Sen
R. Feingold"It is not a perfect bill, but it recognizes that we will all be better off if Congress creates a realistic immigration system that allows foreign workers to come into the country legally to work when there is truly a need for their labor, and that ensures our government knows who is already here."
"There is no truth to the claim made today by Chairman Specter that I have asked for a postponement of Friday’s hearing on the censure resolution and I am very puzzled how the Chairman could have reached that conclusion."
"These Democratic pundits are all scared of the Republican base getting energized, but they're willing to pay the price of not energizing the Democratic base," he said. "It's an overly defensive and meek approach to politics."
"We would welcome Senator Feingold into the Green Party - a party that defends the Bill of Rights and the civil rights of Wisconsin citizens, and holds our President and other elected officials accountable."
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ThenIn these days of incessant complaints about the lack of positive news from Iraq, perhaps these inspiring pictures will help.
"Voters in the Town of Mercer will elect two people to the school board and two to the town board on April 4."
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"Co-owner with the county of a one-acre parcel on Lake of the Falls, Edelstein fronted $90,000 toward the $151,900 purchase with the understanding that they would trade that parcel of land for the six-acre Fisher Lake parcel. Iron County paid $61,900."
"There was almost no ice on the lake throughout the winter out of Saxon and that means an early start to the boating season. In recent years, the lake remained covered with ice well into May and there's been floating ice as late as June."
"All other department heads are receiving similar 2.5 percent wage increases for the next two years."
"Along with transcribed copies of law enforcement interviews with Laguna, who's alleged to have shot Brenda Laguna from behind with a .20-gauge shotgun, Vilas County Circuit Court Judge Neal Nielsen III was given copies of original interview tapes."
"Not every county feeling the pressure to downsize is responding by trimming its ranks significantly. Some are using a strategy of adopting a small change to fend off a citizen revolt."
"The donations to Doyle marked the first time that anyone from either company - Chicago-based Equis Corp. and Indianapolis-based Crowe Chizek - gave significant cash to any candidate in Wisconsin ..."
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"It's one thing to talk all the time about how we should be free of foreign oil; it's another thing to take the steps that are necessary on the ground to move in that direction."
"If Americans thought they were tired of biblical recitations during the last couple of presidential elections, they may want to take an extended vacation through November 2008. Given that Clinton is the likely Democratic presidential candidate -- and given that she will be aiming to out-witness Republican evangelicals -- Jesus probably isn't going anywhere."
Sen
R. Feingold"The FEC's new regulation will protect individual Internet users and bloggers, while also preventing a significant new loophole for the use of soft money in federal elections from developing."
"But every now and again, a patriot like Feingold shows up to do his job, and wouldn't you know it, he's the only one crying in the wilderness of a Congress that will let this administration do anything in the whole wide world its wants to."
"Concerned with crowding in Wisconsin prisons, state Sen. Scott Fitzgerald wants to send some prisoners out of state and begin planning for a new prison."
What's
to love about Wal-mart? Not much, says Hopke"Currently, less than half of Wal-Mart's workers are covered by company health insurance, compared with more than 80 percent of employees covered at its competitor, Costco, where workers are unionized."
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"The number of companies that are coming to campus this year is up 18 percent over last year - the number of companies participating in our spring job fair is up 46 percent over the largest number we've ever had."
"If gay parenting is harmful, do we take children away from their biological gay parents? Do we make it unlawful for gays to use fertility technologies? How? If there are states that allow gay adoption, would we ban interstate travel for that? And what do we say to a birth mother who picks a gay couple? "
Sen
R. Feingold"The nonpartisan, nonprofit, voter advocacy group FactCheck.org has revealed several falacies in a new Republican advertisement that takes aim at Senator Feingold and his resolution to censure President Bush for the illegal wire tapping of American Citizens."
"Was it my imagination, or did I see the ghost of Joe McCarthy heading into the RNC headquarters the other day? And was that the ghost of Don Knotts’s quivery TV persona holding court in the Senate Democratic cloakroom?"
"On the March 13 program, correspondent Major Garrett cropped a quote from Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT) to present a misleading account of Lieberman's view of the eavesdropping program. In a report addressing the resolution introduced by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) to censure President Bush ..."
"Jon said to Feingold, "You're kicking it old-school"). Feingold garnered a lot of cheers from the TDS crowd at several points (like when he said that he simply wanted Bush to admit he was wrong and apologize)."
"Feingold has never asserted that “we shouldn't be listening to al Qaeda communications” as White House communications director Scott McClellan falsely claimed."
"Bush and Co. have broken the law and disregarded the Constitution. There is only one remedy for this. On March 13, the brave and patriotic senator from Wisconsin, Russ Feingold, introduced a Senate bill to censure and derail the Bush train."
Sen
H. Kohl"Senator Herb Kohl's TV ads are running across the state. But, who is he running against? For now, the answer is no one."
"With the issue boiling over politically, Sensenbrenner and the get-tough immigration bill he sponsored have turned into bitter rallying cries for an increasingly vocal opposition, especially among Hispanics, fueling protests such as the one that drew more than 10,000 people Thursday in Milwaukee."
"But the Menomonee Falls Republican's cavalier dismissal of the massive demonstration as an "illegal alien rally" was as irresponsible as it was inaccurate."
"Now we're going to have this time from now until November where nobody is going to focus on the gubernatorial race, where they would have been forced to if there was a primary,"
"Don't assume the fight to preserve Social Security has been won," said Obey. "We won the first round, but there are still many more to go."
"It is critically important to provide these transportation options to an industry that it is the second largest in the state and most important in the north, but is also under a great amount of pressure,"
"After meeting in closed session for over an hour and a half Thursday, the finance committee agreed to consider contracting with a half-time person."
"The Forward Wind Energy Center project consists of up to 133 turbines that would provide enough power to meet the electrical needs of about 72,000 homes."
"The troubled statewide voter database likely won't be finished until after the November election for governor, making Wisconsin miss a federal deadline by almost a year and driving up costs."
"Of course, Darth Vader Cheney and others on the Republican Party's lunatic fringe don't quite see it that way. They claim Bush's powers as commander-in-chief give him the power to authorize warrantless wiretaps ..."
"He's got a long trip on those wings, and it will take him a while to get there," said Marge Gibson, executive director of the Raptor Education Group. "He could start today, as long as he's back (in his) territory in May when he has to start thinking about a nest and finding a mate."
Rep
D. Obey"I've never seen a bigger disconnect between what people are talking about on Main Street and what's being talked about under the dome of the Capitol building,"
"City officials in Mellen and Washburn thanked U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wis., Thursday for providing their communities with money to do long-needed utility improvements and explained how they used funds from the federal Section 154 program to replace aging water, sewer, and storm sewer systems."
"Members of the Legislature's Joint Audit Committee appear poised to vote in favor of a massive audit of the state's information technology systems, including the system used to process sales tax collections."
"DNR officials say the emerald ash borer has the potential to inflict the same level of destruction as Dutch elm disease in decades past."
""I've always said that I support a reasonable cap on damages but that it should be one that has at least a chance of being upheld in the state Supreme Court," Doyle said in a statement."
"The board voted unanimously to resurrect the contentious earn-a-buck program in 21 deer management units. State wildlife officials say the plan is designed to curb a deer population that keeps swelling, jeopardizing crops, creating more car-deer crashes and decimating forest plants."
"Madison residents can now access wireless Internet in the downtown and parts of the campus area as the city marked completion of the first phase of its citywide wireless network Wednesday."
Sen
R. Feingold"here is no valid legal basis for this and everybody basically knows it. They're just afraid to stand up to the President. The President needs to hear the voice of Congress and the voice of the American people. You can't make up your own laws."
"Feingold has never asserted that “we shouldn't be listening to al Qaeda communications” as White House Communications Director Scott McClellan falsely claimed."
"The congregation on Saturday night honored Feingold for “speaking truth to power” at a dinner to which he had been invited several months before his call for censure."
Sen
H. Kohl"This program was designed only with the interests of drug companies and HMOs in mind, it's no surprise that seniors have found the benefit to be extremely confusing and unworkable."
"Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl, in Madison Wednesday, said he heard little to reassure him, during President Bush's press conference on Iraq."
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should not pay' for Wal-Mart "I don't know why there should be any negotiations. We should not pay one dime for anything. If they need sewer and water, let them pay for it,"
"He tries to create an alternative to the smokey bar, adding live music to the ambiance of the smoke-free, non-alcoholic coffee house."
"Nineteen students in the Mercer School District want to attend school elsewhere next year."
"In March, voters attending annual meetings in 53 Vermont towns voted on variously worded measures that all carried the same sentiment - take steps to bring the troops home from Iraq. Forty-nine of the towns voted in favor of the motions while four voted against."
"The property, which the Plum Creek Timber Co. owns, rests along Venison Creek, just east of the Chippewa Flowage. It is surrounded by the national forest and lies within the Wisconsin elk range, home to about 100 elk thriving near the town of Clam Lake."
"Since the investigation into illegal campaigning at the Legislature began in the summer of 2001, Wisconsin lawmakers and their aides have racked up more than $700,000 worth of taxpayer-funded legal bills."
"It's the 2006 Biennial World Championship Cheese Contest sponsored by the Madison-based Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association. A World Championship Cheese will be announced Thursday after three days of judging ends."
For some like Valerie Larsen, a UW student and a representative from Colleges Against Cancer, the exemption only detracts from restrictions set in the city’s original smoking ban. “I worry that this is a slippery slope,” Larsen said. “This is one exemption but where do we draw the line?”"
"When the snow disappears and the vegetation drains up, you're left with grass and dormant vegetation that burns very easily," he said. "So generally, this is the most dangerous time of year."
"Even if they don't do one more lick of green, I'm waiting for them," Monroe said. He said Wal-Mart has already done some pro-environmental planning and that the creation of new jobs and the addition of a grocery store would benefit the city."
Sen
R. Feingold"Instead of offering any defense of the program’s legality, the President shamelessly played partisan politics by implying that Democrats don’t want to wiretap terrorists. That is flat-out wrong, and the President knows it."
"“Sen. Feingold says he intended his resolution to prompt congressional investigations into the president’s actions on these issues. Republican leaders so far have been reluctant to allow that,” said David Carle, a Leahy spokesman. “Sen. Leahy believes in first things first, and the first thing is Congress doing its oversight duty in investigating the Bush administration’s illegal domestic wiretapping.”"
"Kudos to Russ Feingold, finally a Senator willing to work. Let us remember that Russ merely called for censure not impeachment. The American people impeached Bill Clinton for lying about oral sex. Who hasn’t lied, on both the giving and receiving end?"
"In fact, while Americans generally support spying on suspected terrorists, polls consistently show that most Americans disapprove of the tactics the administration has used in conducting surveillance -- specifically, conducting surveillance without seeking or obtaining a warrant."
“It is disgraceful that Republicans would resort to cheap personal attacks on a true American patriot like Russ Feingold in order to cover up President Bush’s failures. This smear campaign is just another desperate attempt by Republicans to distract attention from the President’s plummeting popularity and his failed policies on everything from illegal wiretapping to the war in Iraq."
Sen
H. Kohl"... Redick condemns the Bush administration and members of Congress from both parties including the senator he is challenging, Wisconsin Democrat Herb Kohl, for embracing policies designed for "building an empire worldwide.""
"Senator Herb Kohl is optimistic it will be. He held a listening session for seniors in La Crosse Tuesday. About 2-dozen people showed up to discuss their feelings on the Medicare Drug Benefit. For the most part, their comments were complaints."
"Sap flow will not occur every day. It occurs when a rapid warming trend in early to mid-morning follows a cool (below freezing) night ..."
"One of five candidates being interviewed for the position, Patritto told the Hurley school board Monday that he was very happy at the Hurley School, but he's keeping his options open because no administrative job is really secure."
""Nobody said anything negative" at last week's forum about the Mercer School referendum, school board president John Pinzl said Monday."
"If you were on the phone with an al-Qaida person, I support your being wiretapped, all the time, for a long time," he told the audience. "We have laws already that allow the president to wiretap your line for 72 hours without a warrant. All he has to do is apply for that warrant. ..."
"A Republican Party official would not say Monday how much is being spent on the ad, or whether the party plans to run ads in other states on the subject."
"I've had people complain to me that when they play, nobody wins. They say 'We're all in Guantanamo and nobody has any civil liberties left,' " he said. "I'm like, 'Yeah, that's the point.' "
"The Seventh District congressman plans to get an update at 10 a.m. from city officials from the site of construction at 100 North 72nd Ave. in the Wausau West Business and Industrial Park."
"As a result, over the next month, community members can stop by the school district's administrative offices, review each of the textbooks and fill out comment cards."
Sen
R. Feingold"Feingold has never asserted that “we shouldn't be listening to al Qaeda communications” as White House Communications Director Scott McClellan falsely claimed. Feingold is challenging the President’s interpretation of the law and whether government can ever spy on Americans without a search warrant, even when Americans are communicating with someone in another country."
Wal-Mart
Ready to Hire 150,000 in China""Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to hire up to 150,000 employees in China over the next five years, five times its current work force there, as it expands its number of stores, the company said Monday."
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discussions begin"Thomas said Wal-Mart will be responsible for costs to run the utility lines from the roadway to the buildings. It's the city's responsibility to get the lines to the site, he added."
"It's time for bigger and better challenges. Sturgeon Bay has a lot to offer for me professionally, for my children and my wife, and the area's gorgeous."
"This year four university students from Brazil spent the winter working at the resort and learning more about this country, customs and language."
"The administration says the DOT will save $2.25 million through mid-2007, but the DOT says the savings will be just 5.7% of that, or $127,130, according to a DOT memo obtained through the state's open records law."
"On Friday, Gov. Jim Doyle signed a law mandating that at least 10 percent of the state's power come from renewable fuels by 2015, and ordering state agencies to reach 20 percent by 2010. Industry insiders expect wind to make up the bulk of that new investment."
"Supporters say state government plays a vital role in preserving lives and making Wisconsin a safer place to live. But some conservatives are bristling about the bills, saying they amount to unneeded government meddling in people's lives."
"Carrying a gun openly in the woods is legal, provided one has the proper hunting license. Carrying the same gun into a bank, school or other public place is likely to result in a different response (from authorities)."
"Namely, Grothman refuted the board’s assertion that tuition is currently unaffordable and even suggested that instead of providing the state with more baccalaureate-degree holders, they may already be graduating too many."
"We have worked very hard together to implement a number of aggressive initiatives to improve the mill's productivity and competitiveness," he continued. "However, fundamental market challenges outside of our control have forced us to take this action."
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R. Feingold"Instead, the Senate Majority Leader, Bill Frist (R-TN), on the day of the resolution, said it was a good thing that “Iranians” did not hear what Senator Feingold said in censuring the President. But this diversion of our attention to world events is nothing new. Bush has distracted us from the very beginning."
"Sen. Russ Feingold recently called for Congress to censure -- or formally reprimand -- Bush for his warrantless wiretapping program. While Feingold's measure does not enjoy much support among his Senate colleagues, a significant percentage of those polled like the idea ..."
Sen
H. Kohl"WISCONSIN: Republicans haven't found an excellent challenger to take on Democratic senator Herb Kohl, and it's getting kind of late in the game. LIKELY DEMOCRATIC RETENTION"
"If, in fact, this disrespect of process and just plain common sense is any indication, Senator Feingold and other privacy advocates have good reason to voice concern over the way in which the mountains of data collected through an illegal wiretapping program are being handled."
"Taft said the most immediate concerns that Bush’s budget would fail to adequately address are cleaning up abandoned shoreline industrial sites; providing federal loans to fix polluting sewage treatment plants; and protecting against Asian carp, a 100-pound fish that threatens the waters’ ecological balance."
"Jauch said that the law not only fixes something that is basically unfair, but works to promote hunting and fishing in Wisconsin, and may turn out-of-state students into life-long Wisconsin hunters."
Sen
R. Feingold"Senator Feingold deserves the recognition and support of the netroots for his cause - but other Dems who show the courage of conviction to act against an unjustifiable outrage need to be recognized as well."
"nd opposing Feingold's measure could cost Republicans seats. After all, an American Research Group poll released this week found that a plurality of Americans favors censuring Bush -- and that, by a 7-point margin, a plurality of independents favors impeaching Bush."
"Officials are wondering whether the state could legitimately use the wolf to support a program when it was no longer an endangered species."
"If the bill were to become law, women should be able to check if their estranged spouses or boyfriends acquire concealed-weapons permits, said the group's policy director, Linda Mayfield."
"The fact that the post-invasion peace resolutions have become statewide affairs is indicative of the high level of concern and dissatisfaction among a broad sector of our citizens. Activists in other states are hoping to follow Wisconsin's model."
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"Today's rally marks the 3rd anniversary of the war in Iraq. We're here to say no more war, bring our troops home," says organizer Rachel Friedman."
"Plans call for the city hall portion of the project, with both main and side entrances, to include two office spaces, a computer room, an archive area, a large council chambers that could also be used for other meetings and get-togethers, and two rest rooms."
"The resurgence of the gray wolf in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota was reaffirmed Thursday when Interior Secretary Gale Norton announced plans to remove the wolf from a list of endangered and threatened species."
"The trees destined for the saw include mostly Norway maples that were planted in the early 1900s at the direction of John Nolen, the famed landscape architect who designed many of the city's parks."
"Wisconsin citizens are lucky to have some of the strongest open records and meetings laws in the nation. Yet our state laws seem constantly under attack by those who want the public to look the other way and trust them to do what's right."
"Strong demand for General Motors' new big sport utility vehicles has prompted the automaker to add two shifts at its plant in Janesville."
"When the online activist group MoveOn.org launched a nationwide petition drive to show support for the Wisconsin Democrat's challenge to the Bush administration's disregard for the rule of law, they set a goal of 250,000 signatures to be gathered by the end of the week. By midweek, they already had almost 350,000."
“People see it as an opportunity in each of the two states to sort of widen the range of choices for students coming out of high school,” Pruitt said. “I think clearly the reason it remains [is that] for students and their families this is a very attractive thing.”
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R. Feingold"But, alas for journalists, the factions in the Senate seem to have found their script and toned down the infighting. Feingold did not renew his challenge to his colleagues' manhood in his press conference Thursday morning. Democrats who disagree with Feingold were talking less about how he was helping his presidential primary chances and more about how they share his frustration with incomplete answers from the White House and lackluster oversight by the Republicans in the majority."
"... Fox News chief Washington correspondent Jim Angle cropped a quote from Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (NV) to falsely suggest that Reid did not agree with Feingold that the warrantless domestic wiretapping is illegal."
"Summary: Chris Matthews claimed that "there's a big question about whether it's even legal or not in the Senate" to censure President Bush, as Sen. Russ Feingold recently proposed, over Bush's authorization of warrantless domestic surveillance. But Matthews said something very different about the issue of censure in the context of former President Bill Clinton,..."
(I will cover this more when they start saying fact based stuff. -Bob)
Sen
H. Kohl"Juvenile crime is an ongoing challenge and it is not a problem that is going to solve itself. Boosting funding for successful juvenile justice programs is the first step in addressing this challenge."
Rep
D. Obey
"Three years after this war began, does anybody here really believe the president of the U.S., when he tells us this is all about bringing democracy and freedom to Iraq? Four hundred billion dollars and then some [and more] later, does anybody believe that Congress did the right thing when Congress handed a blank check to the administration," h
"Iron County residents who were called for jury duty on Tuesday at 9 a.m. are advised that the trial has been canceled, according to Karen Ransanici, Iron County clerk of court."
"It's doing what I had hoped," Feingold said. "As difficult as this is, everybody is now talking again about what I consider to be one of the fundamental issues - which is what do you do when the president of the United States thumbs his nose at the law."
"Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold, who regards himself as a fiscal watchdog and reformer, distances himself from earmarks, which some deride as pork. "I oppose unauthorized earmarks on appropriations bills," the senator said in a recent statement. By contrast, Rogers said, Feingold's counterpart, Sen. Herb Kohl, also a Democrat, "does a great job" in funneling funds back home."
"Judge declined to elaborate on his reasons for leaving, but he said there was no connection between his decision and documents that surfaced earlier this year detailing his 2001 interview with investigators during a probe into allegations of corruption in the Capitol."
WMTVMadison
"A group called the Union of Concerned Scientists, has released a study that says southern Wisconsin's winter climate will soon resemble that of northern Missouri ... and in the summer, it will feel like Arkansas."
Sen
R. Feingold"All Americans want to fight terrorism and protect our country from those who wish to do us harm, but they don’t want to sacrifice the rights and principles our country was founded upon."
"And let me just read a quote from a few years ago from one of the House managers of the impeachment trial of President Clinton, when they came over to try that case. It's from Congressman James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, saying that "the rule of law should apply to everyone. And if the president does not suffer the legal and constitutional consequences of his actions, the impact of allowing the president to stand above the law will be felt for generations to come.""
"Congress needs to reauthorize the ADAM Act, named in his honor, to help bring AEDs to schools in order to ensure future victims of cardiac arrest have a fighting chance,”
Sen
H. Kohl"The amendment, adopted today by a vote of 54-44, and co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.), is based on the Medicare Enhancement for Needed Drugs (MEND) legislation Wyden and Snowe introduced last year. It clears the way for Snowe and Wyden to pass their legislation to give the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the specific authority to negotiate lower prices for drug purchases through Medicare."
"Iron County Finance Committee Chairman Gene Cisewski said he and corporation counsel Jodie Bednar-Clemens plan to be in Madison on Thursday to discuss a criminal investigation with officials from the Attorney General's office."
"The Hurley City Council agreed Tuesday to borrow nearly $4 million through the U.S. Department of Agriculture for reconstruction of sanitary sewer lines in the city."
"She mentioned installation of handles and rails to assist people with disabilities among improvements yet to be made."
"But Maassen "freaked out," emerging from a bedroom Friday with a .22-caliber bolt-action rifle, the complaint says. One man tackled Maassen after the gun was pointed at his head, the complaint says."
"One possible problem: "presenteeism" - when employees show up for work despite being ill and infect others. Flu is spread easily through coughing and sneezing, so a few infected workers could quickly cause entire business departments to be wiped out, Bostrom said. "It could result in such high levels of absenteeism that companies can't run their business," he said."
"Gov. Jim Doyle announced during an Influenza Preparedness Summit at the Concourse Hotel that the University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to launch a new Institute for Influenza Viral Research."
"Studies by the FDA have found the morning-after pill to be safe and effective, but the agency has repeatedly stalled its approval of over-the-counter sales of the medication. Critics say pressure from the Bush administration and anti-abortion groups have caused these approval delays."
"Though there are currently only a handful of companies worldwide converting cheese whey into ethanol and only a few Wisconsin farmers extracting whey sugar, there is potential for three refineries in the state with the capacity to produce four to seven million gallons of ethanol a year, Engel said."
"They already have to use so much of their resources to restore critical infrastructure that they do not always have enough left to provide the 50 percent matching funds needed for the grant," Williams said in her testimony to the committee.
Sen
H. Kohl"But it's clear that for too many women facing retirement, that stool is shaky. We must strengthen all three legs, and also promote a fourth leg -- the opportunity to continue working past traditional retirement age for those who need to do so."
"Small and medium sized manufacturers face unprecedented challenges in today's global economy. If it isn't China pirating our technologies and promising a low-wage workforce, it is soaring heath care and energy costs that cut into profits."
"Still, there were some moments of levity, such as when Senator Herb Kohl, Democrat of Wisconsin, said: "Our constituents, your consumers, aren't very happy with your explanations. If you'd be losing money, they wouldn't be so upset.""
"Ever wondered what it's like to be a contestant on "Wheel of Fortune?"
"Gogebic Range residents were delivered a brutal reminder of winter Monday as a late winter storm dumped as much as two feet of snow in some areas."
"Remarkably, only a few accidents were reported in the City of Ironwood during the storm, with no injuries reported. There were too many reports of cars in ditches to log, however."
"Increasingly, we aren't just Illinois' playground, it seems. We are its garbage dump as well. About 20% of the waste in our landfills in 2004 came from other states such as Illinois, according to DNR figures."
"While the efforts of various anti-war groups have not drawn the sort of large demonstrations against the Vietnam War witnessed in Madison in 1969-70, that does not mean the "movement" doesn't exist."
"... she's part of the contingent pushing for Madison to pass an ordinance that would require some employers to either offer paid sick leave or allow workers to make up sick days with alternative shifts."
WMTVMadison
"Even if the weather is nice this could be a tough tourism season. Gas prices are still climbing and AAA's Pam Moen says it's too early to know where they'll stop. "There's really no way to look into the future and know for sure what gas prices are going to do later this spring or into the summer.""
"Can we at least know who is doing what and hold them accountable because at that point, at least, the ordinary citizen, someone who's not part of a special interest group, has at least the opportunity to see what's being done," says Lautenschlager.
"But thousands of drivers throughout north central Wisconsin already are burning ethanol in their vehicles -- even if they don't know it. Most service stations in the area offer the blend, and some sell only gasoline that contains ethanol."
""Part of the problem is that we haven't had one of these bad ones in a long time, and people just forgot that sometimes it's better just not to travel in this weather,""
Sen
R. Feingold"It simply reinstates the pay-as-you-go rule that had been such an effective restraint on the fiscal appetites of Congress and the White House."
"The video runs about 25 minutes and is lower quality. We are not able to offer a Windows Media version because of the size. An MP3 Audio version is available."
Sen
H. Kohl"At the same time, none of us should tolerate profiteering if it results from collusion, price gouging, market manipulation or other similar anti-competitive practices."
"While the FDA plans to spend well over $400 million to approve approximately 88 new brand-name drugs, the agency only plans to spend $65 million to approve 400 new generics in the coming year,"
"Iron County's unemployment rate ranked second highest in the state at 9.3 percent in January, according to the latest figures from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development."
"Children use the anonymity of the Internet to harass other children without a chance of getting caught. Harassment can include spreading rumors and sometimes threatening physical harm."
"Cross-country skiers on the MECCA trails will be able to warm up and change clothes in a heated log chalet next season."
"The Mercer School Referendum Committee will hold a public forum Wednesday to discuss the April 4 referendum vote."
"The song is a satiric thank-you to surrounding states for garbage they have trucked to Wisconsin, with a rowdy chorus proclaiming, "Next time just send cash; keep your trash.""
"At some point, public officials ought to focus beyond what they can get away with and focus on what's right," Lueders said. Leanne Glorvigen, another project opponent and a former alderman, said she was so enraged by the council's conduct that she opted to run for City Council, nearly 20 years after her last term."
"The names of almost half of the 60 incumbent Assembly Republicans surfaced in the Jensen trial in ways that suggested most - if not all - of them got on-the-job campaign help from the Assembly Republican Caucus, which Jensen ran until it was abolished in the fall of 2001."
"They're complaining that Schultz dared to force a vote on a controversial issue that some of them -- along with their talk radio taskmasters -- didn't agree with."
"Charging that the president's illegal wiretapping program is in direct violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - which makes it a crime to wiretap Americans in the United States without a warrant or a court order - Feingold argues that Congress cannot avoid facing the fact that fundamental constitutional issues are at stake."
"Bill Lueders, president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, says many recent actions by local governments and state officials violate the spirit, and sometimes the letter, of the state's open records and open meetings laws."
"Patty Loew, PhD, Wisconsin Public Radio host and UW-Madison associate professor, will be the keynote speaker at the 32nd annual Native American Awareness Week at Northland College, March 13-18."
Sen
R. Feingold"As we move forward, Congress will need to consider a range of possible actions, including investigations, independent commissions, legislation, or even impeachment. But, at a minimum, Congress should censure a president who has so plainly broken the law."
Sen
H. KohlRep
D. Obey"The Journal Sentinel and The Lakeland Times in Minocqua are suing the state over the public records denials, saying the state's open records law trumps the secrecy provision of the labor contracts."
"The jury deliberated for 17 hours over three days before finding Jensen guilty of three felony counts of misconduct in office and a misdemeanor count of using his public position to benefit the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee."
"Visitors spent $11.81 billion last year on tourism, up slightly from $11.78 billion in 2004. "It's essentially a hold-steady figure," Tourism Secretary Jim Holperin said of the tourism spending numbers. "It's not phenomenal spending growth for the travel industry.""
WMTVMadison
"The jury foreman in the Scott Jensen trial says some jurors shed tears as they deliberated for more than 15 hours. Dana Brueck spoke with him about how they came to the verdict."
Sen
R. Feingold"This issue is not about whether the government should be wiretapping terrorists – of course it should, and it can under current law” Feingold said. “But this President and this Administration decided to break the law and they have yet to give a convincing explanation of why their actions were necessary, appropriate, or legal."
Sen
H. Kohl"Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl criticized the cuts, including one in the Milk Income Loss Contract program. Wisconsin is home to small- and medium-sized dairy farms that often benefit from the program."
Rep
D. Obey"The major problem is that earmarking is being used as internal blackmail," said Obey, noting that two years ago no Democrats were allowed earmarks in a Labor-Health and Human Services spending bill because they wouldn't support the bill."
"Identity thieves trick the unwary into revealing their personal details by telling them they've failed to report for jury duty and warrants for their arrest are being issued."
"The convictions on the felony charges set in motion a process in which the Town of Brookfield legislator will have to give up his seat in the Assembly and forego his long-desired run for governor some day."
"Last year, Congress passed a law sponsored by Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner of Menomonee Falls that requires states to meet standards for verifying citizenship."
"Sen. Russ Feingold will be a headliner Sunday on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" on ABC News. Feingold will appear with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.).
""We wanted to use the Web to create a local space for people all over Madison to write, report and talk about issues of concern in their neighborhood," Friedland said."
"Originally, the legislation would have put the speed limit in place for two years and included money for DNR enforcement teams to patrol state trails. But the legislation approved Thursday would only put the limits in place for one year and stripped the money for enforcement teams."
Sen
R. Feingold"Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Judd Gregg (R-NH) took the unfortunate step of including Arctic drilling in the 2007 budget bill. On a party line vote, the committee accepted his proposal and defeated an attempt by Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) to strip the Arctic provision."
"Today, we stand together with people all over the world to protest the injustices inflicted on the Tibetan people by the Chinese government.
Political, cultural and religious oppression continues in Tibet."
Sen
H. Kohl"One ad will be a 60-second commercial focused on the senator's accomplishments. The other is a 30-second ad on Kohl's position on the Medicare prescription drug program."
Rep
D. Obey"And they hope the eventual nominee may have a chance of seriously contending this year— not because of a decline in Obey’s standing at home, but because of a hot-button ballot initiative and a competitive statewide race they hope will drive up turnout among conservative Republican voters."
"The top Democrat on the panel, Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin, proposed spending $1 billion on heating assistance, with three-quarters being dedicated to states with heating needs and the rest divided among all states."
"A special closed meeting of the Hurley School Board has been called for Tuesday at 5 p.m. to discuss busing, an employee layoff matter and a retirement request."
"Former Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen ran a Republican "one-stop shopping" campaign machine paid by taxpayers through state employees and state supplies, Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard told a jury Thursday."
"Wisconsin leaders once marched proudly under the state's banner, "Forward."
Now that our legislative leaders want to legalize discrimination and return to the pre-1853 pioneer days when hangings were routine, perhaps we need to change that banner to "backward.""
WMTVMadison
"A woman received a voicemail, stating she had been clocked speeding along Highway 22 in Pardeeville. The message stated she needed to call an 800 number within three days or a citation would be mailed to her."
"The Senate, in a unanimous vote, passed AB 1012, which will allow the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to sell more than 12,000 acres of select environmentally sensitive lands to the state Department of Natural Resources."
"But when the Midgets finally caught the Hilltoppers, the needle was resting on empty. Glenwood City held the Midgets to just two points over the final 4:21, and the Hilltoppers remained undefeated with a 53-42 victory over the Midgets. "
"Phillip Laguna Sr., of Nimikon Avenue, Gile, remains under house arrest, pending a May 24 trial."
"Children use the anonymity of the Internet to harass other children without a chance of getting caught. Harassment can include spreading rumors and sometimes threatening physical harm."
"More than a year-and-a-half after a gambling raid by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation, a case against a Hurley businessman has yet to be resolved."
"The Iron County Highway Department said seasonal weight limitations will be placed on Wisconsin 122 and Wisconsin 169 effective at 7 a.m. Monday. Also included are county trunk highways A, B, C, D, E, FF, G, H and J."
"Part three of the "Starting Your Own Business" workshop series will be held Monday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Iron County Courthouse in Hurley."
"Dale Maki, 41, of Vernon Hills, faces felony counts of manufacturing marijuana and possession with intent to manufacture/deliver charges, along with misdemeanor counts of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia."
"The bill's definition of teachers also would put the state in violation of the No Child Left Behind law, officials at the state's Department of Public Instruction have said."
"Rural America has had a net increase of a half-million people 60 and older moving in as compared with seniors leaving those areas."
"Computer-security experts, however, warn that though users such as Gapinski, Rudlof and Hunt piggyback without malicious intent, unsecured networks are vulnerable to mischief."
(Best places to piggy back are library and college parking lots. - Bob)
"Other opponents of the ethanol requirement said constituents were worried about possible effects on small-engine motors such as those in lawn mowers, snowblowers, leaf blowers and motorboats."
"In response to the controversial South Dakota abortion ban, State Rep. Terese Berceau, D-Madison, unveiled a bill Wednesday aimed to repeal Wisconsin’s criminal abortion ban."
"Tonight the now battle-tested Midgets (17-6) will make their second straight sectional trip when they return to Rice Lake to meet undefeated Glenwood City (23-0) in a 7 p.m. sectional semifinal at the Ole Olsen Gymnasium."
Sen
R. Feingold“I can’t see a damn soul in D.C. except Russ Feingold who is even worth considering for President. The rest of them seem to me so poisonously in hock to this system of legalized bribery they can’t even see straight.”
“Today marks, sadly, a missed opportunity to protect both the national security needs of this country and the rights and freedoms of its citizens."
"While we do need to show fiscal restraint, the administration’s proposal for reductions in funding for MILC payments and the dairy price support program while adding a milk tax on dairy farmers is a wrong-headed approach."
"U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is part of a bipartisan effort opposing the administration’s budget proposal to cut funding for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program."
Sen
H. Kohl"And now we find ourselves in a position no great country should ever occupy: We don't control the events that determine the success of the war or even the safety of our troops,"
"... activists with the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice hope to influence moderate Democratic Senator Herb Kohl to join Senator Russ Feingold in backing withdrawal."
Rep
D. Obey"The committee's ranking Democrat, Representative David Obey of Wisconsin, said he regretted that Bush had not done a better job of explaining the proposed transaction. But, Obey said, "When I heard of the transaction, I thought it sounded nuts."
"I think that the Congress itself, if it is going to interpose its judgment in this instance, than we ought to have a regularized process in which it does so over the long haul," said Wisconsin Democrat David Obey.
"Just days later, Ryan did exactly what Troha wanted. The fourth-term congressman dialed up the BIA in Minneapolis to get the lowdown on the application and to lean on the bureaucrats."
"Wisconsin's ban was never removed from the books even when the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade rendered it unconstitutional. Berceau and others are worried that a more conservative Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade. That would mean, under current Wisconsin law, that women and doctors could go to jail for performing or having an abortion."
"Prosecutors on Tuesday pointed to several instances in which they say former Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen lied when investigators interviewed him in 2001 about possible illegal campaign activity at the Capitol."
"Danforth focused first on health care, noting that federal budget cutbacks affect the tribes' ability to care for Native Americans in the state already afflicted with high rates of diabetes, alcoholism and heart disease. In Midwestern states such as Wisconsin, approximately 38 percent of health-care needs on reservations are federally funded, compared to a national average that is close to 60 percent, Danforth said."
Wal-Mart
urged to go green"Monroe and others pushed for an eco-friendly development after a Wal-Mart spokesperson said the company operates two “green” stores, which experiment with conserving energy and protecting the environment."
Sen
R. Feingold"By inserting the reconciliation instruction authorizing drilling in the Refuge into the budget, proponents are seeking to short-circuit the regular legislative process."
“While the costs of a college education continue to rise, the maximum Pell grant award has not, forcing more and more low-income students to borrow more and more money to pay for higher education,”
Sen
H. Kohl"The American Small Manufacturers Coalition has named U.S. Senator Herb Kohl as a "champion for small manufacturers" for his work on behalf of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program -- a network of over 60 centers across the country that provide assistance to small manufacturers."
"Comp time was an understood theory, but it wasn't a system of reporting," Baas said. "You worked a lot of hours, so at times during the day you could do other things because you had it coming to you."
" I have here, in my hot little hand, the names of 40 known felons employed by the University of Wisconsin System. Unlike the commie-hunting senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy, having this information makes me queasy."
"Jensen tried to portray himself as a reformer who, as soon as he was picked as speaker, set out to reform troubling aspects of the Capitol culture."
"What we found is that supply and demand have remained relatively constant since the natural gas market was deregulated about 15 years ago,"
WMTVMadison
"The measure would ask Wisconsin voters whether the state should
bring back the death penalty. The referendum results would be advisory."
"A proposal that would allow the University of Wisconsin to suspend faculty members without pay if they are charged with a felony was met with strong criticism Monday by members of the UW faculty. ..."
"The ban also could take away rights such as health care benefits given to couples in civil unions, whether they're gay or heterosexual, according to critics of the amendment."
"Krumenaker said despite the reduction in staff, personnel costs have increased from 85% to 88% and therefore the park has seen a $62,000 reduction in non-personnel operations since 2003."
Sen
R. Feingold"... ICE has not ruled out the practice of impersonating Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) officials as part of its efforts to round up illegal immigrants."
"Limiting information about the program to a minority of the Committee is not just grossly inadequate, it is contrary to the law that requires that the entire Committee be fully informed of intelligence surveillance programs."
"Twenty-two towns across Wisconsin will vote for or against removing troops from Iraq. One of the smallest of those communities is Edgewater in Sawyer County."
Sen
H. Kohl"We need to see whether the increased size of the new AT&T will bring consumer benefits, or harm competition."
Rep
D. Obey"Obey has helped other rural communities with federal assistance for health care, but the available funds are being squeezed from all directions, and the needs supersede our convoluted ways of addressing them."
"Democratic Wisconsin congressman David Obey has introduced the Let the People Decide Clean Campaign Act, which seeks to take all private money out of political campaigns to the U.S. House of Representatives, ..."
"Twelve representatives of Iron County joined more than 150 citizens who visited legislators and department secretaries in Madison Wednesday and Thursday to participate in intensive lobbying for the north during Superior Days."
"The National Parent Teacher Student Association sponsored the first "Take Your Family to School Week" Feb. 13-17. Mercer PTSA participated."
"Scott is one of 12 young people representing the Intermountain Division of Nordic skiing which includes Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah."
"Last summer, with Brian Tarro, designated the organizer of the group, letters were written, reservations made and plans firmed up to visit the cousins and the village for two days."
"... poor clients enrolled for months in W-2 can be deemed employable and denied aid, though they still may be eligible for child care and other assistance."
"He also testified that it was difficult to distinguish between legislative work and campaign work, calling it a gray area. And Baas said when Capitol staff worked on campaigns of those running for the Legislature, "it was always assumed comp time was used.""
"He said petroleum-based products like vinyl siding and roofing shingles are more expensive while framing lumber and plywood are less expensive than they were a year ago. Lieser said Hurricane Katrina may have disrupted some vinyl siding production in the gulf states."
(Unfortunately there appears to be an error at this site tonight. I will keep an eye on it and relink when possible.)
Sen
R. Feingold“The Budget Committee needs to leave drilling in the Arctic Refuge behind and focus on crafting this year’s budget package.”
"However, we now know as a result of your letter that in October 2001 the President authorized wiretaps of individuals inside the United States without getting a court order under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act."
"He also revealed that he hasn't spoken to Bush since leaving the cabinet. And he said that before departing, he urged the White House to take on health care reform before trying to fix Social Security but lost on that one."
"Chandra particularly attacks the doctors' argument that higher malpractice payments, which can result from having no cap, directly lead to higher liability insurance rates. "The relationship between these two variables that people have argued is tight is actually very weak," he said."
"Jensen told investigators he "made it clear to his staff that they should not, cannot and did not use state resources or state time for campaigning," Collins said."
"More and more lands are being closed," said Chuck Bright, a DNR forester for Marathon County. "It used to be 50/50 (open and closed in Managed Forest Law), but a lot of people want to hunt the lands themselves and do not want the land totally open to others."
"The findings mean that the fatal deer disease was festering behind fences in a region of Wisconsin that has not produced any cases in the wild. Chronic wasting disease is a brain ailment that is in the same family as mad cow disease."
"We need to change the law, so that somehow there is a seamless, transparent building permit process to take care of these types of problems," he said. "We obviously have to have more checks in the system so people don't think they can build in a place where they can't."
"Convicted lawmaker and former Assembly Majority Leader Steve Foti acknowledged in court Friday that he added Sherry Schultz to his state payroll not only to raise money for other Republicans, but also to handle the finances of his own re-election campaign."
"Crabb said she found it puzzling how someone who had long been a law-abiding citizen suddenly "just veered right off track" and began to flout the rules surrounding the pastime he loved."
Sen
R. Feingold"Feingold takes principled stands, as shown by his lonely vote against the USA Patriot Act when it was first introduced. For a large contingent of mainstream voters that vote engendered respect. Our senator isn't alone in either his stand on Iraq or the need to protect civil liberties."
Rep
D. Obey"Jeff Tyberg is running for the Republican Party nomination in the September primary to face Democratic incumbent David Obey in the November general election."
"Soine recently told the city council, "There would be a drop in the 2006 mill rate from $28.35 per $1,000 to $20.33 per $1,000 assessed value." This means that the property "could increase 40 percent in assessed value and see the same tax as 2005."
"Both Doyle and the Republican leadership of the Legislature praised the deal, saying it would help up to 40,000 state families at a time when heating bills have risen as much as 30 percent and up to 20,000 more families are behind on their heating bills compared to last winter."
"Jensen's co-defendant, former legislative aide Sherry Schultz, was described as having a drawer full of blank checks from special-interest groups that she and Jensen parceled out to candidates."
“This bill would actually give some teeth to our state watchdog agencies,” Common Cause in Wisconsin Executive Director Jay Heck said. “It would enable them to investigate and prosecute wrongdoing at both the state and local levels.”
"Eleven people have been infected by blastomycosis since the beginning of this year, according to updated case numbers from the Lincoln County Health Department on Wednesday."
"Over 80 farmers, gardeners and agricultural agents from northern Wisconsin gathered at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute Thursday to learn about alternative food-growing techniques at the first-ever Chequamegon Organic Conference."
"This week, he told the Ashland County Board of Supervisors it's inevitable the deposit will be mined."
"Anglers should note Wisconsin's laws concerning public access to lakes is the same as for streams: keep your feet wet."
"Dale Maki, 41, of Vernon Hills, and Robert Vedernack, 56, Gurnee, were each originally charged with two Class E felonies of manufacturing marijuana, and possession with intent to manufacture/deliver marijuana."
"The discussions in Jensen's office would include questions about whether the groups or individuals represented by the lobbyist would give at specific fund-raising events, or which contributors might be willing to serve as lead sponsors of a fund-raiser, Richard said."
"However, the proposed policy also states RAs may not use their positions to “inappropriately influence, pressure, or coerce student residents to attend or participate.”"
"Raspotnik said she is happy to see that the administration is willing to share the burden of budget cuts this time around. "In the past, teachers have felt that whenever cuts had to be made, they always looked first and only at the teaching staff," she said."
Sen
R. Feingold"The revelations about secret warrantless surveillance late last year only confirmed the suspicions of many in our country that the government is willing to trample the rule of law and constitutional guarantees in the fight against terrorism."
"We need to improve security at our borders and create a system in which law-abiding non-citizens can enter the country legally to work when there is truly a need for their labor."
“I have heard from one constituent in Wisconsin who has already reached the $2250 threshold and unfortunately, this case will not be the last,”
"The Hurley District scored relatively high in a recent survey of how people perceive the operation of the school."
"Lobbyists for some of the state's most powerful industries were asked to arrange donations of $2,000 to $10,000 from their clients at the solicitation session at the state Republican Party office, according to the official agenda for the meeting and handwritten notes kept of it."
"With two years of preparation behind them, both sides promised a campaign that could run as high as several million dollars, include hundreds or even thousands of volunteers, and employ everything from the pulpit to Web sites and television ads."
WMTVMadison
"That does not stop people in those relationships from going through legal means of getting for instance, health care power of attorney,"
“I would like for you to explain to them why they have to go to every single voter in the state of Wisconsin … to ask for their individual blessings for what they obviously can do better than most people in this room,” he said, referring to Richard Taylor and Ray Vahey of Milwaukee, a gay couple who has been together for nearly 50 years."
| Interest grows for iron mine in Ashland County |
"On Tuesday Congdon told Ashland County Board members that it is time to
plan for the day when that low-grade taconite iron ore lying in deposits
between Upson in Iron County and Mellen will be tapped to feed an insatiable
appetite for iron and steel in developing nations."
Sen
R. Feingold"I am disappointed in this result obviously but I believe this fight has been worth making and my dedication to changing the patriot act is as strong now as it has ever been."
"At a time of rising poverty levels and rising health care costs, this budget proposes cuts to many of the programs that address these problems."
Rep
D. Obey"Lawmakers, including Democrats such as Representative David Obey of Wisconsin and some Republicans, said the proposals amount to accounting gimmicks that enable the administration to claim it's holding the line on spending without having to sacrifice popular programs."
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