WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/16/2015) [PART TWO] – As the Joint Committee on Finance deliberates the proposed State Budget in Madison, the Wisconsin League of Women Voters has issued a list of things in the budget they are concerned about. In Part Two we continue to look at their concerns.
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/16/2015) [PART ONE] – The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin (LWV) is urging lawmakers on the State Committee on Finance to keep Quality of Life in mind during their deliberations over the proposed State Budget. Meanwhile, members of the Joint Finance Committee will hold public hearings on the proposed 2015-17 state budget in various locations around the state.
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/10/2015) – The shooting incident in Madison, Wisconsin, Friday, involving a police officer, is now the subject of an independent investigation mandated by Wisconsin law. The law was co-authored by Madison area State Assembly Representative Chris Taylor (D-Madison) in the last session of the State Legislature. Coincidentally, she says she was in the area where the Friday shooting took place.
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/06/2015) – After turning down Democrat amendments, the Republican controlled Wisconsin Assembly passed the controversial Right To Work bill today. The legislation provides for voluntary union membership, and does not change existing contracts until the contract ends. Senate Bill 44 allows the employee the freedom to choose whether or not to belong to a union.
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/02/2015) – The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is, effectively, re-launching Re-Employment Services this month, with enhanced, renewed energy. The DWD is making, what has been referred to as, significant improvements to its federally mandated Re-employment Services (RES) System. The service is part of ongoing efforts to help Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants return to work quickly.
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