Governor Walker signs nine welfare reform laws on Tuesday

Governor Scott Walker made a three city tour on Tuesday to sign nine bills into law that aim to reform the state’s welfare system. “I’ve said repeatedly that public assistance should be like a trampoline and less like a hammock,” said Walker, adding that with the state’s unemployment rate hovering near 3% that the state […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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Customer groups want utility to set aside savings

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Customer groups are asking state regulators to force We Energies to set aside tens of millions of dollars in savings from closing a Pleasant Prairie power plant to help defray customers’ bills. Source: LacrosseTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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Walker signs 9 welfare overhaul bills into law

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker plans to sign nine welfare overhaul bills into law that include increasing the work requirement for food stamp recipients and imposing it on parents for the first time.  Source: WAOW.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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