Sunday, July 10, 2011
Spending plan will help improve the economy while continuing to address state's ongoing needs.
The Kaukauna School District recently announced that our reforms will allow them to add more teachers, reduce class sizes and set funds aside to reward excellent teachers next school year. This is a prime example of how our budget and budget reforms protect middle class jobs and property taxpayers – as well as future generations. The 2011-13 state budget I recently signed transformed a $3.6 billion deficit into a surplus, it caps property taxes and it provides support for basic safety net programs to protect seniors and needy families. It does what we said we would do to get this state working again. The balanced budget is built on our reforms that give schools and local governments the tools to balance their own budgets and protect …
Friday, June 24, 2011
A provision in state budget would ban brewers from distributing their beer or owning a tavern.
Big Bay Brewing Co. is joining microbrewers around the state who are worried about the effect of a provision in the state budget bill that bans beer-makers from also distributing their beverage. The Milwaukee-based beer brewer runs a tasting room in Shorewood, 4517 N. Oakland Ave., and owner Jeff Garwood says he's afraid about its future if Gov. Scott Walker doesn't veto the provision. "My tasting room, because it's not part of a brewery operation, could be shut down," Garwood said. The provision, which bans brewers from owning distributorships, is part of the 2011-13 budget that Walker plans to sign on Sunday. State legislators who oppose the measure also say it would also ban brewers from owning taverns. On Wednesday, a bipartisan group …
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
Milwaukee-area firefighters and legislators held a press conference Saturday afternoon to speak out about Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill and the political soap opera that has played out in Madison over the past week.
Milwaukee-area firefighters stood in solidarity with other public employees at risk of losing their collective bargaining rights Saturday afternoon at a press conference hosted by Milwaukee-area Democrats. About a dozen firefighters joined members of the Milwaukee Democratic Legislative Caucus in sounding off against Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget repair bill in front of the South Milwaukee Firehouse Saturday. The bill, which would strip public employee unions of the bulk of their collective bargaining rights, is part of the governor's plan to fix a projected $3.6 billion budget deficit in state spending this year. The bill does not affect firefighters and other public safety workers, but firefighters have protested the bill in …
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