Overall, the council unanimously adopted a $15.35 million general fund budget for 2010, up about 1.41 percent from $15.14 million for 2009.
Members approved a $10.56 million total tax levy to support the budget, up 2.49 percent from $10.30 million from last year. The increases mean the [...]
Under the agreement, anti-abortion Democrats will be' [...]
“We worked long and hard to enact the safeguards included in the Credit CARD Act,” Dodd said in a statement. “And no sooner had [...]
Nothing new on that here. Go check out Lakeshore Laments.
On Friday October 23rd the De Pere Unified School District (that's the east side) will hold a meeting at 7:30 AM to vote on the 2009-2010 tax levy. The levy under consideration is $18, 513, 034. From the meeting agenda:• Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) has raised $8.7 million since his last election in 2004 and has $3.1 million on hand for his 2010 re-election bid.
• Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) self-finances his Senate bids and is not up for re-election until 2012. Kohl, a [...]
Harry Reid is telling the Senate Judiciary Committee that the real reason health insurance is so expensive is that they're evil monopolists...
There is talk of repealing the antitrust exemption enjoyed by the insurance industry. Whether the exemption is a good idea or' [...]
At this time, we are anticipating a 3.5% increase in the property [...]
Nearly spewed coffee all over myself when I saw this ad with young people pledging to "allegiance" to the national debt and to the Chinese government since they are holders of that debt:
The proposed 2010 budget for Brown County has been released. The Green Bay Press Gazette reports: Brown County Executive Tom Hinz has proposed a 2010 budget that would increase spending about $4.1 million, add $7 of tax to every $100,000 of property value, and cut 13 [...] "We're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel," said DeWayne Irwin, owner of Cheaper Than Dirt, a Fort Worth store and online retailer. "I’ve been doing this business since'" [...]
From Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution: Robert Pozen's Too Big to Save: How to Fix the U.S. Financial System is the single best source for figuring out what happened. It is the go-to book if you are a non-specialist and want to understand: how [...]
The Treasury Department “is unlikely to discontinue its $700-billion relief program by the year’s end,” according to The Hill.
Lawmakers originally scheduled the Troubled' [...]
The two that got away.........
