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• Tax-what? Payer? Go graze in the pasture for now

  —Patrick McIlheran: Right On

  The Milwaukee School Board has named a group of “stakeholders” who will weigh in on who next to be superintendent. It’s an interesting group. There’s the mayor, the union, the black lawmakers, the professor, another professor (this time representing minority teachers), the illegal-immigration promoter and a few others. Hilariously, ex-mayor Marvin [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 4:30pm EST
  

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• Tax-what? Payer? Go graze in the pasture for now

  —News and Opinion

  The Milwaukee School Board has named a group of “stakeholders” who will weigh in on who next to be superintendent. It’s an interesting group. There’s the mayor, the union, the black lawmakers, the professor, another professor (this time representing minority teachers), the illegal-immigration promoter and a few others. Hilariously, ex-mayor Marvin [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 4:30pm EST
  

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• The Irony is Lost on Congress Here

  —Lakeshore Laments

  Funny, I could have sworn during the original "Cash for Clunkers," Michigan lawmakers were upset Americans weren't buying any from the "Big Three" automakers.  In fact, cars from both Toyota and Honda almost out-sold cars made by Ford, GM, and what's left of Chrysler.

  Well, it seems the Japanese don't [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 5:47pm EST
  by kevinbinversie

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• Sensenbrenner arrives in Copenhagen for climate talks

  —All Politics Watch

  Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark on Thursday as part of a congressional delegation observing controversial UN climate talks. The Menomonee Falls Republican is among a bipartisan group of 20 lawmakers on the trip led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). About 10,000 delegates from 193 countries have already spent [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 1:14pm EST
  

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• —This Just In...

  Shouldn’t members of Congress be travelling less and not charging so many luxury-laden trips to the taxpayers? Prepare to be outraged. The Wall Street Journal reports: “Lawmakers travel with military liaisons who carry luggage, help them through customs, escort them on sightseeing trips and stock their hotel rooms with food and liquor. [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 6:45am EST
  

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• Wisconsin Legislature Declines to Give Milwaukee Mayor Control of Schools

  —Boots and Sabers

  Good.

  Lawmakers refused to act on a bill Wednesday that would give the mayor of Milwaukee substantial control over the operations of the ailing Milwaukee Public Schools system.

  Legislators in both houses, controlled by Democrats, declined to take up the legislation.

  [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 5:05am EST
  by Owen

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• Tougher drunk driving penalties are coming for WI

  —Apostle Islands Navigator

  AUDIO: Bob Hague reports (:60 MP3) Wisconsin’s drunk driving laws are about to get tougher, as lawmakers meet in a special session today. “It looks like a really solid piece of legislation,” says state Senator Jon Erpenbach, a Waunakee Democrat who applauds efforts by sponsors of an OWI crackdown bill. “We [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 4:58pm EST
  by The Admiral

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• Michigan proposes Wisconsin-like public defender

  —News and Opinion

  Despite flaws in its system, Wisconsin remains well ahead of neighboring Michigan when it comes to trying to provide legal counsel to indigents charged with crimes. Under the pressure of a pending lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union, Michigan lawmakers have recently introduced a bill that would create a Wisconsin-style [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 9:15am EST
  

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• —This Just In...

  I’ve mentioned many times that lawmakers (and their staffers) regularly monitor legislative happenings in other states, looking for good laws and policies to emulate. Nothing inherently wrong with that except it can and often does lead to bad proposals. Culinary no-no #54 last year dealt with a new law in New York [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 4:52pm EST
  

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• Minnesota rejects tax reciprocity with Wisconsin

  —Apostle Islands Navigator

  The latest effort by Wisconsin lawmakers to resolve a dispute over tax reciprocity is being rejected by officials in Minnesota. For years, Wisconsin has reimbursed Minnesota for taxes paid by Badger State residents who cross the border for work. But the agreement was dropped when Minnesota said the payments were coming [...]

  Posted: December 12, 2009, 6:02am EST
  by The Admiral

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• —This Just In...

  Here are the topics the panel discusses on InterCHANGE Friday night at 6:30 on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10 with a repeat Friday morning at 11:00: 1 – MPS. Governor Doyle calls for a vote in a special legislative session being held next week to consider his MPS mayoral takeover plan. Lawmakers [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 5:30pm EST
  

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• Hide and Seek?

  —FightingBob.com

  Read and weep from the Washington Post: "Afghan lawmakers demand a full, not partial, list of President Karzai's new cabinet." Impertinent, I say. The article says, "This is the first test of the embattled leader's commitment to clean up graft and bribery in his government." Karzai's response--he will release the' [...]

  Fetched: December 08, 2009, 7:25am EST
  by Ed Garvey

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• Smoking ban edges close on MI lawmakers agenda

  —Apostle Islands Navigator

  LANSING, Mich. (AP) A statewide smoking ban that has stalled for years in the Legislature could be in place by Christmas. Although nothing is scheduled yet, a Senate committee this week could take up a bill that would ban smoking in all work places. The ban would include all restaurants and [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 4:58am EST
  by The Admiral

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• Harry's Gone Mad. Bonkers. Nutso

  —Dad29

  Rhetoric or madness?
  
  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took his GOP-blasting rhetoric to a new level Monday, comparing Republicans who oppose health care reform to lawmakers who clung to the institution of slavery more than a century ago
  
  OK, sure, Harry.
  
  By the way, Harry, the [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 5:19pm EST
  

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• 80% of Wisconsin school districts offer 4 year-old kindergarten

  —Fairly Conservative

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  But yet, the state is millions in the hole. What part of this do lawmakers not understand? Anyway, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is touting their new numbers. Go take a peak if you must. I’m not even nice about this subject anymore. The push for 4K is hooey. And for [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 1:05pm EST
  by Cindy Kilkenny

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• Return to the capital for lawmakers possible

  —Apostle Islands Navigator

  Lawmakers could be back at the Capitol before the end of the year. Members of the state Assembly have been told to keep their calendars open on December 16 for a possible special session of the Legislature. If they come back, Governor Jim Doyle is hopeful they’ll take care of some [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 4:58am EST
  by The Admiral

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• Obama Preparing for Perpetual War

  —On the BorderLine

  

  Related Blogs Related Blogs on Government Related Blogs on International Related Blogs on News You might like these.Lawmakers want Churchill to Chill
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 1:49pm EST
  by Lieutenant Dan

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• Surprise! 'Big Green' Opposes Electricity

  —Dad29

  After 30+ years of experience with Big Green (green outside, red inside), you'd think that our Legislators would know what's going on.
  
  Think again.
  
  State Rep. Jim Soletski, D-Green Bay, is one of four lawmakers developing the global warming legislation based on recommendations made last year by' [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 8:11am EST
  

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• Least surprising news of the month

  —Marketplace of Ideas Blog

  The Obama administration's jobs summit, skepticism of which I wrote about last month, begins today.

  Along with myself and the American Small Business League, Investors Business Daily is skeptical:

  The government, from lawmakers to bureaucrats, does not create jobs. It can move jobs from the private sector to the public [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 7:00am EST
  by Steve Prestegard

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• State Visitors Centers Worried About Map Shortage

  —Lakeshore Laments

  Interesting story out of La Crosse I spotted on Twitter.

  A bill that would help Wisconsin's budget issue could also result in a state map shortage.

  Several state lawmakers want to pass a bill that would prohibit the state from producing free maps that are available at the state's visitor centers [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 4:57am EST
  by kevinbinversie

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