Archive | 2012

Thursday, February 9 (updated 2/7 8PM: Insurance, Transportation and Elections exec, SB 422/423, WisEye)

Committee on Ways and Means 9:00 AM 328 Northwest State Capitol Public Hearing WisEye coverage: not scheduled for coverage Assembly Bill 382 Relating to: legislative consideration of nonfiscal policy items in the biennial budget bill. By Representatives Bernard Schaber, Berceau, Danou, Vruwink, Wynn and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Holperin and Harsdorf. Assembly Bill 387 Relating […]

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Wednesday, February 8 (updated 2/7 7PM: SB428, AB534, WisEye coverage noted)

Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues 9:15 AM 411 South State Capitol Executive Session WisEye coverage: not scheduled for coverage Senate Bill 391 Relating to: the procedure for the administrative dissolution of corporations. By Senator Grothman; cosponsored by Representative Kramer. Senate Bill 416 Relating to: adopting amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code Article 9, […]

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Tuesday, February 7 (updated 2/6 9PM: Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection)

Committee on Education 9:30 AM 411 South State Capitol Public Hearing Senate Bill 361 Relating to: payments to the Second Chance Partners for Education and other nonprofit corporations that operate programs in which disengaged pupils participate in work-based learning programs while earning high school diplomas. By Senators Vukmir and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Farrow, Klenke, […]

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Kleefisch is “Concerned”

Kleefisch shares the concerns of many people. There are off-duty, out of state, and retired law enforcement officers who have to take the long way around instead of driving past a school because it’s against the law. He shares their concerns. There are hunters who have to return home after picking up their children from […]

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Allowing off-duty police to carry guns within 1000 feet of school grounds

February 5, 2012 On January 25, 2012, in the Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections, there was a hearing on 2011 Assembly Bill 299. The bill, according to Joel Kleefisch’s testimony, was introduced to “allow off-duty, out of state, and retired law enforcement officials who have been trained and authorized to posses firearms to carry […]

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Taxpayer money used to reimburse hunters for dog loss

February 3, 2012 by Lady Forward Rivard: “If somebody’s gonna cheat the system … I mean, that happens every day … we have a real problem with that in our society … if they’re going to take advantage and cheat the system, um, that’s on their conscience and the people of the state of Wisconsin […]

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Monday, February 6

Committee on Campaign and Election Reform 10:00 AM 328 Northwest State Capitol Executive Session Assembly Bill 476 Relating to: county and municipal canvassing procedures, provisional ballot information, the deadline for filing a recount petition, terms of town officers, the date of the annual town meeting, and technical revisions to certain election laws. By Representative Tauchen; […]

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Thursday, February 2

Law Revision Committee 9:00AM 415 Northwest State Capitol Study Meeting Consideration, for possible introduction of: Remedial legislation proposed by the Department of Children and Families, Department of Health and Services, and the Wisconsin Municipal Judges Association. On the Law Revision Committee Senator Grothman, Co-Chair Senator King Representative J. Ott, Co-Chair Representative Kramer Representative Taylor Representative […]

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Tune into the Penokee Hills Channel and Listen to the Voices

January 31, 2012 by Barbara With The Penokee Mountains in northwest Wisconsin are perhaps the only mountains that now have their own youtube channel, thanks to videographer Danielle Taylor and local activist Pete Ramussen. Listen to the voices of northwestern Wisconsin explain why there will never be mining here. End of that story, but the […]

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Walker “War Room” Now Officially Established in Milwaukee to “Defeat the Recall”

January 31, 2012 by Barbara With BREAKING NEWS: The Campaign to Defeat Obama has officially sent the Save Scott Walker From Prison team on the red eye last night from Sacramento, California to set up their strategic “war room” somewhere in a Milwaukee Super 8 motel [see above photo]. According to their literature, their goal […]

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