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 […]
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; […]
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 […]
Wednesday, February 1
Joint Legislative Audit Committee 9:00 AM 411 South State Capitol Public Hearing Porposed (sic) Audit: Victim and Witness Assistance Surcharge, Department of Justice (Letter from JB Van Hollen on the audit) Audit Report 11-15: Medical Assistance Program, Department of Health Services (Report highlights) Interested persons may listen to a live broadcast of the audio portion […]
Tuesday, January 31
Committee on Transportation 10:00 AM 417 North (GAR Hall) State Capitol Public Hearing Assembly Bill 283 Relating to: designation of an official state automotive museum. By Representatives Pridemore, LeMahieu, Bies, Brooks, Strachota and C. Taylor; cosponsored by Senators Zipperer, Grothman, Darling, Galloway and Taylor. Assembly Bill 416 Relating to: collection of money owed for failure […]
Changes in deadlines for canvassing, recount petitions; provisional ballot status; town officer terms; voter registration in schools
Assembly Bill 476/Senate Bill 381 – 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. Introduced by Senator Lazich, by request of Government Accountability Board; Cosponsored by Representative Tauchen […]
Holperin raises questions regarding wetlands mitigation
The Senate Committee on Natural Resources held an Executive Session on January 19, 2012.
What a Walkerful World
WALKERFUL WORLD by Ed “Thanks a Million” Kuharski [Apologies to songwriters: George David Weiss, George Douglas, Bob Theile] I see trees of brown…….. dead roses too I see em die….. for greed and for fuel And I think to myself…. what a Walkerful World. I see skies of hate….. clouds of spite God-blessed days….dark scary […]
Wirch: “…I’m concerned that over time there could be serious damage to our wetlands.”
January 21, 2012 The Senate Committee on Natural Resources held an Executive Session on January 19, 2012.
Grothman testimony: Lead Poisoning Bill (part 2)
Part two of Glenn Grothman’s testimony at the 1/19/12 public hearing on SB 373 — a bill which would overturn a State Supreme Court decision that allows victims of lead poisoning to sue paint manufacturers. A group of citizens traveled from Milwaukee (accompanied by their children) to testify at the hearing. When it was […]




