March 4, 2012 by Lady Foward Billionaire David Koch works on Madison Avenue in New York City. He doesn’t live or work in Wisconsin, and as far as I know, he’s never come here to meet the people. But his company, Koch Industries, has major business interests in Wisconsin, including Georgia-Pacific Corporation and Koch […]
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“That’s why we have courts.”
March 1, 2012 by WCMC Following Senator Harsdorf’s testimony on AB 584, a proposal requiring a person arrested for or charged with certain sexual offenses, or a juvenile taken into custody for certain offenses, to provide a biological specimen for DNA testing, Representative Fred Kessler expressed his concerns about the constitutionality of this bill. He […]
DNA Testing – The 21st Century Identifier
March 1, 2012 by WCMC When a person is found guilty of a felony or is in jail for a felony, they are required to submit “biological specimens…for DNA analysis.” The other cases where it’s required are as follows: “a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent for certain offenses; a person is “found guilty of […]
Wednesday, February 29
Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business 9:00 AM 328 Northwest State Capitol Executive Session Assembly Bill 376 Relating to: authorizing the sale or transfer of tax credits in counties experiencing high rates of unemployment. By Representatives Knilans, Wynn, Kerkman, Ringhand, Turner, Jacque, Stroebel, Ballweg, Loudenbeck and Bies; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard and Holperin. Assembly […]
Tuesday, February 28 (PM)
Committee on Financial Institutions 12:30 PM 300 Northeast State Capitol Public Hearing Assembly Bill 510 Relating to: deposit placement programs of public depositories. By Representative Kramer; cosponsored by Senator Grothman. Assembly Bill 582 Relating to: regulation of rental-purchase agreements and granting rule-making authority. By Representatives Petryk, Bernier, Litjens, Stone and Suder; cosponsored by Senator Moulton. […]
Tuesday, February 28 (AM) – updated 2/27, 1:30PM
Due to the number of meetings on the 28th, I will be splitting them into two posts: morning and afternoon. Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations 9:30 AM 412 East Executive Session Assembly Bill 217 Relating to: impersonating certain officials and providing a penalty. By Representatives Bies, Brooks, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kleefisch, LeMahieu, Molepske […]
Do What We Say, Not What We Do. Why? Because We Say So
Over the past year Jeff Fitzgerald and the Wisconsin Assembly went to great lengths to limit the public’s ability to see them at work in the Assembly chamber. Many of their most recent and most extreme bills have passed under cover of darkness between the hours of midnight and 4am despite Governor Walkers campaign promise […]
Wednesday, February 22
Committee on Tourism, Recreation and State Properties 10:00 AM 328 Northwest State Capitol Public Hearing Assembly Bill 563 Relating to: changes to the local room tax and providing a penalty. By Representatives Bies, August, Ballweg, Brooks, Clark, A. Ott, Petersen, Tranel, Van Roy, Vos and Wynn; cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Holperin and Schultz. Committee meeting […]
Tuesday, February 21
Committee on Public Health and Public Safety 10:00 AM 400 Northeast Executive Session Assembly Bill 478 Relating to: changing the date of fire prevention week from the week of October 8 to the week of October 9. By Representatives Strachota, Thiesfeldt, Marklein, Bies, LeMahieu, A. Ott, Bernier, Sinicki and Clark; cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Schultz, […]
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