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Gov. Scott Walker backed down from his budget proposal to eliminate community recycling requirements after it received criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
JFC file: State Rep. Robin Vos, R-Burlington, and state Sens. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, at February?s JFC hearing.
The Joint Finance Committee held a public hearing on Gov. Scott Walker's budget bill Monday at the State Fair Park in West Allis, where hundreds of people spoke for and against the proposed budget throughout the day.
Gov. Scott Walker reintroduced fiscal portions of the budget repair bill Wednesday, after removing them to bypass the Senate's quorum requirement, in a move he said would refinance the state's debt to save $165 million and balance the 2010-'11 budget.
One year after President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, state Sen. Joe Leibham, R-Sheboygan, and state Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, proposed a constitutional amendment to make Wisconsin exempt from the law.
Several Republicans in the legislature are taking issue with Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to severely limit recycling programs in his biennial budget.
The state Assembly passed legislation Tuesday that will weaken auto insurance requirements put in place by the Doyle administration.
The Joint Finance Committee passed Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill late Wednesday on a 12-4 vote along party lines. Unofficial hearings on amendments to the bill delayed the hearing by more than seven hours.
The Joint Finance Committee approved a bill Monday to create the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, which will take over economic development activities from the Department of Commerce.
Both the state Senate and state Assembly passed tax bills Tuesday in the new administration's continuing effort to make Wisconsin more business-friendly.
Gov. Scott Walker unveiled signs Tuesday announcing to Minnesota and Illinois residents that Wisconsin is ""open for business,"" while reaching an agreement with fellow Republicans to cut taxes for small businesses.
In his appearance on Mike Gousha's program ""On The Issues,"" Gov. Jim Doyle discussed how he plans to move forward with the labor contracts and why he cannot halt proceedings as Governor-elect Scott Walker has requested.
Assembly Speaker-elect Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, appointed five additional Republican assembly members to the Joint Finance Committee Wednesday.
Incoming state Assembly speaker Jeff Fitzgerald appointed state Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, to co-chair the Joint Finance Committee Tuesday.
Last Thursday, Gov. Jim Doyle sent out an executive order clarifying an existing statute on health insurance to young adults. This would allow citizens in their 20's to be covered under their parents' health-care plan starting January 1 next year. Any Wisconsin resident would be eligible if you are between 17 and 27 years of age, unmarried, and either not eligible for health coverage through your employer or your premium contribution is more than the amount your parents would pay to add you to their plan. Currently, only childless full-time students can stay in their parents plan till the age of 25. But with the passage of this new policy, potentially 100,000 young adults in Wisconsin could benefit.
Members of the Joint Finance Committee have their work cut out for them as they spend the coming weeks fine-tuning the 2009-'11 executive budget, which now must deal with a deficit likely more than $6 billion.
The Joint Committee on Finance held its first executive session at the state Capitol Thursday to begin deliberations on Gov. Jim Doyle's proposed budget.
In a memo released Tuesday, Joint Finance Committee co-chairs state Sen. Mark Miller, D-Monona, and state Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison identified 45 nonfiscal items they plan to pull from the 2009-'11 state budget, but did not remove the statewide smoking ban or domestic-partner benefits from the budget.
UW System leaders spoke to the legislative Joint Committee on Finance last week about Gov. Doyle's 2009-'11 budget proposal and their plans to manage state funding over the next two years.
Governor Jim Doyle's inclusion of tax increases and non-fiscal related policies in the budget introduced Tuesday is drawing criticism from Republican lawmakers.
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