Audit Hearing: WEDC Board Changes Key to Reform
May 15, 2013 No Comments ›› AdminMay 15, 2013 “There’s a heck of a lot of things they didn’t tell me when I signed on,” admitted the chief of the Governor’s lead jobs agency during a recent hearing before the Joint Committee on Audit. Reed Hall, CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), spent several hours grilled by Audit Committee members. He ...
Continue ReadingOpen the Pantry Door and Shine the Light on Economic Development Programs
May 7, 2013 No Comments ›› AdminMay 8, 2013 “In Wisconsin, we don’t make excuses, we get results,” said Governor Walker as quoted by the Associated Press. The governor was unveiling his $75 million budget initiative earlier this year to economic development professionals across the state. While the new dollars are still being the debated, the spending of existing economic development dollars ...
Continue ReadingSurprising UW Cash Reserve Needs Audit
May 1, 2013 No Comments ›› AdminMay 1, 2013 “What’s happening to the UW reserve money?” the woman asked. She was concerned about criticism of the University of Wisconsin. “It seems like they want to attack the UW,” she told attendees at the Mondovi Town Hall Meeting. A recent memo from the Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) and the Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) revealed ...
Continue ReadingRural Folks: Ag Budget Cuts Ill Advised
Apr 24, 2013 No Comments ›› AdminApril 24, 2013 “Black River Falls is grappling with high phosphorus in the water,” the woman told me at the Town Hall Meeting. “The phosphorus is coming from farms up river. Why cut funding to conservation staff that help farmers keep manure out of the river?” Buried in the 2013-15 state budget is removal of almost $5 ...
Continue ReadingState Finances: Stuck in the Mud
Apr 17, 2013 No Comments ›› AdminApril 17, 2013 “Pardon my tardiness,” I told the crowd gathered at a Town Hall Meeting. “I spent 20 minutes stuck in the mud.” Rural folks nodded in understanding. Spring has turned many unpaved roads into mud. Stuck in the mud is an apt metaphor for Wisconsin state finances. Debts and deficits; GAAP and gaps; bonding and ...
Continue ReadingSenators Call for Public Hearing into Grant County Farmland Sale
Apr 16, 2013 No Comments ›› AdminFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2013 Contact: Senator Vinehout 608-266-8546 Senator Hansen 608-266-5670 Senator Lassa 608-266-3123 Senator Taylor 608-266-5810 Senators Call for Public Hearing into Grant County Farmland Sale and Budget Provision to Allow Foreign Ownership of State’s Farmland (Madison)—All four Democratic members of the Senate Agriculture, Small Business and tourism Committee today called for ...
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- Audit Hearing: WEDC Board Changes Key to Reform
- Open the Pantry Door and Shine the Light on Economic Development Programs
- Surprising UW Cash Reserve Needs Audit
- Rural Folks: Ag Budget Cuts Ill Advised
- State Finances: Stuck in the Mud
- Senators Call for Public Hearing into Grant County Farmland Sale
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