Governor Jim Doyle is once again threatening to shut down the Wisconsin government. He’s so desperate to pass a budget, he’s trying to scare us with stories of shut down prisons and canceled university classes.
“In order to fund essential services that are needed to protect the health and safety of Wisconsin residents, a [...]
In “The Music Man”, con-man “Professor” Harold Hill was nearly run out of town on a rail for trying to sell the town members on a non-existent boys band. He was saved by a good singing voice, the love of a librarian, and the unexpected appearance of a real boys band — put together by [...]
Three months ago, I reported that Jim Doyle wanted to hike the hospital tax in order to give hospitals more money. Well, he still wants to. Only now we know that the amounts the hospitals will supposedly receive, is less than Diamond Jim hoped for:
UW Hospital had been projected to gain $23.3 million [...]
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has a plan to give more money to hospitals. It’s very simple — in order to pay them more, he first has to tax them more. The Wisconsin State Journal gave a breakdown of the plan:
It works like this: The state imposes the tax on hospitals, leading to an [...]
On Friday night, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker dropped out of the Republican primary race against Representative Mark Green. You can read the Wisconsin State Journal story on the event.
Owen Robinson, of Boots & Sabers, was at the 5th Congressional District Republican Caucus where Walker announced his decision. He uploaded a copy of Walker’s speech. [...]
It must be an election year. Wisconsin Republicans indicated that they would work with Governor Doyle on a heating bill. Quick recap: Republicans hold a majority in both the state Assembly and the state Senate. Governor Doyle peremptorily summoned the legislature into session after the Republicans had previously refused to increase state heating aid. I [...]