A couple of months ago, I wrote about the provision contained within the most recent state budget, otherwise known as 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, that would make all but the most violent offenders and sex offenders potentially eligible for early release. At the time, I voiced my support for the measure, and I cited [...]
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Posted by Zach W on July 9, 2009, at 6:01 pm
Among the items included in the state budget that was recently signed into law was a provision that would make all but the most violent offenders and sex offenders potentially eligible for early release, just as they were under the old system of parole, before truth-in-sentencing legislation took effect in 1999. The provision was [...] Posted by Zach W on June 29, 2009, at 6:08 pm
Governor Jim Doyle signed the state budget into law today, making this budget the firs since 1977 to have been completed before the start of the new fiscal year. Partisan differences have typically led to budget delays past the start of the fiscal year, but Democratic control of the Assembly, Senate, and [...] Posted by Zach W on June 12, 2009, at 5:04 pm
…and this is one of those times: Democrats who control the state Assembly voted Thursday to cap participation in Milwaukee’s parental choice program at 19,500 students for the next two years – about the same number of students who now attend private schools at state expense. Let me make it clear I’m no fan of Milwaukee’s school [...] Posted by Zach W on June 11, 2009, at 5:37 pm
In a press release issued yesterday, State Rep. Mark Honadel of South Milwaukee indicated he wants to amend the state budget to restore the Learnfare program. In justifying the amendment, here’s what Rep. Honadel said: I believe the Learnfare program should be restored from the elimination made by Governor Doyle and Joint Finance because the [...] Posted by Zach W on June 4, 2009, at 5:01 am
From my emailbox comes word Jason Stephany, Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, has made an open records request to determine if Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has instructed state employees at the Wisconsin Department of Justice to engage in a political lobbying campaign involving contacting members of the State Legislature on [...] Posted by Zach W on December 11, 2008, at 5:22 am
For as bad as Wisconsin’s 5.4 billion dollar budget deficit is, things could be worse, as evidenced by California’s massive budget deficit: The state faces a $28 billion budget shortfall over the next two years. If nothing is done, nearly $5 billion in public-works projects could be halted in little more than a week for lack [...] Posted by Zach W on November 14, 2008, at 7:52 pm
Here’s some bad news out of Madison: Madison — Administration Secretary Michael Morgan told state agencies today that the looming state budget deficit means they will have to cut operations spending by more than 10%. The agencies were under orders in June to submit plans by Monday to cut their administrative operations by 10%. But today Morgan [...] Posted by Zach W on February 26, 2008, at 11:13 pm
According to a cost estimate by the Wisconsin Department of Administration’s Division of Executive Budget and Finance, the cost of health insurance coverage for autistic children whose parents already have insurance is about 10 million dollars. That’s right, 10 million dollars is all it will take to make sure the therapy for each and every autistic [...] Posted by Zach W on October 20, 2007, at 3:19 pm
Shame on him for caving in and allowing mandatory health insurance coverage for autism treatment to be cut from the budget “compromise” reached late yesterday. It’s really a sad day when politicians are so readily willing to make treatment for autistic kids a political issue, and it’s a sad day when Democrats are so [...] |
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