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Clean Wisconsin Urges EPA to Address Air Pollution from Farms
Thursday, 29 January 2015 - Clean Wisconsin
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/wisc-dairy-farm-s5.jpgOrganization seeks action on public health, environmental threats of ammonia pollution from concentrated animal operations.
UW System is Collateral Damage from Walker’s Rejection of Federal BadgerCare Dollars
Thursday, 29 January 2015 - Citizen Action of Wisconsin
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/scott_walker_ap_605-s5.jpgGov. Walker's headless decision to leave hundreds of millions of dollars in enhanced federal Medicaid funds on the table is a disaster not only for health care but also for higher education.
Walker Wants $300 Million Cut Out of UW System
Tuesday, 27 January 2015 - GBP Staff
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/uwgb-student-s5.jpgGovernor Scott Walker proposes drastic cuts in state funding for The University of Wisconsin System in return for "more independence" to allow the university to raise tuition as much as it wants starting in 2017. Students and parents left holding the bag.
GAB: “Let’s Not Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water”
Monday, 26 January 2015 - Kathleen Vinehout, State Senator 31st District
http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/kathleen-vinehout_380x285_s5.jpgThis week Sen. Kathleen Vinehout talks about the Government Accountability Board (GAB), the agency set up to police the politicians. Governor Walker and the Republicans would like to shut it down, but an Audit Hearing shows path to improved operation.
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MILWAUKEE - We welcome guest Rep. Gordon Hintz to discuss Gov. Walker’s looming State Budget release, with a special focus on the draconian cuts to the UW System. We highlight the news that Indiana is now taking enhanced federal funds for BadgerCare, leaving Wisconsin the only state in the Great Lakes region failing to do so. We also look at the new plan to fight poverty in Milwaukee from suburban politicians Rep. Dale Kooyenga and Sen. Alberta Darling.
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A bipartisan group of Kenosha and Racine area elected officials say Walker is Wrong. Project would create up to 10,000 jobs, draw millions of new tourists each year.
MADISON – A bipartisan group of Kenosha- and Racine-area elected officials, along with local business and community leaders, has joined together to disprove Governor Walker’s statement that a new casino in Kenosha would cost taxpayers any additional money, much less the hundreds of millions of dollars the governor claims.
“When you start with a false premise, you end up with a false conclusion. Not only would taxpayers not be on the hook, this casino project would in fact be a bonanza for Wisconsin taxpayers,” Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) said. “This casino project would mean up to 10,000 good-paying jobs, millions of new tourists, up to $1 billion in revenue for state and local governments and other significant economic development opportunities – all at no cost to the taxpayers. Given those extraordinary benefits, we are again calling on Governor Walker to bring people together and find a way to get to ‘yes.’”
In the days before the governor announced his decision last week, the Menominee Tribe took two major steps to help the project move forward. First they agreed to a compact amendment aimed specifically at reducing the state's risk. Then they posted a bond to insure the state against any obligation to refund previous payments to Potawatomi.
“From the beginning, the Menominee have shown a continued willingness to compromise and work together to make this project a reality,” Rep. Barca said. “With the Menominee and Hard Rock having offered to cover any potential lost revenue to the state, this project is a win-win for the taxpayers, people who need good jobs and our economic climate. This is a wonderful opportunity for the Kenosha area and for all of Wisconsin and we hope the governor finally decides to take advantage of it.”
Yesterday a group of Kenosha-area supporters launched an online petition urging the governor to reconsider his casino decision: http://chn.ge/1EqFHBI. More than 2,000 supporters have already signed on.
A letter to the governor signed by a bipartisan group of 10 legislators is attached here.
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