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A Sheboygan Dairy company is closing.  Verifine Dairy Products has notified the state Department of Workforce Development  it will close its Sheboygan facility with layoffs  of 70 workers expected  to begin on or before  April 30, 2015.  DWD says it will be working with the Bay Area Workforce Development Board staff to assist the affected  workers.  The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Dislocated Worker Program provides assistance to workers, companies, […]

Republican Gov. Scott Walker has resurrected his plan to cut $15 million from Wisconsin's prescription drug program for seniors.  Walker's 2015-17 budget includes provisions from his 2011-13 budget that would require SeniorCare enrollees to first sign up the for Medicare Part D. They could use SeniorCare to cover drugs that program doesn't. That plan would have saved $15 million over the two-year budget but the Legislature ultimately removed it from […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has abruptly backed off his proposal to eliminate the University of Wisconsin System's public service mission statement.  Walker tucked language into his budget proposal that would have replaced the statement, known as the "Wisconsin Idea," with the charge of meeting the state's workforce needs. The move drew the ire of UW System President Ray Cross, who says the Wisconsin Idea is the reason […]

The North Fond du lac School superintendent says the governor’s proposed budget reflects what he says is an ongoing assault on public education.  The governor’s budget contains no major increase in state aid for public schools and lifts the cap on the private school voucher program.  "For the past four years it seems that we have created and developed things at the state level through the governor's office and also […]

Fond du Lac Republican State representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt says his initial reaction is favorable to governor Scott Walker’s proposed budget.  Thiesfeldt says the governor’s budget delivers on the promises he made to residents during his re-election campaign.  "We're continuing to see exactly what Scott Walker says he is.  He is a reformer who is looking to save money, cut taxes at every opportunity he has,"  Thiesfeldt told AM 1170 WFDL's […]

A Wisconsin conservation group is expressing concern about the governor’s proposal to put a moratorium on stewardship program land purchases.  Governor Walker’s budget would prohibit the State Department of Natural Resources from purchasing any land through its stewardship program through 2028.  Mike Carlson is with the group Gathering Waters-Wisconsin’s Alliance for Land Trusts.  Carlson tells AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program  the stewardship program benefits not just the environment…but […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Members of the state Department of Natural Resources board are calling Republican Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to strip the panel of its policymaking authority a mistake.  The move would place the DNR under complete control of its secretary, a gubernatorial appointee.  Board member Jane Wiley, who was appointed by former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, says the proposal has left her speechless. She says the move would […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Opposition is growing to Gov. Scott Walker's call to borrow $1.3 billion to pay for roads rather than increasing the gas tax or raising vehicle registration fees.  Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Wednesday that new revenues have to be found to pay for roads, and he was open to raising vehicle registration fees based on miles people drive.  Republican Sen. Tom Tiffany, a member of […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's plan for removing an enrollment cap on the statewide private school voucher program is being questioned both by longtime critics and supporters of expanding choice schools.  Walker wants to eliminate a 1,000-student enrollment cap. Students from public schools could enter at any time, but private school students could only come in when they are entering kindergarten, first or ninth grades.  The amount of […]