WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/29/08) - In 2008, Wisconsin U.S. Senator Russ Feingold’s top accomplishments included efforts to help Wisconsin servicemembers and veterans and to protect the Great Lakes. Feingold continued support for men and women in uniform with efforts to help ease the tremendous burden they and their families face. In October the President signed into law legislation authored by Feingold to allow servicemembers to suspend cell phone contracts without charge when deployed. Feingold also led the Wisconsin delegation in calling for the establishment of new Vet Centers in Wisconsin, and more. Read about it at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/22/08) - Three cocoa products packaged for Christmas sale and sold through Shopko and Big Lots stores have been recalled because they may contain melamine, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection reports. No illnesses have been reported from consumption of these products, which have been voluntarily recalled by Dorsey Marketing Inc. (DMI) of Ville St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada. All were sold under the brand name G and J. Consumers who bought these products should return them to the place of purchase for a refund. Read more about this story at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/16/08) - A frigid forecast and news of a dog left overnight frozen to a sidewalk in Sheboygan are prompting Wisconsin's state humane officer to remind people that animals need extra care in winter. An animal losing its life is not the only possible consequence when temperatures drop bigtime. A Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection spokesperson warns that animals can suffer from hypothermia, frostbite and other cold weather injuries, and harsh conditions can weaken their immune systems, leaving them vulnerable to illness. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/13/08) - General Motors is making several adjustments to 2009 production of a large number of GM vehicles even though GM's official statement is that they are encouraged by the White House's apparent willingness to consider other options to help the auto industry now that the U.S. Senate has turned down the House's recommendation to issue a loan to the Big 3 automakers. GM announced a significant reduction of planned production because of a major slump in industry sales, which were down 36 percent overall in November, but 41 percent off the mark for GM products. See more on this at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/10/08) - Ozaukee County is the healthiest county in the state, according to the newly released 2008 Wisconsin County Health Rankings. The report is the sixth annual health check-up of the 72 counties and the City of Milwaukee, developed by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The 2008 report brings together over 30 measures of health to summarize the overall health of each county in Wisconsin. The County of Milwaukee, Marquette County, City of Milwaukee, and Menominee County are at the bottom of the list. See WisconsinReport.com for more on this story. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/8/08) - Government Accountability Board Director and General Counsel Kevin J. Kennedy has received the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) Award for Distinguished Service. COGEL is an international organization comprised of hundreds of governmental members who administer and enforce elections, campaign finance, ethics, lobbying and freedom of information laws. Each year, the organization recognizes an individual for outstanding long-term contributions to the organization. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/5/08) - Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle today began refilling Lake Delton and opened County Highway A in the Wisconsin Dells - Lake Delton area. Less than six months ago, torrential rains caused the lake to breach its shoreline, damaging a section of County Highway A. Today, Governor Doyle officially reopened the washed away part of the highway and announced the gates have been lowered on the newly refurbished Lake Delton Dam, allowing water to begin refilling the lake. For more on this story and others go to WisconsinReport.com on the internet. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (12/02/08) - Official results of the November 4th General Election in Wisconsin were certified yesterday (12-1-08) by Government Accountability Board member Judge William Eich. 2,983,417 Wisconsinites voted in the latest presidential election, which is 69 percent of the estimated voting age population in the state. By comparison, 73 percent of the state’s voting age population participated in the 2004 General Election. The presidential electors for the political party which won the presidential contest – must convene and formally cast their votes based on the November 4th results. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/28/08) - The day after Thanksgiving 2008 finds retailers in Wisconsin and around the country hoping that the traditional day that starts the Christmas shopping in earnest will be at least as affluent as usual. However, as the years go by, many shoppers are foregoing the hustle and bustle of shopping in stores in person. Many have opted to shop through the internet. Retail Decisions (ReD), a payment card issuer and world leader in payment card fraud prevention and payment processing, predicted a bustling Black Friday on November 28 with 10.00 am - 11.00 am being the busiest online shopping hour. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/25/08) - Wisconsin Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI) has been elected vice-chairwoman of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues. In January, when Congress reconvenes for the first session of the 111th Congress, Representative Moore will become a key leader in the U.S. House of Representatives on issues affecting women. Congresswoman Moore’s tenure will last for two years and she will serve with Chairwoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and two Republican members of Congress. For more on this story and other news go to WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/25/08) - In the second of a schedued three news conferences at the beginning of Thanksgiving week President-elect Barack Obama announced several members of his economic team. Monday (11-24-08) Obama named Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury; Lawrence H. Summers, Director of the National Economic Council; Christina D. Romer, Director of the Council of Economic Advisors; Melody C. Barnes, Director of the Domestic Policy Council; and Heather A. Higginbottom, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council. Tuesday, he nominated Peter Orszag as Office of Management and Budget Director, and Rob Nabors as Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director. Read about these Obama team members at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/21/08) - What happens in the automotive industry affects the people of the United States far beyond the immediate employee roster in the U.S. automobile factories and auxiliary industries. It could potentially affect everyone in the country. Estimates indicate that if allowed to happen, the collapse of the U.S.-based auto industry wouldn't just impact the nearly 355,000 Americans directly employed by the Big Three. There is the eventual potential that around 3 Million jobs, and possibly more, in all parts of the USA, in many different types of occupations, could ultimately be lost. See more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/17/08) - With Wisconsin’s nine-day regular deer season right around the corner, thousands of hunters across the state are making plans for the annual rituals of deer camp. And while there are many items to pack up as hunters prepare for the season, there’s one item that shouldn’t make the trip: firewood. Firewood can move dormant stages of emerald ash borer (EAB) and other pests and diseases into areas previously free of those problems. For more information see the story at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/12/08) - Wisconsin consumers need to be prepared for the possibility of a phone scam targeting the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday warns the Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA). A similar fraud was perpetrated on Manitowoc County residents over the 2007 Thanksgiving holiday and potentially could victimize other Wisconsin residents. The same type of scam occurred recently in Northeastern Wisconsin. The scam indicated that people should call a toll-free number to give personal information in order to get their bank accounts unfrozen. More about this warning is online at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/11/08) - Veterans Day is being observed in many communities throughout the United States again this year. It's the time to remember and give thanks to veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States for the sacrifices they have made through the years. Some people don't realize that November 11th has a special meaning, and, that Veterans Day wasn't always called Veterans Day. WisconsinReport.com did some digging and came up with some facts about Veterans Day that you should know. Originally published November 10, 2007 by WisconsinReport.com as Veterans Day Has A Special History. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/10/08) - State health officials are reminding people across Wisconsin to get their influenza vaccine as the first influenza case is announced for the 2008-09 season. A school-age child from Kenosha County is the first confirmed case of influenza among Wisconsin residents. To get your flu shot, contact your health care provider, local public health department or tribal health clinic. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control Prevention reports that influenza vaccine will continue to be shipped to Wisconsin throughout the flu season. For more details go to WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/06/08) - The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Education Fund is thanking Wisconsin’s election officials, from the Government Accountability Board, (GAB) to clerks, to citizens who worked at voting locations, for a smooth election. Meanwhile, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the AFL-CIO are pleased with the results of elections throughout the United States, and in particular, within the State of Wisconsin. AFT and AFL-CIO spokespersons believe election night produced big victories for working families in Wisconsin, as pro-labor candidates swept elections in state and federal races. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/5/08) - Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama delivered an enlightening and uplifting speech last night at Grant Park in Chicago following his rousing 349 to 162 electoral vote victory over Republican Senator John McCain resulting from the national popular voting yesterday. Obama told the huge crowd that gathered at the park and the television audience in the rest of the United States and the world that he will be more than the President of those who supported him. President-elect Obama said he will also be the President of those whom he has yet to earn support from. Read the entire election night acceptance speech online at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/3/08) - Senator Barack Obama continues to do well in the polls taken during the political presidential campaign season leading up to the November 4th national election day. The Quinnipiac Poll shows Obama with a seven-point lead over Republican Senator John McCain among likely voters in Ohio and 10 points in Pennsylvania. However, Florida, which has played a big role in the last two Presidential Elections, is too-close-to-call according to the final Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll. Obama has just a two-point lead in Florida, which is within the margin of error. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (11/03/08) - The woman who played a big role in raising Barack Obama to become the Democratic candidate in the 2008 Presidential Election just couldn't hang on long enough to witness the results of the voting. Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham has died of Cancer in Hawaii. Her death was announced the day before the election. Obama made a trip to Hawaii last week after learning that the end was near. He said he was too late to say goodbye to his mother when she passed away years earlier, and he didn't want the same thing to happen with his grandmother. Obama's grandmother died late Sunday night. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/31/08) - From October 21st to October 28th, spending on television advertising in the presidential campaign has totaled nearly $38 million. Over this time period, the Obama campaign spent nearly $21.5 million while the McCain campaign spent nearly $7.5 million. Another $6.7 million was spent by the Republican Party and $2.2 million was spent by interest groups. The total does not include the so-called 30-minute Obama Infomercial the week before election day, nor anything McCain has spent in the last few days. Figures indicate the Obama campaign will spend more than any other Presidential effort in history. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/28/08) - A Wisconsin Democracy Campaign analysis shows that Wisconsin contributors have donated a record $3.27 million to unregulated special interest groups that spend much of their money on negative broadcast advertising, mailings and other electioneering activities to muffle what the candidates in federal and state races have to say on issues that really matter to voters. The contributions to 527 groups occurred between January 2007 and October 15, 2008. More than $1 million was contributed by a Milwaukee philanthropist. See WisconsinReport.com for more on this story. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/23/08) - It's still the economy as Senator Barack Obama rolls up support among groups who have not supported a Democrat for decades to lead Republican Senator John McCain in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, according to simultaneous Quinnipiac University Swing State polls released today. With 12 days to go, Sen. McCain is narrowing the gap in Florida, but fading in Ohio and barely denting Sen. Obama's double-digit lead in Pennsylvania. No one has been elected President since 1960 without taking two of these three largest swing states in the Electoral College. For more on this latest poll results see WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/20/08) - WAUSAU Financial Systems (WFS) have announced the addition of Charlie Gibbons as its Executive Vice President of Strategic Business Development. Gibbons has over 30 years of highly successful executive and strategic management experience in all facets of the outsourcing industry. Recognized by many as an outsourcing pioneer, Gibbons has worked closely with major corporations such as IBM, Shell Oil, Avon Products, Dun and Bradstreet and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Gibbons will use his experience in outsourcing in his position at WFS. More details online at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/16/08) - Most of nine forecast models developed by political scientists predict a victory for Senator Barack Obama over Senator John McCain in the two-party contest for the popular vote in the 2008 presidential election. Obama is predicted to win an average of 52 percent of the vote with an 80 percent probability that he will gain more than half the total two-party popular vote. Six out of the nine presidential election forecasts predict an Obama victory with popular vote totals ranging from 50.1 percent to 58.2 percent, while two predict a race too close to call and one predicts a narrow McCain victory. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/15/08) - Boosted by the economic crisis and a strong debate performance, Democrat Barack Obama is over the 50 percent mark in the key battleground states of Wisconsin, Colorado, Michigan, and Minnesota, and for the first time leads or ties Republican John McCain among white voters in all four states. The four simultaneous Quinnipiac University polls of likely voters released yesterday also shows by wide margins, voters in each state say Senator Obama understands the economy better than Senator McCain. By bigger margins, voters say McCain better understands foreign policy. More details are at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/10/08) - Change To Win, a nationwide worker organization of over 6 million members, has outlined a comprehensive economic recovery program for Main Street America that would generate broad-based prosperity, restore faith and fairness in the market system, and renew the American Dream for working and middle class families. The worker organization called on Congress to reject the Wall Street bailout based on the flawed economic policies of the past. A spokesperson says the United States needs a new economic model that rewards worker productivity and innovation, and, sets new rules for the marketplace and the workplace. See more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/09/08) - The John McCain - Sarah Palin campaign tactics have become rougher and rawer than previously as the 2008 Presidential Campaign election date gets closer. The inaccuracies, and, often misleading information on the political stump, in advertising, and in interviews on radio and television by the Republican candidates and their surrogates is keeping the Barack Obama camp busy. Some political commentators believe McCain is ramping up the desperate attack because his people see the possibility of the Obama - Biden ticket winning the White House in November. Despite the McCain muckattack, the polls show Obama leading in many states. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/08/08) - Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Joe Wineke is calling last night's Presidential Debate Barack Obama’s second straight debate victory. Wineke says John McCain was unable to articulate a new direction for the country beyond what Wineke calls the failed, recycled policies of George Bush. Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and former Lieutenant Governor Margaret Farrow are spinning the second Presidential Debate from the Republican point of view. Farrow and Walker saw McCain making several points and coming out ahead of Obama in the Nashville debate. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/06/08) - Governor Jim Doyle has announced more than $3.8 million in additional employee training assistance for dislocated workers at General Motors and three other manufacturers in south central Wisconsin affected by GM’s decision to cut production at the Janesville assembly plant. Governor Doyle and Wisconsin's U.S. Senator Russ Feingold received a commitment from the U.S. Department of Labor that more than $1.6 million would be made available immediately to assist 785 affected workers at GM, Lear Corporation, and Logistics Services, Inc., all in Janesville, and United Industries in Beloit. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/03/08) - The group Open Debates renewed the call for debate reform in the wake of last night's vice-presidential debate between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Sarah Palin. The organization claims that the extensive format restrictions imposed by the Republican and Democratic campaigns, with the complicity of the Commission on Presidential Debates, reduced much of the vice presidential debate to a series of memorized sound bites. Open Debates says the atmosphere that resulted was detrimental to the voting public. More on the Veep Candidates debate at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/01/08) - U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) announced today that Congress has passed legislation based on a provision he authored allowing servicemembers deployed overseas to terminate cell phone contracts free of penalties. The Feingold measure, which passed as part of the Veterans’ Benefits Enhancement Act, will expand the rights servicemembers already have to terminate similar contracts like residential and automobile leases without penalty. The measure now heads to the President for his signature. For more information on this story go to WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/30/08) - The Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA) CEO is weighing in on the failure by the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, and one of Wisconsin's U.S. Senators has some suggestions on how to make the Bailout Better. Wisconsin Bankers Association President Kurt Bauer warns the crisis won't get better by doing nothing. Senator Russ Feingold expects the so-called Bailout to see another round of voting by Congress, which creates another opportunity to address what he calls major flaws in the proposal. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/29/08) - Another big name bank has been gobbled up by a bigger name financial system, as the United States Congress debates a measure that is aimed at relieving the pressure the financial sector is experiencing. Wachovia today announced intentions to sell its retail bank, corporate and investment bank and wealth management businesses to Citigroup. Wachovia Corporation will remain a public company with two main operating subsidiaries: Wachovia Securities, the nation's third largest brokerage firm, and Evergreen Asset Management, a leading provider of asset management services. More on this story is online at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/29/08) - The United States Congress failed to pass the 700 Billion Dollar Solution they have been working on over the weekend and debating today. Despite the apparent urgency of the financial crisis, H.R 3997, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, failed on the House floor by a vote of 205 - 228. Several Wisconsin members of the House of Representatives voiced dissapproval of the so-called Bailout. Some others were dismayed that the attempt to find a solution that the majority could agree on just wasn't possible. The Stock Market reacted in dissappointment. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/27/08) - There are mixed reactions to last night's first United States Presidential Debate between the two major party candidates running to be the next Commander In Chief of the Economy as well as Commander In Chief of the Military. McCain supporters say Arizona Senator John McCain won, while Illinois Senator Barack Obama supporters say Obama came out on top. And, Depending on which tv/radio talker you listen to after the debates, you have your choice of, it was a draw, or, Obama proved he was ready to take control of the military and the economy, or, McCain's strategy seemed to be to try his best to look stern and to not look at his opponent, and so on. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/25/08) - The Republican and Democrat running against each other for President of the United States have decided to lend their input and guidance in the current national economy emergency Congress is wrestling with. Yesterday, U.S. Senators John McCain (R) and Barack Obama (D) issued a joint statement that pointed out that it's important for both parties to come together to solve the problem. Obama and McCain will both be meeting with President George W. Bush and leaders of Congress today in hopes of making a difference in the so-called 700 Billion Dollar Solution to save homes, jobs, and the ecomomy proponents say are at stake. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/23/08) - Probable voters in four Battleground States are looking at the Barack Obama - Joe Biden ticket as the one that is more likely to bring about Change. By 19 - 24 point margins, voters in Wisconsin, Colorado, Michigan, and Minnesota say Democrat Barack Obama, not Republican John McCain, is the candidate of change. That poll result lifts Senator Obama into the lead in these battleground states, according to four simultaneous Quinnipiac University polls of likely voters, conducted in partnership with The Wall Street Journal and WashingtonPost.com More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/22/08) - Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama's running mate, Deleware Senator Joe Biden, addressed the National Guard Association Conference in Baltimore, Maryland today. Biden spoke about veteran's benefits, restoring the economy, and the importance of taking care of military families. Biden said issues affecting the Guard sit at the core of the two great national challenges – national security and economic security. He said he and Barack Obama know that both need to be strengthened by supporting military missions at home and abroad, and making sure the National Guard members return to strong secure jobs and a sound economy. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/22/08) - Illinois Senator Barack Obama started out being the only major presidential candidate advocating Change at the start of the Democrats Primary Campaign. When his opponent, New York Senator Hillary Clinton saw people were drawn to the message of Change, her slogan soon was about Change, but, Obama's message was the one people wanted. Now, it's the Republican candidate, Senator John McCain, who has changed his message to a declaration that McCain is the Change guy. While in Green Bay, Wisconsin today, Barack Obama explained that Obama's Change is The Real Change We Need. To read Barack Obama's speech, go to WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/19/08) - The Obamas are coming to Wisconsin. The Obama campaign today announced that Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential nominee, Senator Barack Obama will campaign in Wisconsin Monday to kick off the Wisconsin campaign’s Women’s Week of Action. Mrs. Obama will host Wisconsin Women for Obama rallies in Madison and Milwaukee, and an economic roundtable discussion with working women in Wausau. Senator Barack Obama will also hold a separate event in Green Bay on Monday. Meanwhile, Obama's opponent, Republican Senator John McCain outlined his plan To reform financial markets while in Green Bay today. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/18/08) - Electric vehicle pioneer ZAP has announced that increasing demand has resulted in record August 2008 sales for its Advanced Technology Vehicle division, the most since ZAP's Xebra sedan and truck were launched in 2006. Unaudited sales for ZAP electric vehicles surged to $737,000 in August, versus $392,000 a year ago, an increase of $345,000 or 88 percent. The Zap currently has a maximum speed of 40 miles per hour, however, the company says it is street legal, and very affordable. You will find more on this story at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/17/08) - United States Reprepresentatives Ron Kind (D) of LaCrosse, Wisconsin and Steven Kagen (D) of Appleton, Wisconsin joined a majority in Congress Tuesday evening in passing a comprehensive energy plan for America – H.R. 6899. Kind hailed the Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act as a way for Democrats and Republicans to come together to forge a path to energy independence. Kind says the plan is much more than a Drill, Baby, Drill plan. It begins federal investments in renewable and clean energy alternatives to take the so-called addiction to foreign oil eventually off the table. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/15/08) - The Wisconsin Counties Association (WCA) has recognized a select group of legislators for their work on behalf of county government during the 2007-2008 Legislative Session with the WCA Outstanding Legislator Award. A number of Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly staffers were also recognized by the Wisconsin Counties Association. WCA Executive Director Mark O'Connell says the legislators proved that they were committed to issues that the association believed were important to the member counties. For more about the assembly representatives and state senators and legislative staffers recognized see WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/11/08) - Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin apparently is attracting white women likely voters to Arizona Senator John McCain. Palin is helping McCain pull away from Illinois Senator Barack Obama in Florida and narrow the gap with the Democrat in Pennsylvania, even as he is slipping slightly in Ohio, according to simultaneous Quinnipiac University Swing State polls released today. No one has been elected President since 1960 without taking two of these three largest swing states in the Electoral College. More details about the latest Quinnipiac University Swing State polling is at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/08/08) - When Barack Obama's Democratic Vice Presidential running mate, Senator Joe Biden, campaigned in Green Bay he was introduced by a Hoffmaster Appleton employee who, along with 300 coworkers, is losing his job. Greg Hinds, is a 17-year employee of a series of companies that have occupied the same plant. Hinds feels that he, his wife and two daughters, have suffered under what is called the failed economic policies of the last eight years of the Bush Administration. Hinds suggested that a John McCain-Sarah Palin administration is likely to be no better for the country. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/08/08) - FactCheck.org is claiming that Republican John McCain's new vice presidential running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, has been slimed by false representations of her record. FactCheck.org answers allegations that Palin cut funding for special needs education; that she allegedly wanted Alaska to secede from the United States; and other claims by opponents of the McCain-Palin Presidential team. FactCheck.org also says Palin did not support Pat Buchanan for President in the past, she was co-chair of the Steve Forbes Presidential bid, instead. Read more about the FactCheck.org report at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/05/08) - Last night, Arizona Senator John McCain told the Republican Convention Delegates and tv audience that he has respect and admiration for Barack Obama and his supporters. McCain said despite the differences, more unites us than divides us. McCain, the hope of Republicans to keep control of the White House, then advised the Party regulars and on-lookers, that he and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will win in November. McCain said if he does win he will reach out a hand to all willing Patriots, and get the country back on the road to prosperity and peace. Read John McCain's speech at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/04/08) - Republicans who ran for the position that John McCain is currently enjoying as the party's candidate for President of the United States have been letting people know at the 2008 Republican Convention why they should support and vote for McCain in the November election. All of the speakers continued to remind people that McCain was tortured as a prisoner of war during the Viet Nam war. It is mentioned so much and so often that it could be argued it seems to be a major reason McCain should be elected. Former New York Mayor and Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani included it in his well-received speech last night. Read Giuliani's message at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/04/08) - The suspenseful wait to see and hear John McCain's vice presidential pick Sarah Palin proved to be both exciting and entertaining on the third scheduled day of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. Palin told about all of the things she is able to juggle while being the mother of five, Governor of the State of Alaska, and a Hockey Mom to boot. The former mayor of a small Alaskan community before becoming Governor nearly two years ago, Palin attacked Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, and what she inferred are the distorted views of the press. She also said McCain will use the Power of the Veto. Read her speech at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/03/08) - One of the co-stars of the Law and Order television series who tried for the presidency against John McCain during the Republican primary spoke at the Republican National Convention last night. Showing more enthusiasm than he did as a presidential candidate, himself, Fred Thompson essentially told people they need to stand up for a strong military, a mature foreign policy, a free and growing economy, for the values that bind Republicans together and, what he says, keep our nation free, and for McCain, who he reminded people in detail, was tortured as a prisoner of war. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/02/08 - First Lady Laura Bush and Cindy McCain addressed the opening session of the 2008 Republican National Convention at the Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center yesterday. The First Lady and Mrs. McCain's remarks focused on the ongoing relief efforts aimed at assisting the people of the Gulf Coast States. Laura Bush explained that when disasters like Hurricane Gustav take place shared American ideals will always transcend partisanship. Other speakers included Republican National Committee Chairman Robert Duncan, U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), and U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). See more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/01/08) - The 2008 Report of the Democratic Platform Committee suggests that Democrats want to make the United States Government and the country less partisan than it has been for decades. The Preamble to the Platform, states that it's time to reach out to Republicans, Independents, and all Americans who hunger for a new direction, and a reason to hope. The Platform indicates Democrats not only want to undo the damage they perceive that the Bush Administration has done, they want to find and enact the ideas that are right for the country and it's citizens. Read the Preamble at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/29/08) - Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama officially accepted his party's nomination last night, during the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. During his acceptance speech Obama made the case for why America cannot afford four more years of what many believe are the failed policies of the George W. Bush Administration. Obama laid out his vision to bring about fundamental change at home and abroad. He reminded the country about the extraordinary promise of America at its best and challenged his supporters to continue to fight for that promise by marching ahead and never looking back. Read Obama's acceptance speech at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/29/08) - U.S. Senator John McCain today announced that he has selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate and to serve as his vice president. The McCain campaign says Governor Palin is a tough executive who has demonstrated during her time in short time in office that she is ready to be president. In addition to naming 44 year old Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate against the Obama - Biden ticket, the McCain campaign has released a statement from McCain that calls Barack Obama's nomination acceptance speech last night, misleading. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/28/08) - Former President Bill Clinton, 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidate John Kerry, and 2008 Vice Presidential Candidate Joe Biden, all say that Barack Obama is Ready to be President. President Bill Clinton trumpeted the idea that when he first ran for the White House job, Republicans then campaigned against him with the idea that he had no experience and was not ready, and, now they are trying to use that tactic against Obama. President Clinton said they were wrong then, and they are wrong now. More on yesterdays (Thursday, August 27th, 2008) speakers at the convention at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/27/08) - Last night the candidate who came in second in the long primary campaign to determine who would be the Democrats presidential candidate on the November 2008 ballot urged her 18 Million primary voters to switch their allegience to Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton told delegates at the Democrats National Convention in Denver, Colorado that her delegates and supporters and Obama's delegates and supporters must unite as a single party with a single purpose. Hillary said it's time to take back the country and no one should sit by the sidelines, because it will take everyone and every vote to make sure it happens. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/26/08) - Contrary to what some radio and tv talkers have been saying, the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Denver set the stage for a robust way to educate people about who Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are, and, what the Democrats stand for. Former Iowa Republican U.S. Senator Jim Leach endorsed Obama for President because the time is right to unite the country, not to be tied up in the partisan politics Congress and the White House has been playing for too long. There was also a tribute to and speech by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, and the revelation by Michelle Obama that the Obamas are just regular folks like us, who want to do the country proud. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/25/08) - The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) and the Obama for America campaign announced that two prominent Republicans will address the Democratic National Convention on Monday, August 25, 2008 and Tuesday, August 26, 2008. Former United States Congressman Jim Leach and Fairbanks Alaska Mayor Jim Whitaker will speak about Barack Obama's record of bringing Republicans, Independents and Democrats together to bring change and his vision for unifying the United States. For more on this story see WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/24/08) - The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) and the Obama for America campaign have announced additional details surrounding the Monday evening tribute to honor Senator Edward M. Kennedy. His niece, Caroline Kennedy, will speak to his extraordinary work over the last 46 years on behalf of this country, as well as his future plans in the United States Senate. A video tribute, directed by documentary filmmakers Ken Burns and Mark Herzog, will also portray his love of country, family, politics and the sea. More about the Democratic National Convention at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/23/08) - Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama has chosen Delaware U.S. Senator Joe Biden to be his running mate in their Democratic bid to defeat Republican rival Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain in November on the way to the White House. Many talking heads on television and radio had narrowed it down to Biden as the logical choice for Obama in on-air discussions during the past few weeks. Following the so-called vetting process, Barack Obama has come to the same conclusion. Wisconsin's U.S. Senator Herb Kohl calls Obama-Biden an exciting ticket. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/22/08) - A Wisconsin health care organization is attributing three of the state's congressional representatives for saving some Medicare benefits for residents of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Health Care Association (WHCA) has high praise for U.S. Representatives Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Steve Kagen (D-WI) and Ron Kind (D-WI), a member of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, for participating in a successful, bipartisan effort in Congress last week to stop the Bush Administration attempt to cut some funding. See WisconsinReport.com for more details. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/19/08) - Manitowoc-based Tower Tech Systems has signed a contract to manufacture wind tower components for Nordex USA, one of the world’s leading providers of onshore wind turbines. Badger Transport, based in Clintonville, has signed a contract to deliver the components to Texas for Nordex. Tower Tech and Badger Transport are subsidiaries of Naperville, IL-based Broadwind Energy, Inc., according to New North, which promotes regional cooperation and economic development in an 18-county region in Northeast Wisconsin. See more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/18/08) - The Weston 4 power plant, of which Dairyland Power Cooperative has a 30 percent ownership interest, was officially dedicated today. Weston 4 has been named Power Plant of the Year by Power Magazine. Dairyland President and CEO Bill Berg joined Wisconsin Public Service Corporation President Charlie Schrock, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Chairperson Eric Callisto and officials in a ceremonial ribbon cutting at the plant’s dedication ceremony. For more details go to WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/16/08) - The Wisconsin BadgerCare Plus program is providing high-quality, comprehensive care to 77,000 Wisconsin residents, including over 50,000 children. The good news is that a recent study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation finds that chronically ill Wisconsin children in the BadgerCare Plus program receive the same access to health care services as children with private insurance. However, the bad news is that the totally uninsured go without the same necessary care. For more information see the pages of WisconsinReport.com on the internet. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/13/08) - United States Congressional leaders from both parties have condemned the Russian invasion of the country of Georgia. Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives call the action by Russia a deplorable outbreak of violence, and want Russia to know that this kind of behavior is not acceptable in the 21st Century. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, House Republican Leader John Boehner, and House Republican Whip Roy Blunt announced that the U.S. Congress is ready to assist the people of Georgia. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/11/08) - With just two weeks to go before the Democratic National Convention officially kicks off, the Wisconsin delegation is fired up and ready to go to Denver, according to Democratic Party Wisconsin (DPW) Chair Joe Wineke. The Wisconsin delegation will consist of 92 delegates and 12 alternates. Wineke says Wisconsin will be one of the top represented states at the Democratic National Convention August 25th thru the 28th. To see who is going, learn more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/08/08) - Two U.S. Congressional Representatives from Wisconsin have joined forces to try to get some help for mill workers who will be without work at the NewPage Corporation's Kimberly Mill. Republican Tom Petri and Democrat Steve Kagen wrote to the Labor Department seeking Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for the employees affected by the planned shutdown of the Kimberly mill. Kagen says paper imported to the United States from China is one reason U.S. paper companies are having a downturn. For more details, see WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/07/08) - Senator Barack Obama holds a 44 percent to 38 percent lead in Wisconsin over Senator John McCain in the presidential race, according to a Wisconsin Policy Research Institute poll of 600 people. Senator Obama leads the race primarily because of a combination of the most important issues on the minds of voters and the impact of President Bush and the voter’s view about the direction of the country. The economy, jobs, and the war in Iraq are on top of the list of concerns among Wisconsin residents. The results show Obama favored two to one to come up with favorable solutions. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/07/08) - New York Jets General Manager Mike Tannebaum has confirmed that the Jets have made a deal that brings former Packer Brett Favre to the Jets. In a conference call to the media, Tannebaum said he spoke with Favre about the prospect of joining the Jets and Brett, team management and Jets fans seem to be excited about the football icon becoming a Jet. Tannebaum explained that acquiring Brett Favre will mean that the Jets are likely to let Chad Pennington go. He said he appreciates what Pennington has done for the Jets, but, would not say where Chad would be going just yet. For more see WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/06/08) - Governor Jim Doyle has announced $983,000 in grants for the Wisconsin Grazing Lands and Conservation Initiative, which protects the land and water of the state through education, technical planning assistance, and research for dairy and livestock farmers. Grazing is a low-cost, environmentally-friendly method of farming that moves animals to a fresh pasture on a regular basis while resting unused pastures so the plants can regrow before being regrazed. To learn more, go to WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/06/08) - Madison Magazine's August issue online has a gem of a suggestion for the Packer's Brett Favre to do now that he is no longer the likely quarterback for this season. John Roach suggests that Brett should sit down at the kitchen table and apply to be the vice president of the United States. Roach goes on to explain that Favre would get out of the house, and, still get some love from the adoring throngs, but not have the threat of being broken into small pieces every Sunday. Plus, it's inside work. No more frozen tundra. And the smiles of this delightful MVP for VP article continues. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/05/08) - The NewPage Corporation Wisconsin Rapids Converting Facility has been honored with an Environmental Stewardship Award from Orion Energy Systems. After an extensive review of the facility’s energy consumption in the second half of 2006, managers began working with Orion to find innovative and cost-effective ways to reduce energy waste and lessen the impact on the environment. With the help of VanErt Electric, a new high-efficiency, high intensity fluorescent (HIF) system was installed, replacing the older fixtures in the facility to save money and energy. See more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/04/08) - Speaking in Michigan today, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama called the upcoming November election possibly the most important election of a lifetime. Obama suggested that the USA's economy, security, and the future of the planet will depend on the choices made when people vote in November, and the choices made over the next few years will shape the next decade and perhaps the entire century. The U.S. Senator from Illinois said all of the major challenges will hinge on what is done about our addiction to oil. The rest of Obama's words can be found at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/04/08) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has recently suggested that House member Chet Edwards of Texas might be a good choice to be Senator Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate. Chet Edwards represents the 17th Congressional District in Texas. He has been elected to the House since 1990, and, among other committees and issues, Chet Edwards is involved in military and veterans affairs. The Texas politician indicates he is pleased the House passed its Fiscal Year 2009 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill in a strong bipartisan vote 409 to 4. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (08/01/08 - U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is hailing congressional passage of legislation that will help make college more affordable for many students. The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) includes a provision to broaden access to TRIO programs for colleges with branch campuses, such as the UW system, based on legislation Feingold had previously introduced. For more on this story and others check out WisconsinReport.com on the internet. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/31/08) - Biodiesel, a renewable fuel made in Wisconsin, is safer and better for the environment than conventional diesel, according to information from the U.S. Department of Energy. In other news, Governor Jim Doyle has announced a $2,880,128 project that will support improvements to the Burger Boat Company’s facility at the Port of Manitowoc. And, Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), is applauding the restoration of $250 million in federal funds for job training in the second Senate economic stimulus plan. For more on these stories, see WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/30/08) - It looks like both Republican presidential candidate John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama are serious about winning voters during the upcoming November election. Barack Obama and John McCain are airing more advertisements in more media markets than their counterparts did during a comparable period in the 2004 election campaign, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison study. From June 3, when the primary season ended, through July 26, the two candidates have aired more than 100,000 ads, while only 77,000 ads were aired during the same time period in 2004. More details at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/26/08) - Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain has inched ahead of Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama in Colorado; come within inches in Minnesota and narrowed the gap in Michigan and Wisconsin, according to four simultaneous Quinnipiac (KWIN-up-ee-ack) University polls of likely voters in these battleground states. Voters in each state say energy policy is more important than the war in Iraq, and, most support off-shore oil. By a smaller margin they also support drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge. WisconsinReport.com has more details. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/23/08) - A West Bend, Wisconsin company has been ordered to pay 215-thousand dollars as the result of a Department of Natural Resources lawsuit against the firm. Anton J. Matuszczak and Shoreline Contracting Services, Inc. are to pay $75,000 in forfeitures and surcharges for violating Wisconsin water pollution laws by failing to follow permit requirements governing a bluff stabilization project along Lake Michigan in Mequon, Ozaukee County. Matuszczak must also provide a $140,000 letter of credit for restoration of the affected property. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/22/08) - Wisconsin veterans are pointing out U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s strong track record of standing up for troops and veterans. They say they want to set the record straight on a McCain campaign misleading attack ad. The veterans point out that Senator Obama has consistently advocated for finishing the fight in Afghanistan and has been a steadfast ally for veterans and their families. By contrast, the record shows that Senator McCain has opposed critical funding for troops and repeatedly voted against measures to support veterans. See WisconsinReport.com for more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/21/08) - A dedicated team of 517 volunteer Wisconsin Dental Association dentists have provided free, comprehensive oral health care, valued at more than 4.25 million dollars, to 1,726 disabled, senior, poor and uninsured state residents during the first 10 years of the WDA Foundation’s Donated Dental Services program. Nearly $1 million of that care was delivered in its record-setting 2007 – 2008 fiscal year which ended June 30th. For more on this story, look to WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/21/08) - American voters oppose same-sex marriage 55 - 36 percent, but they don't want government to get involved in banning the practice, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pee-ack) University national poll released last week. Democrats support same-sex marriage by a narrow 47 - 43 percent margin, while Republicans oppose it 80 - 14 percent and independent voters oppose it 49 - 43 percent. Women in the survey oppose same-sex marriage 51 - 40 percent and men oppose it 61 - 31 percent. More details are on the internet at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/18/08) - Visitors to the 2008 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days not only saw new machinery in action, some even had a chance to try it out for themselves. The state’s largest outdoor ag expo, Wisconsin Farm Technology Days was held July 15-17 at Country Aire Farms, south of Greenleaf in Brown County. Founded in 1954, the three day show travels to a different Wisconsin county each year. This year Field demonstrations took place on 390 acres of land that Budd and Ione Gerrits and their family provided for the popular show feature. Read more about it at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/17/08) - Lemonweir Valley Telcom of Camp Douglas, Wisconsin has announced that construction has begun on a multi-million dollar project to deploy state-of-the-art fiber optic communications infrastructure throughout Lemonweir Valley Telcom’s serving area. The first phase of the project will extend optical fiber cable directly to homes and businesses within the City of New Lisbon, Village of Camp Douglas and Village of Hustler. The thin glass fibers will allow the company to offer advanced services to customers in that area. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/16/08) - Now that Miller Brewing Company and Coors have joined forces to become MillerCoors, changes were expected to take place, as is usually the case when two major companies merge. MillerCoors have announced that it is placing its headquarters in Chicago, but will maintain substantial operations in Golden, Colorado, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. MillerCoors will invest over $50 million into the brewery in Milwaukee over the next three years and increase the number of jobs at the brewery, even though headquarters office jobs will be lost to the city. More at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/15/08) - General Motors Corporation has announced it is taking further steps to adapt its business to rapidly changing market conditions, marked by the weak U.S. economy, record high fuel prices, shifts in consumer vehicle preferences, and the lowest U.S. industry sales volumes in a decade. GM had a record of being Number One in Sales for 76 consecutive years, but that's not so easy to do with the current competitive nature of the auto industry. By changing directions, the company hopes to change the future. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/14/08) - To draw attention to America’s sub-par education system, Strong American Schools has launched a campaign of television, radio, print and online ads that feature Jamie Lee Curtis. The new ad campaign, One Nation Left Behind, will be running in 16 markets in seven states including: Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, New Mexico, Virginia and Wisconsin, with a total expenditure of more than $5 million. Ads are also expected to run later this summer in Minnesota. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/12/08) - The United States Senate has passed Senator Herb Kohl’s (D-WI) legislation to protect Americans from becoming the victim of foreclosure rescue scams as part of a bipartisan housing package (H.R. 3221). The Kohl measure protects financially distressed homeowners – often elderly – from unscrupulous financial predators by implementing stricter requirements and a federal floor of protection. For more on this story and others go to WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/10/08) - Continuing high costs for energy along with supply and demand pressures are behind this quarter’s increase measured in the Market Basket survey conducted by the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation. Wisconsin’s largest farm organization tracks the retail price of 20-food items in 26 communities. The Market Basket survey found the average cost of those 20-items in the second quarter of 2008 was 55 dollars and 57 cents, 2.30 more than the overall average of 53.27 in the first quarter of 2008. More details are online at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/09/08) - Presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama addressed nearly 10,000 educators Saturday as part of the National Education Association's Representative Assembly. Obama called for overhauling No Child Left Behind, providing adequate resources to educators, and encouraging parental and community involvement. Obama has praised the NEA for its leadership in coming up with what Obama called a Roadmap For Educators, Elected Officials, Policymakers, and others who care about the education of the children of the country. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/08/08) - The Miller Center's National War Powers Commission, co-chaired by former Secretaries of State James A. Baker, III and Warren Christopher, today recommended that Congress repeal the War Powers Resolution of 1973. The Commission suggests that Congress create a new statute that would provide for more meaningful consultation between the president and Congress on matters of war. The Commission notes that there seems to be no cooperation between Congress and the Presidency regarding declaration of War. See WisconsinReport.com for more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/07/08) - Research shows that a drug that had been tested successfully in large hospitals to save blod clot patients can also be used in smaller communities with good results. The Wisconsin Medical Journal report indicates a Marshfield Clinic study in Ladysmith, Wisconsin shines a light at the end of the tunnel for more patients experiencing stroke symptoms since the study began in 1995. Tissue Plasminogen Activator can cause patients to be released earlier, and, the percent of stroke patients surviving is higher. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/03/08) - Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Congress approved the wording of the Declaration on July 4th in that year. It became Independence Day in 1791, and wasn't a federal holiday until 1870 when congress made it an unpaid federal holiday. It became a paid federal holiday in 1941. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/03/08) - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin and others are credited with being the authors of the Declaration of Independence signed by fifty-six delegates to the Continental Congress. Most people today do not have any idea what is in the Declaration other than the famous preamble that declares that all men are created equal and have the rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. To read the rest of the words in the Declaration of Independence go to WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (07/02/08) - Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama has been plagued by a number of attacks on his so-called credibility as a viable candidate to become President of the United States. He tried to move religious leaders, congregations, parishes, and individual church members into his column yesterday (July 1st) by delivering a speech in Zanesville, Ohio. The words he spoke told of how religion has affected his life, his candidacy and the role it should play in the presidency he hopes to be elected to. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/30/08) - Polls are in huge abundance during this presidential election year in the United States, and, they vary from week to week. However, a Wall Street Journal - Washington Post - Quinnepiac University poll deserves mentioning. It shows that Democrat Barack Obama is out in front of Republican John McCain by a hefty margin in Wisconsin, and elsewhere. The poll results, released late last week, was taken before Hillary Clinton gave her speech at Unity, New Hampshire. Read more at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/27/08) - Not to be confused with the joint campaign rally appearance by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in Unity, New Hampshire, a UNITY 2008 Convention in Chicago next month will feature a discussion with Obama and John McCain. The Unity 2008 Convention will be held by Journalists of Color. CNN will broadcast live in prime time the historic discussion with the presumptive presidential nominees July 24th. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/27/08) - Democratic Presidential Primary rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton made a show of unity today (Friday, June 27th) in a community aptly named Unity, New Hampshire. It was the first joint public appearance since what some observers called a divisive Democratic primary race ended. The campaign speeches in Unity was the start of Hillary's assurance she will work toward Obama becoming the next president of the United States, even though for awhile it seemed to some, she might hold a grudge. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/26/08) - Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says the State Crime Lab has added additional DNA experts to keep up with the demand. 19 new DNA analysts have completed their rigorous year-long training and certification program to join the team in Madison. In related news, J.B. Van Hollen was recently elected to serve as Chairman of the Midwestern Region of the National Association of Attorneys General. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/25/08) - According to the latest figures available, Wisconsin employment is still holding it's own and in some areas is higher than it was. Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today released the May breakdown of unemployment rates that show declines in the majority of Wisconsin's counties accompanied by job gains across all major metro areas. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/24/08) - Wisconsin U.S. Senator Russ Feingold has announced his endorsement and support for Stan Gruszynski in his bid to represent the people of the 36th Assembly district. Gruszynski is stressing the need for northeast Wisconsin to have a greater voice and more influence in the decision-making process in Madison. Gruszynski is re-entering state politics after leaving the Assembly several years ago when he represented Portage County. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/23/08) - The U.S. Postal Service has selected Verizon Business to provide an estimated $16.4 million worth of network services under the federal Networx Universal communications program. Verizon Business will be the primary provider of long-distance and calling-card services for the agency's nearly 166,000 lines serving 34,000 locations nationwide, under a 10-year agreement valued at $10 million. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/23/08) - The former rivals for the right to become the official Democratic candidate to run on the national presidential election will campaign together in Unity, New Hampshire Friday, June 27th. The location, announced today (Monday, June 23rd), was reportedly chosen for it's symbolic name, and because Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama each received 107 votes in the primary voting there January 8th. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/20/08) - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will address nearly a thousand elected and appointed Latino officials at a national leadership luncheon on Thursday, June 26, at 1:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C. This will be her first major public appearance since suspending her presidential campaign. Presidential Candidates Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are set to be at the same event two days later. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/20/08) - Wisconsin Farm Bureau leaders were in Washington D.C. this week (June 14-18) to lobby lawmakers on pressing issues facing agriculture and give first-hand accounts of flood damage. Immigration, trade agreements, ag exports, and oil drilling inside the USA and offshore, were all hot topics during the visit, which included a tour of the White House. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/19/08) - Recent floods have hit more than corn and soybeans. Rains have hit hard Wisconsin's direct marketing vegetable growers, those selling at farmers markets, local restaurants and retailers, and CSA's. Growers who market to local food consumers report flooded fields and potential losses. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection urges consumers to buy locally. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/18/08) - In this age of the Internet, and the need to protect computer systems from worms, viruses, adware, spyware, and other malware, Jefferson County, Wisconsin has chosen to enlist the help of a California firm's answer. Jefferson County has deployed Fortinet's FortiGate multi-threat security appliances to help secure the county's network infrastructure. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/18/08) - NBC newsman and political commentator Tim Russert, who was slated for burial June 18 after a funeral Mass in Washington, unabashedly witnessed to his Catholic faith, said Archbishop George H. Niederauer of San Francisco, chairman of the U.S. Bishops' Communications Committee. Archishop Niederaurer said the public host of Meet the Press was loyal to his family, fatherhood and faith in his private life. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/16/08) - A former Stevens Point, Wisconsin area State Assembly Representative is readying himself to re-enter the world of Republican vs. Democrat in Madison. Stan Gruszynski is now a resident of Marinette County and intends to seek the Democratic nomination for Wisconsin Assembly District 36. Prior to moving back to Eastern Wisconsin he represented the 71st Assembly District in Central Wisconsin. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/13/08) - The Wisconsin Department of Transportation and State Patrol have closed I-39 northbound, I-90/94 westbound at US 151 (Exit 135 - Madison) due to rising water at I-90/94 westbound at the Baraboo River (WIS 33). Motorists are strongly advised to not travel in the south central part of Wisconsin due to many flooded state and local highways. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/13/08) - ABC Television News Anchor Charles Gibson has now joined the ranks of NBC's Tim Russert, who passed away of an apparent heart attack while at work today. As the news of Russert's death was being announced on NBC by former anchor Tom Brokow and friends, Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University was presenting its 15th annual Fred Friendly First Amendment Award to ABC's Charles Gibson. Russert had received the award in 2005. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/12/08) - As record gas and food prices, skyrocketing health care costs and the mortgage crisis continue to hammer the economy, the Service Employees International Union's (SEIU) two million members today called on Congress to pass legislation extending jobless benefits. Read more about this news story and others on the internet at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/11/08) - The latest Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll shows that Barack Obama is way ahead of John McCain in New York. Based on that, Obama could easily count New York in the win column in November. McCain is 14 percentage points behind Obama, according to the poll of nearly 14 hundred New York State residents. The margin of error is 2.6 percentage points. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/10/08) - Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has requested assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) to conduct a comprehensive damage assessment from this past weekend’s severe weather and flooding. Governor Doyle is expected to seek a Federal Disaster Declaration following the FEMA assessment. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/09/08) - This isn’t exactly the party I’d planned, but I sure like the company, Hillary Clinton said as she started the weekend speech that would signify the end of her try for the presidency. Saturday, June 7th New York U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton officially suspended her presidential primary campaign and asked her 18 Million supporters to get behind Barack Obama. Read Hillary's speech at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/06/08) - Wisconsin consumers are now able to sign up their cell phone numbers to be added to the Do Not Call list starting today. The new list will be sent to telemarketers on September 1, 2008. To make that list consumers must sign up before the end of August. Adding cell phone numbers to the Do Not Call list became possible by including it in a recent Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill. Those wishing to be part of the Do Not Call cell phone list may register online at Wisconsin.Gov. WisconsinReport.com has more details on this story and many more added often on the internet at WisconsinReport.com. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/05/08) - Wisconsin Assembly Representative Phil Montgomery (R-Ashwaubenon) says the federal Department of Energy’s Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management made progress toward its overdue legal obligation to secure a federal spent nuclear fuel storage area by submitting a license application to construct the Yucca Mountain repository. Montgomery is the current chair of the Assembly Energy and Utility Committee and served as the chairperson of a 2006 Wisconsin Legislative Council Special Study Committee on Nuclear Power. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will have three years to review the application. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (06/02/08) - The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation authored by Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) to protect cranes throughout North America and the world. The Crane Conservation Act of 2008, H.R. 1771, was passed on May 21, 2008 with strong bipartisan support (304-118). A companion bill authored by Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), S. 1048, is pending in the Senate. The Crane Conservation Act would provide funding to assist in the recovery of several endangered crane species, help enhance international and domestic crane conservation projects, and encourage the Department of Interior to seek input from those involved in crane conservation. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/30/08) - USA Network will kick-off a summer of scripted originals by launching its new drama series IN PLAIN SIGHT with an aggressive interactive marketing campaign developed in conjunction with digital innovators Big Spaceship, Electric Artists and The Hyperfactory. The multiplatform effort will feature robust interactive, viral and mobile elements focused on aggressive promotional extensions to immerse viewers in the world of the witness protection program. IN PLAIN SIGHT, a new original series, premieres Sunday, June 1st at 9:00 Central Time on USA Network. WisconsinReport.com has more on this story and others. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/29/08) - Wisconsin business, unions and individuals have contributed a record $1.5 million in the first 15 months of the 2007-08 election cycle to unregulated groups most of which raise and spend unlimited amounts on negative advertising, mailings and other outside activities in state and national elections, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign analysis shows. Total Wisconsin contributions to so-called 527 groups between January 1, 2007 and March 31, 2008 shattered the previous high for a comparable period ($1.03 million) between January 2005 and March 2006. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/27/08) - Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is urging Wisconsin lawmakers to address the state's drunk driving problem as they consider law reforms following the outcry from people demanding change. The outrage stems from the April 25, 2008 crash in Oconomowoc that killed a pregnant woman and her daughter by a repeat drunk driver. The offender, Mark Benson, had three prior OWI convictions and was driving impaired on prescription medication without a license when he slammed his SUV into the rear of Jennifer Bukosky's car, killing Jennifer, her unborn child and 10-year old daughter and injuring her son. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/25/08) - More than two-million internet surfers have visited a website created by a United States Navy veteran to inform people about Memorial Day. The site was created in 1994 by David Merchant as a project for Dr. Gretchen Whitney's Information Network Applications Class, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN. The website, usmemorialday.org, was created to help promote the return of the original intent and meaning back to Memorial Day and to provide an online community for people to share their feelings, pride, respect and honor for those who gave their all for the country. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/23/08) - The Wisconsin Farmers Union celebrated as word came down that the U.S. Senate had voted to override the president's veto of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 by a vote of 82-13. This came after word that the U.S. House of Representatives vote (316-108) to override the veto may have been invalid due to an inadvertent clerical error, leaving one of the 15 titles incomplete. The error may have caused further delay in passing the bill due to the upcoming holiday weekend. Now Congress plans to vote on the omitted title after its recess. Senator Herb Kohl likes some of the bill. Representative Ron Kind sees room for improvement. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/22/08) - Plagued by a defection of Clinton supporters and white working class voters, Democrat Barack Obama, trails Republican John McCain in Florida and Ohio. However, Obama is six points ahead of McCain in Pennsylvania. That's according to simultaneous Quinnipiac University Swing State polls released today, which also shows Hillary Clinton beating McCain in all three states at this particular point of the presidential election year. No one has been elected President since 1960 without taking two of these three largest swing states in the Electoral College. Margins of error and time might change the actual results of the November election. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/21/08) - During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with executives representing the nation’s five largest oil companies, U.S. Senator Herb Kohl said his No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act (NOPEC) will send a message to oil producers. The bill will permit the Department of Justice to bring actions against foreign states – such as members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) – for collusive practices in setting the price or limiting the production of oil. The NOPEC bill has bi-partisan co-sponsorship, including Arlen Specter, Chuck Grassley, Russ Feingold Barbara Boxer, and others. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/19/08) - Governor Jim Doyle has announced the appointment of State Senator Roger Breske of Eland, Wisconsin as the new Commissioner of Railroads. Breske’s term will begin June 4, 2008 and expire on March 1, 2011. Breske will leave the State Senate after 18 years to take the job as Commissioner of Railroads. Senator Breske will supervise five staffers in his new position. The office oversees a variety of highway rail crossing issues involving more than 4,000 crossings over public roadways throughout Wisconsin. Democrat Breske's appointment leaves the 12th State Senate District without an incumbent. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/17/08) - Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen met friday, May 16, 2008 with law enforcement leaders, elected officials, community leaders, judges, and public safety officials from throughout Portage County at a law enforcement roundtable hosted by State Senator Julie Lassa and State Representative Louis Molepske, Jr. Topics discussed included internet crimes against children, prosecutor shortages, juvenile justice, alcohol and other drug addiction treatment program needs, and public safety funding. WisconsinReport.com, the place to read about people, places, politics, events and activities that matter, has more on this story. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/16/08) - The Republican Party of Wisconsin is holding its 2008 State Convention this weekend in Stevens Point this Friday and Saturday. Two prominent leaders in the Republican Party were booked to address Wisconsin Republicans at the event. Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty was set to headline the Banquet Honoring County Chairmen on Friday, May 16th, at 7 p.m. and Republican National Committee Chairman Robert M. “Mike” Duncan was scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the state convention on Saturday, May 17th at 10:30 a.m. State Democratic Party Chair Joe Wineke says Republicans are celebrating GOP failures. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/15/08) - Democratic presidential primary frontrunner Barack Obama is gaining even more momentum following the Wednesday (May 14, 2008) endorsement of former candidate John Edwards. The United Steelworkers union endorsed Barack Obama for president Thursday, which should help attract more Democratic blue-collar workers. Others endorsing Obama the day after Edwards, include, United States Congressman Jim McDermott of the State of Washington, Congressional Representatives Henry Waxman and Howard Berman of California, and Communications Workers of America President, Larry Cohen. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/14/08) - The College Democrats of America (CDA) President and Vice President have endorsed Barack Obama for President of the United States. They cited his ability to inspire young voters to become a part of the political process, and the record numbers of young voters who have come out to the polls during this election season. CDA President Lauren Wolfe said they reached out to college students nationwide through Facebook, MySpace and YouTube and the responses were overwhelmingly in favor of Barack Obama. Wolfe says millions of students are ready for the change Obama represents. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/12/08) - Several websites hosted by a Stevens Point, Wisconsin company were offline for most of the weekend through the morning hours of Monday, May 12, 2008. The websites are hosted by Cliksites Hosting, which is a service of Magicmedia Communications, Inc., a member of the Morbizco Media Group. Two of the sites affected were Clik2Go.com, which is an internet portal, internet access provider, and search engine service, and WisconsinReport.com. The problem seems to have been a technical issue in a recently installed server system that replaced the old system. All sites are now back online and available to the public. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/06/08) - Wisconsin U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) is urging his Senate colleagues to support a national affordable housing trust fund to help create affordable housing for families facing severe housing costs around the country. In a letter to the Senate Banking Committee, Feingold called on the committee to pass the bipartisan National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007 introduced by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) as part of broader housing legislation. The proposal would help low income families by providing housing solutions. WisconsinReport.com has more on this story. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/05/08) - Wisconsin Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass says the fourth Unclaimed Property Auction on eBay brought in over 10-thousand dollars from bids submitted from several areas of the United States. The auction concluded on Thursday at 6:00 pm with bids from locations in Wisconsin, Texas, Minnesota, Nebraska and Maryland. All of the 37 items up for bid sold totaling $10,119.02. The highest bid item was for a diamond engagement ring which sold for $4,383.33. By law the Unclaimed Property found in safe deposit boxes are turned over to the State Treasurer, then auctioned if they are not claimed. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/02/08) - The University of Wisconsin - Madison Formula SAE team raced to first place at the inaugural Virginia International Raceway competition April 23-26. This was the first Formula SAE event to incorporate a road course that included significant elevation changes. The UW-Madison team, which received funding from the United Wisconsin Grain Producers, piloted its one-third-scale Indy-style car to victory while awing the spectators with unmatchable lap times. The car was the only vehicle of 43 at the competition to run on E85 fuel. The UW - Madison formula car, concrete canoe, and steel bridge teams also excelled recently. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/30/08) - Democratic Presidential hopeful, U.S. Senator Barack Obama, struck a blow April 29th against those who have associated him with attitudes, theories and comments made by his former pastor Reverand Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., senior pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Obama said Wright does not speak for him or for his candidacy, and he found many points made by Wright at the National Press Club breakfast the day before were completely out of line. Obama has disassociated himself from Wright, saying the man who performed at the event was not the man he met twenty years ago. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/28/08) - The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows John McCain and Barack Obama once again tied, with each attracting 46 percent of the vote. However, some people who have witnessed what the last two days have brought into the political process by Reverand Jeremiah Wright of Chicago, wonder if Obama can weather the storm long enough to run against McCain. Wright tried to explain where he was coming from when he spoke before a large group Sunday, and the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Monday morning. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/26/08) - More southeastern Wisconsin residents and their televisions can finally break free from cable providers. Fourteen months after beginning to offer a new video choice to Wisconsin residents, ATandT Inc. has announced that ATandT U-verse(SM) TV and Internet services are now available to more than 200,000 living units in and around the Milwaukee, Racine and Sheboygan areas. ATandT introduced U-verse TV in Wisconsin in February 2007 and continues to make the service available to more southeastern Wisconsin customers, thanks in part to the Wisconsin Video Choice Act. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/24/08) - Wisconsin Congressmen Steve Kagen, Democrat, and Tom Petri, Republican, have urged the Bush Administration to halt unfair trade practices by overseas paper manufacturers. In a joint letter to Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, they expressed concerns over the swift entry of unusually low-priced imports of lightweight thermal paper (LWTP) into the U.S. market from China and Germany. Similarly, an influx of coated free sheet paper from foreign producers will lead to the closing of an entire paper plant in Niagara, WI and a loss of papermaking jobs in Kimberly, WI. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/21/08) - The Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board (ECB) has named Gene Purcell as Executive Director of the agency. Purcell joined the ECB as deputy director in April, 2006, and became Interim Director a year ago when the director left. The Educational Communications Board (ECB) is the state agency responsible for ensuring that public radio and television programs and instructional technology services are made available throughout Wisconsin, and that these programs and services reflect and respond to the educational and cultural needs of the state’s residents. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/18/08) - Wisconsin Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass says the fourth Unclaimed Property Auction will be held on Ebay starting Monday, April 21, 2008 at 12:00 pm CST. 37 items are set to be auctioned off over the course of ten days. There are 36 lots of women’s jewelry which include individual pieces, matching sets and collections. Under Wisconsin Statute, after 5 years of inactivity, Wisconsin financial institutions are mandated to turn over all the contents of safe deposit boxes to the State Treasurer’s office for safekeeping. The Treasurer’s Office has 3 years to try and find the owner, then puts the items up for auction. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/17/08) - Even though there are pockets of higher job losses in some parts of the Badger State, the unemployment rate in the state of Wisconsin is overall holding its own. Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman says Wisconsin’s unemployment rate for March was 5.6 percent, down two-tenths of a percentage point from February's 5.8 percent and equal to the rate one year ago. The national rate for March was 5.2 percent, same as the February rate, but seven-tenths of a percentage point higher than the March 2007 rate of 4.5 percent. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/16/08) - Voters at this week’s Wisconsin Conservation Congress spring hearings approved the position of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau on all three questions of interest to farmers. The questions involved Deer Baiting and Feeding, Managed Forest Law Change, and Wolf Management. Citizens who attended April 14th hearings throughout the state supported the creation of a hunting season for wolves, banning deer baiting and feeding, and were against a proposal involving Managed Forest Land contracts that would essentially make it mandatory to allow public access to private lands. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/15/08) - Wondering whether Hillary Clinton stays on the straight and narrow concerning the facts in her stories, and whether Barack Obama returns to the message of Hope, Change, Yes We Can, and the Feel Good feeling voters get from his message? The ABC Television Network is providing another debate between the two Democrats seeking the White House tomorrow night (Weds. April 16, 2008) so primary voters in Pennsylvania and remaining primary states can gain insight into which will be the best choice to be on the Democratic ticket in November. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/14/08) - U.S. Senators Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) have introduced the Illegal Garnishment Prevention Act. The bill would prevent the U.S. Department of Treasury from using direct deposit for Social Security beneficiaries until they put a stop to the illegal garnishment of government benefits from the bank accounts of private citizens. It is already illegal to have banks deduct money from federal funds in personal bank accounts to turn over to creditors, but, it is taking place anyway far too often. This bill starts a process to make it less likely to happen. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/11/08) - The Dunn County Republican Party annual Lincoln Day Dinner keynote speaker will by Scott Harold Southworth who was recently honored as a CNN Hero. Major Southworth, who currently serves as Juneau County District Attorney, is also a member of the Wisconsin Army National Guard. After serving in the Military Police in Iraq, Southworth returned to Iraq to adopt a disabled Iraqi orphan. The Southworth story has been told to Montel Williams, Oliver North, and others on television. He is also remembered for the Supreme Court Southworth Decision. The Dinner will be held April 26th at the Whitetail Golf Course, Colfax. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/10/08) - Wisconsin's Attorney General is concerned about a proposed merger of the only two satellite radio companies providing the service in the United States. He is so concerned that he's stepping in to try to stop the merger of Sirius and XM. Citing concerns about anti-competitive and anti-consumer effects, Republican Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to utilize its role to carefully review the proposed license transfer between Sirius and XM now that the federal Justice Department Antitrust Division has chosen to look the other way. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/09/08) - Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama is catching up with New York U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary and now trails 50 - 44 percent among likely primary voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released April 8th. This compares to a 50 - 41 percent Sen. Clinton lead in an April 2nd poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN uh-pe-ack) University. Comparing the polls released a week apart, Obama is gaining in most demographic categories in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Democratic Primary will be held April 22nd. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/08/08) - If you'e one of those people who had a hard time paying their utility bills during the cold days of winter, it's time to catch up. Yes, tax deadline time is bringing with it the end of the Wisconsin Utility Bills Moratorium for this heating season. As of April 1, 2008, approximately 65,000 Wisconsin Power and Light customers are in arrears, up slightly from last year. Customers who weren't able to pay anything at all during the winter months owe 5.2 million dollars. Wisconsin Power and Light is giving customers until April 15th to bring accounts up to date. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/07/08) - U.S.News and World Report has published the 2009 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools, available on the U.S. News website. Examining more graduate programs than ever before, this year’s edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools is the most comprehensive guide to graduate schools across the country. The guide contains the exclusive rankings of over 1,500 graduate school programs in categories such as business, education, engineering, law, and medicine. The University of Wisconsin - Madison shows up as high as 12th in category rankings. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/05/08) - State health officials are reminding consumers to cook raw poultry to safe internal temperatures before eating. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Services has issued a public health alert due to illnesses from Salmonella associated with frozen, stuffed raw chicken products that may be contaminated with salmonella. There have been no confirmed illnesses related to these products in Wisconsin. Products linked to the illnesses were produced by Serenade Foods, a Milford, Indiana establishment. WisconsinReport.com has more on this story. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/04/08) - New York Senator Hillary Clinton holds a 50 - 41 percent lead over Illinois Sen. Barack Obama among likely Pennsylvania Democratic primary voters and runs better against Arizona Sen. John McCain, the likely Republican nominee in Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio, according to a recent Quinnipiac University poll. This compares to a 53 - 41 percent lead in a March 18 survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University of Hamden, Connecticut. Pennsylvania is one of three of the biggest so-called Swing States surveyed by the school. The others are Florida and Ohio. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/03/08) - Fourteen administration officials and airport representatives gathered Wednesday in a closed meeting to explain to Congressional Representative Tom Petri of Wisconsin why 204 Marines and soldiers returning from Iraq were barred from the Oakland, California airport terminal on September 27th, 2007. The military personnel felt slighted when they were deplaned onto a grass median between runways instead of allowed to taxi to the terminal and deplane there. Officials said it was a mistake and not an insult, and measures are being taken to prevent it from happening again. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/02/08) - Partisan politics is still going strong in the state of Wisconsin, according to comments made by Republican Party of Wisconsin chairman Reince Priebus following the Spring Election, April 1st 2008. Wisconsin conservatives are claiming what they call convincing victories, replacing Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler, taking away Governor Doyle’s Frankenstein Veto power and winning key local government races including Scott Walker’s win in Milwaukee County. Butler, meanwhile, is concerned about the negative advertising of his opponent and groups outside of Judge Michael Gableman's campaign. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/01/08) - After hearing presentations by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Minority Leader John Boehner, members of the Veterans Affairs committee, the Secretaries of the Army and Veterans Affairs, and Wisconsin veterans took steps April 1st, 2008 to ensure the well-being and health care of United States fighting men and women, past and present, are on solid ground. Department Commander David A. Kurtz led a delegation of Wisconsin members of The American Legion to Washington to fight for funding to care for the nation’s veterans of past wars and to protect benefits for those now serving. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/31/08) - The Wisconsin Green Party members have chosen to support a woman to be the Green Party candidate for President of the United States. Cynthia McKinney received an overwhelming majority of votes cast in the Wisconsin Green Party Presidential Preference Primary during the weekend. McKinney received 79 percent of the Wisconsin Green Party primary votes. Kent Mesplay received 10 percent of the votes. Ralph Nader received 5 percent of the votes as a write in. Nader has been courted to be the Green Party national candidate, however, he is not on the official Green Party primary ballots. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/31/08) - The world’s largest trivia contest returns to WWSP 90FM at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP). In its 39th year, the 54-hour event begins Friday, April 11. This year’s contest theme, Trivia 39: Trivia Invasion, will draw people to Central Wisconsin from as far away as Europe with nearly 500 teams competing for the title. The theme celebrates the British Music Invasion of the USA. Teams are being advised not to study up on any one topic, as the questions promise to include all areas of unusual and often marginal need-to-know information. WisconsinReport.com has more on this story. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/29/08) - Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton announced Clean Energy Wisconsin, the Doyle Administration’s strategy to strengthen Wisconsin’s energy future, in a visit to the Mid-State Technical College campus in Wisconsin Rapids. The comprehensive plan moves Wisconsin forward by promoting renewable energy, creating new jobs, increasing energy security and efficiency, and improving the environment. Governor James Doyle and Lt. Governor Lawton have been working to make Wisconsin a leader in renewable energy since the beginning of their terms in office. WisconsinReport.com has more on this story. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/29/08) - The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB) is predicting a twenty percent turnout, or approximately 875,000 voters, to participate in the Tuesday, April 1st Spring Election. The election will include a state Supreme Court race and a statewide referendum regarding limiting the Governor’s veto power. The choices for Supreme Court are current Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler, and, Burnett County Judge Mike Gableman. There have been numerous, contentious commercials from both Supreme Court candidates' and from third parties. Tuesday it will be up to voters to decide what and who they believe. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/27/08) - Senator Barack Obama has called for immediate relief for homeowners hit by the housing crisis, modernization of our regulatory framework, and an additional $30 billion stimulus package to jumpstart the economy and help protect families from the economic slowdown. In a speech given at Cooper Union in New York, Obama stressed the importance of pushing back on the special interests and honoring our obligation to one another, and that doing so is not just a matter of altruism but a matter of self-interest. WisconsinReport.com has more on this story. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/26/08) - Starting this July all public workplaces in Eau Claire, including bars will be smoke free. The Eau Claire City Council voted 7 to 4 Tuesday in favor of an ordinance ending cigarette smoking in all public workplaces. The vote comes after a public hearing where council members listened to testimony about the health dangers of secondhand smoke including increased risk of lung cancer, heart disease and chronic respiratory problems. Thirty-three Wisconsin communities have now passed some kind of smoke free ordinance. WisconsinReport.com has more on this story. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/26/08) - Three more video service providers – CTC Telecom, S and K TV Systems, and Western Wisconsin Communications – have all applied for cable franchises in Wisconsin as a result of cable competition legislation which passed through the State Legislature and was signed into law by Governor Doyle late last year. These providers join Charter Communications, Time Warner Cable, AT and T, CenturyTel, and Comcast Cable, who have already applied for and received franchises from the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions under the new statewide rules regulating cable tv operations in Wisconsin. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/25/08) - Nearly five people die each week in Wisconsin because they don’t have health insurance, says a new report by Families USA, the national organization for health care consumers. The Families USA report, the first-ever state-specific report of this type, is based on a ground-breaking national study by the Institute of Medicine, which in 2002 forged the direct link between a lack of health coverage and deaths from health-related causes. The new report released today by one of Citizen Action’s national partners, Families USA, shows that the health care crisis is a life and death issue. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/24/08) - A Wisconsin Assembly Representative who counts legislation about organ donation, drug assistance for seniors, and working on a statewide spending cap, as meaningful during the time he has served in the Assembly, is retiring. 57th Assembly District Representative Steve Wieckert has decided to not seek re-election this year. Republican Weickert is from the Appleton area, and expects to return to work there upon his retirement from public service. Wieckert is currently Assembly Housing Committee chairperson, and part of the narrow Republican majority in the Assembly. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/24/08) - Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roland Day and Justice William Bablitch have endorsed Justice Louis Butler for retention on the Supreme Court. Supreme Court Justice Bablitch says Justice Butler has experience, integrity, and is the best choice. Butler has been endorsed by five police organizations, two-hundred-twenty judges, 25 district attorneys and sheriffs, fire department associations, and union groups. Butler has also been endorsed by both of Wisconsin's United States Senators and five of eight Wisconsin Representatives to the U.S. Congress. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/21/08) - The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin is encouraging all Wisconsin legislators to say no to Real ID. The ACLU position is that Real ID is an expensive, pointless, and overly invasive federal mandate. When President George W. Bush signed the Real ID Act a couple of years ago, it became mandatory that states become involved. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation currently must comply with Real ID rules by 2010. Even though Real ID is a federal law, states must finance the Real ID program, so the Wisconsin legislature is considering ways to do that. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/20/08) - While many people in Wisconsin and the rest of the United States are spending time this week to protest the Iraq War on the 5th anniversary of U.S. involvement there, others are patting the military on the back for doing what their Commander In Chief has been requiring them to do. Democratic Congressman Steve Kagen, M.D. yesterday marked the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq by thanking local veterans in Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District. The Congressman was joined by six veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan who commented on the experience. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/19/08) - The war in Iraq is costing Wisconsin residents alone, millions of dollars, no, billions of dollars, with a B, since the beginning of the hostile action five years ago. A group called Citizen Action of Wisconsin, estimates that in 2008, Wisconsin's share of the war will be One-Point-Three Billion additional dollars. The 2008 amount is based on Bush Administration and military proposals for additional outlays of funds to be funneled into the effort in Iraq this year. A report issued today shows what Wisconsin governments and citizens could have gained locally if that money wasn't going into the war. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/19/08) - The convergence of the 5th anniversary of Shock and Awe with Christian Holy Week and Iraq Moratorium Number 7 has sparked hundreds of antiwar actions across the country, and three dozen in Wisconsin, this week. There are events scheduled today in Madison, Minoqua, LaCrosse, Appleton, Webster, Kenosha and Wisconsin Rapids. This weekend, additional events are to be held in Sheboygan, Racine, Viroqua, Wausau, Hayward, Madison, Janesville, Dodgeville, Ripon, Milwaukee, Fort Atkinson, as well as DeKalb and Duluth. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/19/08) - Today, March 19, 2008, marks the five-year anniversary of President Bush deploying American soldiers to Iraq. United States Congressional Representative Ron Kind from LaCrosse, Wisconsin (D-WI) remembers that the Bush Administration had predicted the war could be undertaken at a far less cost than it has turned out to be. Instead of Billions of Dollars, the cost has evolved into many Hundreds of Billions of Dollars. Dollars that critics point out, will have to be paid back to financial institutions and foreign countries by our children, grandchildren, and babies yet to be born. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/18/08) - Democratic Presidential Primary candidate Barack Obama spoke in Pennsylvania today to answer concerns about his association with Pastor Jeramiah Wright, who was Obama's minister in the Chicago area until Wright's retirement. Obama repeated that he condemns Reverand Wright's remarks in Wright's church sermon. He also said Pastor Wright was more than just the remarks that radio and tv talkers, and others, black and white, have been appalled about, and, he said he would not disown Pastor Wright, nor should he. He also said his candidacy should not be judged by Wright's remarks, nor by those made by Hillary Clinton supporter Geraldine Ferraro. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/17/08) - Granite Broadcasting Corporation has announced that each of its 23 stations in the United States, including the Duluth-Superior area, will continue its tradition of providing free air time to qualified, major candidates running for public office during the 2008 general election. First established in 1998, this Granite Broadcasting Corporation program is designed to serve the public interest by facilitating an open and vigorous exchange of ideas. The Granite Broadcasting Corporation Duluth-Superior area stations are KBJR-NBC6, KRII-Range11, KDLH-CBS3, and My9. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/17/08) - The Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WCADV) is hailing the passage of the Safe Housing Act, SB 269, a bill designed to remove barriers facing domestic violence victims in housing. Last Wednesday, the Assembly unanimously backed the bill, and the Senate gave its final concurring and also unanimous vote on Thursday, last week. The Safe Housing Act allows victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking to terminate a lease if they are in imminent physical danger and have an accepted form of documentation of the abuse. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/15/08) - A Wisconsin Congressional Representative from the Northeastern part of the state was in Philedelphia yesterday (March 14, 2008) to tell medical personnel that Constitutional rights should apply to health care. Congressman Steve Kagen, who is also a doctor, declared that to guarantee access to affordable care, it's important to end discrimination in health insurance. Kagen spoke at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) in Philadelphia, PA. Before being elected to Congress, Dr. Kagen founded the Kagen Allergy Clinics in Appleton, Green Bay, Oshkosh and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/14/08) - A growing group of Wisconsin businesses, community groups and health care providers have announced a new coalition supporting the proposed Wisconsin hospital assessment. StopTheShift.org members say it’s time that the State Legislature do something about what is called the hidden tax that businesses have paid for too many years because of significant underfunding of Wisconsin’s Medicaid program. The coalition's broad-based membership includes Wisconsin Hospital Association, Aurora Health Care, Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, and other organizations. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/14/08) - US Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) applauded the final version of the FY09 Budget Resolution, which the Senate passed late last night, for including major boosts in federal funds for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program and the Child Care Development Block Grant program – increases that would directly benefit Wisconsin if the plan is enacted into law. In addition, an ammendment supported by Kohl creates a new standard deduction for homeowners that will provide relief to more than 641-thousand Wisconsin taxpayers. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/13/08) - When Wisconsin voters go to their polling places in April, among other things, they will be voting on a statewide referendum affecting the so-called partial veto that has been exercised from time to time by Governors from both sides of the aisle. The veto power of Wisconsin’s governor is one of the nation’s strongest, but a question on the April 1 ballot asks voters if that power should be limited. In addition to selecting a supreme court justice, voters will be asked if they want to amend the state constitution to limit the governor’s partial veto authority. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/13/08) - The Wisconsin State Assembly passed what is called a Budget Repair Bill Wednesday night, March 12th. Democratic Majority Leader in the Wisconsin Senate, Senator Russ Decker of Weston, Wisconsin, is calling the so-called Budget Repairs, Bush Budgeting At It's Worst. Decker suggests the Republican controlled State Assembly is favoring Wal-Mart over school kids, other businesses and residents of the state in some of the items included in the Budget Repair Bill. Wisconsin Assembly Republicans currently outnumber Democrats 52 to 47. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/12/08) - Wisconsin's Deteriorated Urban Roads Cost State Drivers $1.2 Billion Annually in Extra Vehicle Operating Costs. Wisconsin's major urban roadways are deteriorating at a time when transportation funding in the state is inadequate to keep pace with needed repairs, and the cost of those repairs is rapidly increasing. This is according to a new national report released by TRIP, a national transportation research group. The TRIP report evaluated pavement conditions on state and local major urban roadways and calculated the extra vehicle operating cost (VOC) to motorists of driving on roads in poor condition. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/12/08) - With Daylight Savings Time here again and Easter 2008 nearly upon us, women in Wisconsin and other areas of the country, are turning their attention to this year's wedding season. One of the things they're concerned about is, what hairstyle will make them most adorable. A bridal website now gives brides-to-be the ability to upload their photo and virtually try on five different wedding day hairstyles via the Brides.com Wedding Day Hair Studio. In addition, women can also experiment with the hairstyles of various celebrities including Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson, Jessica Alba, Hillary Duff and Beyonce Knowles. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/10/08) - A new report from Citizen Action of Wisconsin documents large health care cost savings for Wisconsin families if a Wisconsin initiative called Healthy Wisconsin is enacted. The release of the report coincides with a hearing by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on a revised version of the comprehensive health care reform plan. Healthy Wisconsin, which has received national attention as a health care reform model, was passed by the State Senate this summer as a budget amendment, but was blocked by the State Assembly. The revised version, SB 562, is sponsored by Senator Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton), who is Chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/08/08) - Wisconsin United States Senators Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold (both D-WI) have called on President George W. Bush to end unfair trade practices by overseas paper manufacturers that hurt domestic producers. Kohl and Feingold are trying to make the Bush Administration understand that, because paper mills are major employers in some regions of Wisconsin, such unfair trade practices could result in fewer employment opportunities in Wisconsin and other areas of the country where paper manufacturing has been making it possible for workers to support their families. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/08/08) - Congress is looking into the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act to help promote new construction, preservation, and conversion of existing Section 202 facilities into assisted-living facilities. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), Chairman of the Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development have introduced a bill designed to streamline the program and process. It is hoped the move would save the government money and make it easier for senior citizens. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/07/08) - The Barack Obama for President of the United States campaign is continuing to do an outstanding job of raising money. Barack supporters donated more than $55 million to his campaign in the month of February. That's about 20 million dollars more than Hillary Clinton's campaign gathered during the same month. And, although Hillary Clinton has won three out of the last four Democratic primary battles, Obama has won 27 of 41 contests and has maintained a lead among pledged delegates. The Obama campaign figures indicate Barack still has a lead of about 150 delegates going into the next round of primary contests. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/05/08) - The dust is settling on the March 4th presidential primaries. John McCain has now won enough delegates to become the Republican candidate in the November election, and, Mike Huckabee has bowed out of the Republican primary race graciously. On the Democrats side, the excitement and uncertainty continues. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in Rhode Island, Ohio and Texas, while Barack Obama won Vermont. But, Obama is still ahead of Hillary Clinton in delegates acquired to date, including the second place finishes in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island. So the close battle between Hillary and Barack goes on. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/04/08) - Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has decided to not come back to the Packers for another year to break more records. He is instead retiring from leading the Packers on to victory, and from professional football. Packers General Manager Ted Thompson says Favre informed the Packer organization of his intention to retire from the Green Bay Packers and the NFL. Brett Favre has had one of the greatest careers in the history of the National Football League, and is walking away from the game on his own terms. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/03/08) - Jenna Bush will keynote the Wisconsin Women in Government (WWIG) organization’s 21st Annual Scholarship Recognition Banquet on Thursday, April 10, 2008 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison. Jenna Bush,the daughter of President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush, became an inspirational international child rights advocate during her internship with UNICEF in 2006. Jenna Bush joins the ranks of Elizabeth Edwards, Donna Shalala, Mary Matalin, and many other famous women who have spoken at the annual event in the past. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/03/08) - A Wisconsin judge is challenging a state provision that does not allow judges to be members of the political party of his or her choice. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge John Siefert has filed a constitutional challenge in federal court in Madison against a Wisconsin regulation barring judges from belonging to political parties. Judges are elected in Wisconsin on a non-partisan basis, and a provision of the Wisconsin Code of Judicial Conduct prohibits individuals from belonging to a political party while serving as a judge or running for judicial office. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/03/08) - Long before there was a United States, town government was active in America. By the early 1800s, New Englanders had brought it to Wisconsin. Today, Wisconsin is one of only 14 states outside New England with town government, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance (WISTAX), a nonprofit public-policy research organization dedicated to citizen education. According to the WISTAX report, Wisconsin’s 1,259 towns (as of January 2007) cover approximately 94 percent of the state’s 54,310 square miles and are home to 30 percent of our population. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/01/08) - FSN Wisconsin's 135 game regular-season Brewers baseball schedule this year will include an increased number of games to be televised in high definition (HD schedule to be released at a later date) as well as 17 day games that will be re-broadcast in primetime. FSN Wisconsin will produce all of the 150 regular season telecasts, including the 15 over-the-air broadcasts on WMLW TV-41. Telecasts on WMLW will be simulcast by FSN outside the Milwaukee DMA on satellite and cable. FSN Wisconsin's coverage begins at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 31 against the division rival Chicago Cubs. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/29/08) - There will be a debate in Madison between the two candidates running for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The one hour debate will take place March 25th between Justice Louis Butler and Judge Michael Gableman. It will be held at the State Bar Center in Madison. Space is limited and free tickets are required to attend the reception and the debate. The event will also be simultaneously webcast on WisBar.org and will be rebroadcast on cable systems in various communities statewide by Wisconsin Eye. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/29/08) - Around the time that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he definitely will not be running for president of the United States in 2008, a college in New York State was taking a survey to determine how many votes Bloomberg would get if he were a third party candidate. Results in three of the biggest states showed that Bloomberg would have received no more than nine percent of the votes in Florida, Ohio and Pensylvania. Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University also discovered that Bloomberg would likely take votes away from McCain. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/28/08) - In a move that brings Wisconsin closer than ever to implementing comprehensive campaign finance reform, the Senate Committee on Campaign Finance Reform, Rural Issues and Information Technology today passed Special Session Bill 1, which was introduced as part of Governor Doyle’s call for a special session on campaign finance reform. The bill is a combination of several proposals, including SB 12, which was offered by Senators John Erpenbach of Middleton and Mike Ellis of Neenah, and SB 171, which was authored by committee chairman Senator Pat Kreitlow of Chippewa Falls. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/28/08) - State Assembly Democrats yesterday rallied in support of an amendment written by Senator Spencer Coggs to divest Wisconsin from companies doing business with Sudan’s government. The argument for the amendment to Assembly Bill 623 points out that companies such as PetroChina give Sudan’s government ready access to the funds they need to continue committing unspeakable atrocities in Darfur. The Assembly Bill seeks to modernize the investment standards of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/28/08) - A student at the University of Hawaii is the official one-millionth person to donate to the Barack Obama for President campaign. The campaign had been hoping to reach that magic number during the primary season, and have now proved that hope does become reality. An Obama campaign spokesperson indicates that no other campaign has ever reached one million donors while still in a competitive primary. The total number of donors is on its way to an even larger number. At this writing, more than one-million-14-thousand people have contributed to Obama's campaign treasury. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/27/08) - The nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) has released its review of the bridge inspection program administered by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT). Democratic State Senator Jim Sullivan of Wauwatosa and Republican Assembly Representative Suzanne Jeskewitz of Menomonee Falls authorized the review after conducting a public hearing on bridge safety in September 2007. Sullivan and Jeskewitz are co-chairs of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC). The report indicates the condition of state-owned bridges have improved. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/26/08) - Universal Pictures has committed to shoot portions of its upcoming film Public Enemies in Wisconsin. The motion picture will be directed and produced by University of Wisconsin alumnus Michael Mann and star Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. The company reached agreement today with the Wisconsin Department of Commerce on tax credits from the new Film Production Services Tax Credit Program. The movie script, director and actors, will bring to life the story of John Dillinger who robbed banks and was hunted by the FBI in the 1930s. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/25/08) - The Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center in Tomah will receive $4.425 million from the 2008 VA Appropriations bill to complete a renovation of their facility. Democratic Congressional Representative Ron Kind of LaCrosse says the funding was made possible by the boost given to the Veterans Administration by the Democratic Congress, who this year provided the largest increase to the VA in its 77-year history with an allocation of $3.8 billion above what President Bush had requested. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/25/028) - While awareness of human trafficking is not widespread, the number of victims in Wisconsin is far greater than previously thought, according to a new study by the Office of Justice Assistance. Over 200 cases of victims forced into sex acts or labor services in Wisconsin were reported in a survey of nearly 400 sexual assault service providers and justice system agencies. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/25/08) - U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is continuing his fight to ensure family farmers and the self-employed remain eligible for the protections they deserve. Feingold is urging members of the Farm Bill conference committee to maintain in the final bill a provision similar to one he proposed to update the tax code so farmers and other self-employed individuals can remain eligible for Social Security and disability benefits. Feingold says this will help farmers who experience bad weather affecting farm income. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/25/08) - Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton has announced that a public service announcement, featuring the Lt. Governor, will begin running over 85 cable television networks statewide this week to raise awareness of cervical cancer and its prevention. The 30-second announcement is being seen on Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable networks statewide from Thursday, February 21, through the end of 2008. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/22/08) - Democrat Barack Obama spent more than twice as much money on TV advertising in Wisconsin than all other candidates combined in the Wisconsin Presidential Primary and nearly five times as much as Hillary Clinton. The Obama campaign enjoyed a massive advantage in spots aired. Obama campaign commercials were on the air a full week earlier than Clinton. Obama aired his first Wisconsin ad one day after Super Tuesday, while the first Clinton ad did not appear until February 12. The wise campaign choices and stimulating speeches paid off big time for Obama, catapulting him further in the lead in the battle of primaries. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/22/08) - More than 1.5 million Wisconsin voters participated in Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Primary Election. That is about 37 percent of all eligible voters in the state. It is officially the largest Wisconsin presidential primary turnout in 20 years. Director of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board indicates, even though the number of voters was so large, the primary was carried out with relatively few problems across the state. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/22/08) - Bush Administration claims that so-called competitive sourcing in the U.S. Forest Service saved money, are based on shoddy and misleading accounting, according to findings of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit released this week. The report indicates that Competitive Sourcing forces either the outsourcing of federal employees’ jobs or radical internal downsizing and reorganization. The National Federation of Federal Employees is giving credit to a Wisconsin Congressional Delegation for helping to reign in the wasteful spending. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/21/08) - Democrats Abroad has announced that Senator Barack Obama has won the organization's Global Primary. Democrats Abroad is the official overseas branch of the U.S. Democratic Party. Obama received the yes nod from nearly 66 percent of the Democrats Abroad primary participants. Hillary Clinton received nearly 33 percent of those voting. The results mean that Obama will receive 2 and a half delegates, and Hillary will get 2 delegates. The final delegate votes per candidate will be determined later. In all, 22 delegates will be sent to the Colorado national convention, each with a half vote. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/21/08) - The two, remaining, serious contenders for the Democratic Nominee for President of the USA, will debate tonight in a nineteenth debate of the lengthy primary campaign season. New York U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton and Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama will answer questions in a one on one debate in Austin, Texas. The event will be moderated by Campbell Brown of CNN and carried live on CNN, CNN International and CNN.com from 7 to 8:30 pm Central Time. The debate will also air in Spanish on Univision at 10:30 p.m. Central Time. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/21/08) - Democratic National Committee Member Jason Rae endorsed Barack Obama for president today. Rae, a twenty-one year old college student from Wisconsin, who has been receiving a lot of media attention, is the youngest superdelegate in the country. Rae cited Barack Obama's ability to bring new people, including record numbers of young voters, into the political process. Those qualities were attributes that became quite evident in the Wisconsin Presidential Primary earlier this week when Obama won the majority of votes in the ninth state in a row, adding Hawaii, for the 10th state, later in the day. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/21/08) - Outsourcing government jobs to private companies may not be saving taxpayers money, as had been promised by the Bush administration. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an audit, requested by Wisconsin's U.S. Senators Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl, and several other senators, on the competitive sourcing program at the United State Forest Service (USFS). The administration had promoted the outsourcing plan as a way to cut down on government spending, but, because complete data is not available, saving money in this instance, is unknown. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/20/08) - Hello, Youngstown, how are you tonight, Hillary Clinton asked a crowd of people in Ohio last night shortly after the cable news channels had all declared her opponent Barack Obama the presidential primary winner in Wisconsin shortly after the polling places closed. Clinton was already moving on in her campaign for the Democratic nomination to be on the November ballots, hoping to change the trend going toward Obama. Obama won 58 percent of the Wisconsin votes, compared to Hillary Clinton's 41 percent. Obama has now won the last ten primaries. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/20/08) - Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama gained a larger lead in Democratic delegates following yesterday's win over Hillary Clinton in the presidential primary races. Unofficial counts today show Obama with 1168 delegates gained from primaries and cacuses held so far. Hillary Clinton has 1018 delegates, without including Super Delegates. That means that Obama is now about 150 regular delegates ahead of Hillary, following the 59 to 41 percent Wisconsin win over the U.S. Senator from New York. After strong campaigning in Wisconsin, Obama spoke to an audience of 19,000 in Houston, Texas. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/20/08) - John McCain furthered his lead in the Republican primary process after his win in Wisconsin Tuesday, February 19th. Unofficial delegate counts now show Arizona U.S. Senator McCain with 884 delegates. The same unofficial tabulation shows former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee in second place with 243 delegates. Texas U.S. Senator Ron Paul is in a distant third with 14 delegates, at this point, going toward the fall 2008 Republican convention. Comments during McCain's Wisconsin victory speech indicates he thinks his experience will convince people to make him President of the USA. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/19/08) - A Wisconsin legislative bill to add cellular phones to the highly popular Wisconsin “Do Not Call” list passed another hurdle today with positive action from the State Senate. Senate Bill 99 from Senator Jon Erpenbach does not cost taxpayers a dime, since Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection creates and maintains the list and charges fees to telemarketing companies to pay for the list. The Bill not only adds cell phones to the Do Not Call List, it also increases penalties, and has provisions for businesses. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/19/08) - The Wisconsin Senate has passed legislation that is aimed at creating Child Product Safety regulations. The bill was authored by Senator Julie Lassa (D-Stevens Point). Senate Bill 37 creates a system to ensure that state licensed and certified child care providers remove recalled children's products. It also gives the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection added teeth to penalize retailers who do not stop selling recalled child products. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/18/08) - Former President George H.W. Bush has endorsed John McCain for president at a press conference in Houston. George W's father says he is happy to help McCain, who H.W. calls "a remarkable patriot". The elder Bush is hoping that his endorsement will bring the party together behind Senator McCain in his quest to be the Republican Party national party candidate in the November 2008 election. The Former President suggested that America and the Republican Party might "falter" if someone other than John McCain is elected the president to replace his son. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/18/08) - While all of the publicity over the past few months has been about the presidential primaries and caucuses determining who will represent Democrats and Republicans on the November 2008 ballots, the Green Party primaries process is in progress, as well. The Green Party of Wisconsin will be sending 24 of the 836 delegates that will travel to Chicago for the mid-July Green Party Nominating Convention in Chicago. The Wisconsin Green Party’s Primary will be conducted by mail during the month of March. An effort is afoot to draft Ralph Nader who has not officially filed. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/18/08) - Wisconsin State Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker of Marathon County has chosen to endorse U.S. Senator Barack Obama over U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton in tomorrow's Democratic Primary. Decker says Obama is the candidate best suited to address the challenges that America faces in today's global economy and bring real change to the broken system in Washington. The North-Central Wisconsin State Senator believes Obama stands for the issues that matter most to the residents of the State of Wisconsin. Decker says Obama has demonstrated he can unite the country. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/18/08) - Anyone who tried to register by mail to vote in the February 19th Wisconsin primary and missed the deadline, must register in person at the voting site. The Wisconsin Elections Division has received hundreds of voter registration forms mailed after the January 30 deadline. By Wisconsin law late forms cannot be processed to place voters’ names in the poll books, according to the state's Government Accountability Office. Proper identification must be presented at the polling place if a person who wants to vote, and was not yet registered, missed the Register By Mail deadline. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/18/08) - Ed Schultz of the syndicated Ed Schultz Show is the only Progressive talk show personality among the Talkers Magazine top ten. He is ahead of Neil Boortz, who just barely made the top ten. The rest of the top 10 includes Conservative big guns, Rush Limbaugh (number one), followed by Sean Hannity (2), and Michael Savage (3). Others in the Top 10, include Dr. Laura Sschlessinger (4), Glenn Beck (5), Laura Ingraham (6), and Don Imus (7), followed by Ed Schultz (8), Mike Gallagher (9), then Boortz to round out the top ten. Bill O'Reilly is number eleven. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/16/08) - A Green Bay, Wisconsin Internet company called TGSCOM, Inc. is cooperating in the investigation regarding the deaths of students in northern Illinois. The company operates a website that offers firearms for sale. Authorities say the person who fired the shots that killed five people at Northern Illinois University on Valentines Day 2008 apparently made some purchases from the company's website. In addition to cooperating in the investigation, the company president says they have provided a link from their website to an NIU Memorial Fund contribution area. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/16/08) - Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama today outlined his agenda to strengthen America’s community colleges while on a campaign stop at North Central Technical College in Wausau, Wisconsin. The Democratic Party presidential primary candidate is hoping to wrestle the nomination out of the hands of former first lady Hillary Clinton. Obama says he intends to make higher education more affordable, match community college degrees to the needs of local industry and national goals, and help provide the American people with a critical resource to help them live their dreams. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/16/08) - State health officials and the City of Milwaukee Health Department have confirmed the first pediatric influenza death within the State of Wisconsin for the current influenza season. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiated national surveillance and reporting of pediatric influenza deaths during the 2004-2005 influenza season. The flu season is officially October through April. So far this season, CDC has confirmed 10 pediatric influenza-related deaths nationwide. Health officials urge parents to have children vaccinated. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/16/08) - Democratic U.S. Congressional Representative Ron Kind of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, says the farm bill being discussed in committee needs more work to make it work for family farmers and taxpayers. Kind says, among other things, what he calls, the proposal’s budget gimmick, phases out direct payments in the ninth year, only to see them reappear again in the tenth. He calls that a sham. Kind also says he's looking forward to working with his Ways and Means colleagues to prevent new taxes for farm programs. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/15/08) - State Representative Marlin Schneider of Wisconsin Rapids has introduced legislation to open the deliberations of the State Supreme Court and to provide criminal penalties against those who use the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access Program otherwise known as CCAP to discriminate against employment and housing. The veteran Wisconsin Assembly Democrat is trying to do something for the numerous people who have contacted him about being victimized by the online Internet availability of court information that sometimes is misleading to users when incorrectly interpreted. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/15/08) - This Sunday, Two days before the Wisconsin Democratic primary, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, and Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill will visit Wisconsin to talk to Presidential Primary voters about Senator Barack Obama’s commitment to bringing the kind of change America needs. They are will be trying to reach out to undecided voters, and organize support for the February 19th primary in the state. Sebelius, Napolitano, and McCaskill are well-respected national leaders from traditionally red states. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/15/08) - State Assembly Representative Gary Sherman of Port Wing, Wisconsin, has joined the growing list of state leaders who have issued statements of endorsement for Senator Barack Obama. Sherman, a past president of the State Bar of Wisconsin, has been representing the 74th Assembly District in the Ashland - Bayfield area of the state since 1998. He was elected vice chairman of Wisconsin Assembly Democrats in 2003 and 2005. Sherman says Obama can bridge the partisan divide and change federal lawmaking to be a positive force toward the quality of lives in Wisconsin and the United States again. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/15/08) - Polls show the gap between likely Wisconsin Presidential Democratic Party Primary candidate supporters is relatively small. That means that the Barack Obama campaign and Hillary Clinton campaign are both encouraging and seeking endorsements from everywhere, including the State of Wisconsin where primary voting takes place Tuesday, February 19th. In yet another sign of the growing support Senator Clinton continues to receive in all corners of the Badger State, the Wisconsin for Hillary campaign today announced the names of 23 new endorsers. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/14/08) - Former Wisconsin 71st District Assembly Representative and Superdelegate Stan Gruszynski has announced his endorsement for Senator Barack Obama. In the battle for the democratic nomination, Gruszynski’s endorsement as one of Wisconsin’s 18 Superdelegates brings the Democratic nomination even closer within reach for Senator Obama. Gruszynski joins other Wisconsin Superdelegates, including Governor Jim Doyle, Congresswoman Gwen Moore and Congressman Dave Obey standing with Senator Obama in the primary process in progress. Wisconsin's Presidential Primary is February 19th. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/14/08) - As the 2008 national elections approach, US Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) unveiled legislation to encourage greater participation in Presidential and Congressional elections by moving the polling date to the first weekend of November, instead of the first Tuesday of that month. The proposal, if passed, would make it possible for United States residents to vote between 9 am Saturday until 5 pm (Central Time) Sunday, giving many workers and others who can't make it to the voting place during a weekday the opportunity to vote during what may be a more opportune time. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/14/08) - Former Wisconsin U.S. Senator Bob Kasten has endorsed John McCain for president. Now that Rudy Giuliani is out of the Repubulican presidential nomination seeking business, Kasten has switched his allegiance from the Giuliani campaign camp where he was a policy adviser. Kasten represented Wisconsin in the United States Congress, followed by the U.S. Senate for a total of 18 years. Kasten has been named to the McCain Wisconsin Steering Committee. Milwaukee native Kasten says John McCain uses a set of core conservative principals in making decisions in the U.S. Senate. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/14/08) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were in a virtual tie following a poll among members of the Wisconsin Counties Association. In the first ever presidential straw poll taken during last week's Wisconsin Counties Association Legislative Exchange, John McCain easily won on the Republican side, while on the Democratic side, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were in a tight race. Senator Obama won the Wisconsin Counties Association straw poll by just one percentage point over Hillary Clinton. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/14/08) - The Democratic Presidential Primary in Wisconsin may be the most competitive contest between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton since Super Tuesday, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports survey. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows Obama with a narrow four-point advantage over Clinton, 47 percent to 43 percent. The telephone survey of 855 Likely Democratic Primary Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports February 13, 2008. However, the margin of sampling error for the survey is plus or minus 4 percentage points. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/13/08) - Yesterday was more than just another day of primary wins for Barack Obama, in what seems to be an upset of Hillary Clinton's plan to take the presidency. The membership of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) voted overwhelmingly in favor of lifting the restraining order and ending their 100-day strike that began on Nov. 5th last year. 3,775 writers turned out in Los Angeles and New York to cast ballots or fax in proxies, with 92.5 percent voting in favor of ending the work stoppage. WisconsinReport.com has more. (read more)...
WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/13/08) - Even though New York Senator Hillary Clinton lost three more states to Barack Obama in the Democrats Presidential Primary process yesterday, the former first lady had news of her own. Former Ohio Senator and astronaut John Glenn announced his endorsement of Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton's campaign expects their candidate to do well in Ohio and Texas primaries, which are two huge delegate states next in line in the primary process after Wisconsin. Hillary is campaigning in Texas already, while Barack Obama makes the campaign rounds in Wisconsin, preparing state voters for next Tuesday's Wisconsin Primary. WisconsinReport.com has more.
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