Budget passes Senate, fails in GOP Assembly
The budget impasse remains, with the Democrat-controlled state Senate having passed Gov. Jim Doyle's budget Monday, and the Republican-controlled state Assembly having rejected it.
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The budget impasse remains, with the Democrat-controlled state Senate having passed Gov. Jim Doyle's budget Monday, and the Republican-controlled state Assembly having rejected it.
The Republican-controlled state Assembly agreed to hold a Monday vote on Gov. Jim Doyle's proposed compromise budget bill, with the outcome of the budget crisis likely to be decided by roughly four votes.
While Democratic and Republican lawmakers continue to disagree in state budget talks, both sides have said the debate is now largely over the hospital and cigarette taxes, according to a memo released by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
Gov. Jim Doyle announced his plan to end the budget stalemate on the steps of the Memorial Union Tuesday, proposing a special session of the legislature be called to pass a compromise budget on Monday Oct. 15.
UW-Milwaukee junior Bradley Schultz died Sunday when an off duty police officer killed Schultz and five others at a small house party in Crandon, Wis.
Some Republican lawmakers say UW-Madison and Gov. Jim Doyle acted inappropriately when they e-mailed 33 students waiting for financial aid to participate in a press conference Tuesday.
The unfinished state budget is now the second longest budget delay in state history, with few agreements made and allegations by some Democratic lawmakers that Assembly Republicans intentionally created the budget impasse.
By Charles Brace
Almost 30 members of the Wisconsin state Legislature have recently signed a pledge for no new taxes in the state budget, even though some lawmakers say such pledges are the reason the budget process is stalled.
DUBUQUE, Iowa - The pivotal Iowa caucuses to decide the Democratic nominee for president are barely 100 days away and consequently a group of UW-Madison students headed to Dubuque, Iowa, to canvass for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, Sunday.
Republican leadership in the state Assembly said the Democrat controlled state Senate only has 24 hours to avoid a $600 million property tax increase - a tactic Democrats have called a political stunt.""
UW-Madison is in danger of massive cuts and reductions if the state Assembly version of the budget is passed, according to a letter sent by Chancellor John Wiley to legislative leaders currently debating the stalled issue.
Gov. Jim Doyle met with legislative leaders to try to negotiate the state budget today, with the goal of trying to finish the state budget this week.
Two state legislators called on the cable companies Time Warner and Charter Communications to provide Wisconsin residents with the Big Ten Network on Monday.
Drunk driving arrests in Wisconsin rose 150 percent in a recent law enforcement campaign that involved 173 agencies.
Major progress was shown on the state budget impasse on Friday, with Democrats in control of the state Senate dropping their proposal for universal health care.
Wisconsin citizens are in favor of background checks on all gun sales, according to a poll by an anti-gun violence group.
Progress on the state budget may hinge on who compromises on the health care plan of state Senate Democrats, according to legislative leaders.
The state Assembly will investigate with a public hearing the relationships between UW System schools and the lenders who compete to supply students with millions of dollars in financial aid.
The Republican controlled state Assembly voted on specific portions of the budget Tuesday, passing two pieces of legislation unlikely to be introduced in the Democrat-controlled state Senate.