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Dec 30Southern California will enter the New Year with Chamber of Commerce weather as a high-pressure ridge building in through the weekend combines with an offshore flow to bring above-normal afternoon temperatures. »
Overture gives Council debate
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Nov 02Overture Center staff members gathered in front of the City Council Tuesday night to express their disappointment concerning the council’s previous decision to reduce the center’s budget and urged the alders to increase funding to support local art. Al... »
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DNR Pooh-Poohs Need For Stronger Sand Mining Oversight
The Political Environment
Jan 31Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources says today it plans no new regulations to control silica dust released by newly-increased sand mining statewide to serve energy-mining, or "fracking" operations nationally: The DNR said last week that the num... »
Journal Sentinel article details complicated authorship of controversial mining bill
Dane101
Jan 25A recent video posted online asked Wisconsin legislators exactly who authored AB 426, the controversial mining legislation that goes before the state Assembly tomorrow. In the video (posted below) the legislators, with the exception of Rep. Jeff Stone ... »
Scorecard Tracks Assembly Mining Bill Ignorance
The Political Environment
Jan 13How bad is the Assembly's pro-industry, fast-tracking mining bill? Consider that Assembly leaders are forging ahead with the bill in the face of a rather solid wall of opposition, including: * Treaty rights held by the Bad River Band. * Written advic... »
Breakfast Links: January 5, 2012
Dane101
Jan 05Today is January 5, 2012. * WSJ: "The Assembly jobs committee's chairwoman, Rep. Mary Williams, was criticized last month for holding a hearing [on the mining bill] in West Allis, a Milwaukee suburb hundreds of miles from the mine site. She has now dec... »
WMC chair touting Walker's "pro-business" record will lay off 450 workers
One Wisconsin Now
Dec 23The news that Wausau Paper Corp. will be laying off 450 workers was sad and unfortunately familiar to those of us living under Gov. Scott Walker's rule. What's interesting is that Wausau Paper's President & CEO is also the chair of the corporate specia... »