Hamilton’s Andy Cook Appointed Deputy Attorney General

Hamilton Consulting’s Andy Cook has been appointed by Attorney General-elect Brad Schimel to be Deputy Attorney General. Andy will lead the transition team from current Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to the newly elected attorney general. We at The Hamilton Consulting Group are very proud of Andy’s successes here and with General-elect Schimel’s confidence in […]

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2015-2017 State Budget Preview

Printable Version With inauguration day quickly approaching, the leadership has begun to announce the committee assignments for the upcoming session. Most members of the Joint Finance Committee have been announced, with the exception of the two Democratic Assembly members. This week, Senate Majority Leader Fitzgerald announced all the Republican Senate committee assignments, and Speaker Vos […]

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DOA Releases Report, Agency Requests Exceed Revenues by $2.2 Billion

Yesterday afternoon, the Department of Administration (DOA) released the general purpose tax revenue estimates (GPR) for Wisconsin’s FY 2015-2016 and FY 2016-2017 budgets. According to The Wheeler Report preliminary breakdown, agency budget requests exceed expected revenues by $2.2 billion over the next budget biennium. Also, DOR revenue projections were re-estimated and saw the state’s general fund […]

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Hamilton Consulting Brings on Two New Team Members

Caty McDermott has been working in governmental affairs and policy development for more than nine years, across two different states, and in a variety of roles. Prior to joining Hamilton Consulting in 2014, Caty was a grants analyst in the Executive Office at the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. Before joining WHEDA, Caty worked at […]

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WEDC Launches $1.6 Million Ad Campaign

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) has launched a marketing campaign that will air in the Chicago and Minneapolis area to advertise Wisconsin as a great place for business. The campaign will feature radio, print, and online advertisements in the Chicago and Minneapolis markets. Many of these ads will run from now until the spring […]

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The Future Wisconsin Economic Summit

The Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) will be holding their first ever Future Wisconsin Economic Summit. The summit will focus on Wisconsin in the future, businesses that will survive during that time, and what partnerships can be made now to help the future economy. WMC’s Future Wisconsin Project is in partnership with the University of […]

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Caucus Leadership Announced

With the election now behind us, the legislature has selected their leadership for the upcoming session. With a 19-14 majority in the Senate, Republicans selected: Majority Leader: Scott Fitzgerald Assistant Majority Leader: Paul Farrow Senate President: Mary Lazich Pres. Pro Temp: Richard Gudex Caucus Chair: Sheila Harsdorf Assistant Caucus Chair: Van Wanggaard Senate Democrats selected: […]

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Study Committee on the Review of TIF Ends Ahead of Schedule

The final meeting of the Study Committee on the Review of TIF, held on November 13, focused on final edits to drafted bill proposals, and how to package the bills when they are introduced in the legislature this upcoming session. The committee voted on bill drafts related to technical law changes, JRB review and annual […]

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UI Trust Fund Has Positive Balance

Wisconsin’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund will start 2015 with a positive balance, which means there will be a reduction in federal unemployment taxes (FUTA) for employers. FUTA taxes are designed to discourage a negative UI fund balance. Because unemployment benefits are an entitlement program and must be paid even if the state trust fund is […]

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Our Take: Elections 2014

Celebrating and finger pointing are often the two activities that occur immediately after an election, and in the past few days, we’ve seen plenty of both. As the dust settles in post-election Wisconsin, it looks as if not much has changed, but the reality might prove differently.  Governor Walker comfortably won his 3rd election in […]

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