The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) has created a new grant program to assist communities with their revitalization and development efforts. Through the Idle Industrial Site Redevelopment Program, WEDC will spend $3 million annually on demolition, remediation or specific site improvements across the state. The Idle Industrial Site Redevelopment Program offers grants of up to […]
Bill Would Bring Crowdfunding to Wisconsin
Date Wed, Aug. 14, 2013 - 5:14pm By Hamilton
Many people have heard of, or have even used, the popular website Kickstarter, which allows members of the public to donate money to fund businesses, artistic projects, and other ideas. Right now the public only gets a small trinket of appreciation and enjoyment of being a part of the creative process for their donation, but […]
DOA Developing Rules Governing Community Development Block Grant Program
Date Wed, Aug. 14, 2013 - 5:09pm By Hamilton
Over the past few years, responsibility for the state’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program has shifted. The latest shift requires the promulgation of administrative rules to govern the program. Each year the federal government makes approximately $6 million available to the state of Wisconsin for economic and housing development through a program known as […]
Wisconsin Insurers Take Steps to Participate in Health Exchange
Date Wed, Aug. 7, 2013 - 5:06pm By Hamilton
The Wisconsin Office of Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) announced that it has reviewed filings from 13 insurers who have requested their plans be certified by the state as a qualified health plan, or QHP, so that they may participate in the federally facilitated health care exchange, under the Affordable Care Act. In order to […]
The Decline of the Car Culture?
Date Wed, Aug. 7, 2013 - 5:01pm By Hamilton
WisconsinEye recently hosted a “Newsmakers” segment titled “The Decline of the Car Culture?” in which Senior Producer Steve Walters discussed the following facts gathered from WISDOT and Legislative Fiscal Bureau reports with guests, Rob Kennedy,Transportation Planner for UW-Madison; Tom Klein, Dane County Director for the Wisconsin Bike Fed; and Carl Schroedl, a Madison bike enthusiast: […]
Different Angecy in Charge of Missing Money
Date Wed, Aug. 7, 2013 - 4:57pm By Hamilton
The state is currently holding more than $400 million in unclaimed assets. This money comes from forgotten paychecks, insurance premium overpayments, utility deposits, forgotten bank accounts, forgotten stocks, abandoned safe deposit boxes and many other forms of assets that have been lost, forgotten about or that people did not even know they had. As part […]
Governors Meet in Milwaukee
Date Wed, Aug. 7, 2013 - 4:55pm By Hamilton
Milwaukee played host to governors from across the nation this summer as the National Governors Association held its 2013 Summer Meeting there. The meeting provided the rare opportunity for governors to gather together to discuss policy issues facing the states. WisconsinEye has made numerous videos from the Meeting available on its website. At the end […]
GAB Report Details Obstacles to Voting
Date Wed, Aug. 7, 2013 - 4:52pm By Hamilton
Every odd-numbered year the Government Accountably Board GAB) releases a report detailing the results of its audit of polling place accessibility. The latest report, Impediments Faced by Elderly Voters and Voters with Disabilities, finds that Wisconsin’s polling places are becoming more accessible, but that some people with disabilities and the elderly still face significant obstacles […]
Wisconsin Ranks High in Recent Economic Report
Date Wed, Aug. 7, 2013 - 4:49pm By Hamilton
Recent reports from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia include good news for Wisconsin. The reports’ data suggests Wisconsin will have the second strongest economic growth of any state in the nation over the next six months. The leading index is calculated by using the coincidence index, as well as housing permit data, initial unemployment […]
Fiscal Bureau Releases Final Budget Summary
Date Wed, Aug. 7, 2013 - 4:41pm By Hamilton
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau has released its final summary of the 2013-15 budget. The lengthy document describes each of the provisions of Act 20, including all fiscal and policy modifications recommended by the Governor, Joint Committee on Finance, and Legislature.