Supreme Court Hears Case Determining Scope of EPA’s Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions under Clean Air Act On Monday, February 24, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the case Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency.This is the first case since the Court’s Massachusetts v. EPA opinion to address the EPA’s authority […]
Supreme Court Hears Case on Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Date Thu, Mar. 6, 2014 - 6:05pm By Hamilton
Wisconsin Governor’s Conference on Tourism takes flight
Date Thu, Mar. 6, 2014 - 5:20pm By Hamilton
The Wisconsin Governor’s Conference on Tourism was hosted this past week in Lake Geneva, which celebrates one of Wisconsin’s leading industries and shares the Department of Tourism’s outlook and plans for the future. This year the conference was held at the Grand Geneva Resort and Spa in Lake Geneva, and featured a unique commercial debut. […]
DOA Launches OpenBook Wisconsin
Date Thu, Jan. 23, 2014 - 6:07pm By Hamilton
The Department of Administration has launched OpenBook Wisconsin, a website which plans to provide transparency to Wisconsin citizens. The website will include financial data for many branches and agencies of the state government. According to a press release there are more than 25 million documents on the website, offering taxpayers easier access to the information […]
WEDC Releases Annual Report
Date Thu, Dec. 19, 2013 - 10:08pm By Hamilton
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) has released its annual report for fiscal year 2013, highlighting the organization’s efforts to improve the state’s business climate. WEDC provided the following executive summary of the report in a press release announcing the report’s availability: WEDC, the state’s lead economic development organization, provided more than $330 million in […]
Affordable Care Act Update
Date Thu, Dec. 19, 2013 - 8:31am By Hamilton
Although reports indicate that the federal healthcare.gov insurance exchange website is working better than when it was launched in October, Wisconsin is taking action to make sure residents who are losing their state coverage, and thus must shop for coverage on the exchange, have plenty of time to do so. Enrollment in Wisconsin On December […]
Mining Update: DNR Completes Review of Gogebic Taconite’s Bulk Sampling Plan
Date Thu, Dec. 19, 2013 - 8:17am By Hamilton
The Department of Natural Resources recently announced that it has completed its review of Gogebic Taconite’s revised Bulk Sampling Plan related to the company’s potential mining project in northern Wisconsin, and has identified all DNR approvals that will be required before bulk sampling may begin. The letter sent to Gogebic Taconite following the DNR’s review […]
UW System Audit Evaluates Funding Reserves
Date Wed, Nov. 20, 2013 - 12:19am By Hamilton
During this spring’s budget hearings, it was revealed that the University of Wisconsin System had large cash balances sitting in reserve. In response, the legislature froze tuition for two years and directed the Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) to audit the UW System’s program revenue balances. LAB found that the UW System’s program revenue balances totaled […]
An Update on the Proposed Penokee Mine
Date Tue, Nov. 19, 2013 - 11:44pm By Hamilton
WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters sat down with Ann Coakley and Larry Lynch of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to get an update on the application for the Gogebic Taconite mine proposal in Ashland and Iron counties. In the interview, Coakley and Lynch discuss the boring of test holes and the bulk sampling plan […]
DFI Offers Tips to Avoid Charitable Donations Scams
Date Tue, Nov. 19, 2013 - 11:40pm By Hamilton
The devastation caused by Super Typhoon “Haiyan” in the Philippines and tornadoes in the Midwest has prompted many relief organizations to ramp up their efforts to raise funds to help the storm victims. But in times of such a tragedy, legitimate relief organizations aren’t the only ones that ask for donations, warns the Wisconsin Department […]
Wisconsin Administrative Code and Register Going Electronic Only
Date Sun, Nov. 10, 2013 - 7:53pm By Hamilton
Starting in 2015, the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) will no longer print and distribute the Wisconsin Administrative Code and Register. Instead, the Code and Register will be published electronically on the Legislature’s and LRB’s websites. Publication of the register will occur every Monday, and updated and new Code chapters will be published in the last […]