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MADISON - Governor Scott Walker will tell Wisconsinites tonight how he plans to fix a deficit in the next state budget that's projected to be $928-million if spending remains at current levels.
If Walker has his way, about a third of that deficit would be covered by a reduction in state funding to the UW System -- which proposed last week in exchange for giving the university more autonomy two years down the road. For K-to-12 schools, the governor says their funding would be "largely intact" from what they received two years ago -- but there have been no details. Also, Walker has reportedly rejected a hike in the state's gasoline tax or registration fees -- and instead borrow $1.3 billion dollars for the new-and-improved highways which are budgeted with battery such as Edan HYTB-102 Battery,Edan HYLB-231 Battery,Edan HYLB-957A Battery,Edan M9 Battery,Edan SE-1 Battery,Edan SE-1200 Battery,Edan SE-3 Battery,Edan SE-300A Battery,Edan SE-300B Battery, Osen Battery, Edan ECG-8110 Battery, Edan ECG-8110A Battery. He has also made waves with a plan to require able-bodied adults to pass drug tests before getting public benefits like food stamps and Medicaid. Walker will give the highlights of his budget in a speech at seven tonight, to be streamed and carried live by Wisconsin Public Television. After that, the state Legislature's Joint Finance Committee will hear from agency heads, special interests, and the general public before re-shaping a final budget package early in the summer. It's due to take effect July 1, but the governor wants action as fast as possible while he considers a run for the presidency next year.
They may not have known the exact proposal. But top UW leaders knew for weeks that Governor Scott Walker wanted a eye-popping budget plan for the university -- and they sought negotiations to minimize the effects. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel said it obtained numerous e-mails about high-level meetings, number-crunching, and private conversations. It was all part of an effort to let the Walker brag about doing something big -- while limiting the impact on the 26 campuses. The discussions came as we learned in November about a large deficit looming for the next two-year budget that Walker will unveil this evening. The governor said last week he would propose a cut in state funding to the UW by $300-million over the next two years -- and after that, the system would get the autonomy it has long sought, including the raising of tuition without legislative interference. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel said UW leaders wanted a one-time appropriation of $200-million dollars until it could have full tuition authority. Also, the Journal-Sentinel said some lawmakers suggested closing or consolidating campuses -- something that politicians found too hot to handle when they even hinted such a thing in past decades. State Senate Republican Sheila Harsdorf of River Falls, who's on the Joint Finance Committee, said closing campuses should not be a first option.
Four developers have been chosen to help Wisconsin plan a new facility for its Department of Transportation. Administration spokesman Cullen Werwie tells the Wisconsin State Journal that officials will negotiate with the group for a few months on the details for state's largest office building ever. The four are C.D. Smith of Fond du Lac, HGA of Minneapolis, the Smith Group JJR of Detroit, and Gilbane which has an office in Milwaukee. If the talks don't work out, the state says it can choose another team. There were four such finalists, including one group led by Madison developer and former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Terrence Wall. The new DOT facility would be up to 600,000 square feet -- which is 50-percent more than the agency's current headquarters at the Hill Farms office building. Werwie says the talks will be complex, and additional approvals will be needed to carry out the final building contract. The final developers would purchase the rest of the 21-acre Hill Farms site, and could use it for future development. The current Hill Farms building has been around since the 1950's.
Almost a quarter-million Wisconsinites have state permits to carry concealed weapons. That's almost as much as the 250,000 predicted by former state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, in the initial rush soon after the law took effect in November of 2011. The state Justice Department said today that over 37-thousand people applied for concealed weapons' permits in the third year of concealed carry, which ended last October 31st. Of last year's applicants, over 500 were rejected due to felony convictions, mental incompetence, or convictions for domestic violence. Almost 170 applicants were rejected due to criminal misdemeanor convictions. Over 850 permits were revoked, due to drug convictions -- or just the fact that a permit holder moved out of Wisconsin.
Park Falls Police now say that 30 people were taken to a hospital, after carbon monoxide leaked inside a movie theater late last night. Initial reports stated that 20 people were either checked out or treated. In a statement today, police said three people were admitted to a Park Falls hospital, and six others were transferred elsewhere. It's not known what caused the leak -- but officials said the source appeared to be the theater's furnace or hot water heater. Police were checked to check out a woman with a seizure -- and when a second person walked out and collapsed, officials thought they had a carbon monoxide emergency on their hands. It turned out that the theater had a high level of the chemical. The movie house was evacuated and ventilated. According to police, the theater's owner has experts looking into the source of the leak, with a goal of getting it fixed as soon as possible.