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WisPolitics Releases: Dec. 12: NEW POLL FINDS CITIZENS WANT NO-TAX-INCREASE BUDGET BUT ARE SKEPTICAL OF GETTING IT Dec. 10: FIRST WISPOLITICS.COM ADWATCH AWARDS GO TO FOUR 2002 CAMPAIGNS Dec. 8: NEW POLL FINDS BUDGET DEFICIT LEADING ISSUE WITH CITIZENS December 31, 2002 Lawton: Lawton Lends Office Space to Wisconsin Art Displays Pro-Life Wisconsin: Wisconsin Needs a Comprehensive Human Cloning Ban Tries & Rice: Tries & Rice and Donald K. Stitt Announce Strategic Alliance for Government Relations and Public Affairs Services HHS: Issues Report Showing More American Children Recieved Health Insurance in Early 2002 Kranick: Kranick Announces Candidacy for Appleton City Council District 13 December 30, 2002 Chvala: Press Statement Regarding Recall Attempt Supreme Court: Supreme Court Unveils History Display to Honor 150th Wis. Stewardship Network: WSN engages Barlow and Glennon for Feb. 14 ‘Wisconsin 2003 Year of Water’ forum (.pdf) Wis. Alliance of Cities: Dec. 30, 2002 e-newsletter Doyle Inauguration: Deadline approaches for inaugural event reservations ACLU: ACLU Urges New WISDOT Secretary to Get More Facts Before Supporting Freeway Expansion December 27, 2002 DNR: Weekly DNR News DATCP: Balance Pro Herbicide Will Not be Sold In Wisconsin in 2003 HHS: HHS -- Highlights of 2002 Supreme Court: Todays Released Decisions Supreme Court: Opinions to be released Friday January 3, 2003 Pro-Life Wis.: Group Claims Birth of First Human Clone; Pro-Life Wisconsin Asks: How Will State Legislature Respond? Wisconsin Farm Bureau: Poulson's Picks. Year-end review and year-ahead forecast of top ag issues Kleczka: Congressional District Changes Mean Fond Farewell to Old Friends, Hello to New Ones Dept. of Commerce: Dept. of Commerce Employee Wins Honor Wisconsin Libertarian Party: Wisconsin Libertarian Party Hires Executive Director December 26, 2002 Dept. of Commerce: Air Issues Update 2003 Seminar in Eau Claire Announced Lippert: Lippert Won't Run for Seat in 24th Senate District Dept. of Revenue: New state income tax forms hit post offices starting today Doyle: Doyle will address thousands of 4th graders statewide Legislative Audit Bureau: Public Television Audit Legislative Audit Bureau: Nursing Home Regulation Audit December 23, 2002 Walker: County Executive Scott Walker issued the following statement in regards to the passing of Milwaukee Department of City Development leader, John Bratina Sierra Club: Sierra Club Congratulates New Appointees; Raises Concerns for Balanced Transportation and Clean Air HHS: Names 13 to Secretary's Advisory Committee On Genetics, Health and Society Center on Wisconsin Strategy: New Data on Government Finances Shows Wisconsin Ranks 18th in State and Local Spending Northern Wisconsin Regional Council of Carpenters: No Carpenters Union Endorsement in 24th Senate District Transportation Development Assoc.: DOT Budget Falls Short UAW/WED: Sell Gas Guzzlers, Buy Wisconsin Vehicles HHS/Education/Agriculture: New Year's Message UW-Madison: Bazzell Named Vice Chancellor for Administration Feingold: Legislative Accomplishments in the 107th Congress Erpenbach: Announces Joint Committee on Finance Appointments Stone: Praises Transportation Secretary Pick Dept. of Commerce: City of Hartford Certified to Enforce Commercial Building Codes Wisconsin Green Party: Calls for Dismissal of Citations in Racine Theater Incident OCI: Wisconsin's Conseco Insurance Policyholders Are Protected Doyle: Doyle Makes Three Major Appointments December 20, 2002 Kleczka Column: Assistance Available For High Heating Costs WPS Resources: MPSC Grants Rate Increase for UPPCO's Retail Customers Freedom From Religion Foundation: Photos Show Defacement of Winter Solstice Sign At Wisconsin Capitol Supreme Court: Opinions Scheduled for Release on Friday, Dec. 27 -- Heyde Companies, Inc. v Dove Healthcare; Ruth M. Schwister v. Daniel v. Schoenecker Baldwin Column: Holiday Spirit Embodied By Wisconsinites Throughout The Year Falk: Dane County Seeks Proposals to Provide Services to Treat Offenders WHA: Hospital Association Will Collect, Share Hospital Quality, Safety Information Cullen: Lettter to Gard re: Eliminating Sergeant-at-Arms DPI: Burmaster to Appoint Grobschmidt Assistant State Superintendent Green: Green Statement on Lott Resignation DATCP: Biosecurity In A Cold Land -- One Reindeer Rancher's Life Sensenbrenner: Sensenbrenner Comments on Lott's Resignation Kind: Kind Statement on Senator Lott Feingold: Statement on Lott's Decision to Step Down as Majority Leader Kohl: Statement of Sen. Herb Kohl on Sen. Lott's resignation as Majority Leader Grobschmidt: Grobschmidt to be Appointed Assistant State Superintendent at DPI PSC: PSC Deems El Paso Power Plant Application Complete Ethics Board: Officials report their financial interests Wis. Technical College System: More than $2 million in grants put to use on health care worker shortage Dept. of Commerce: Grants Further Export Development People for the American Way: Lott's Departure Turns Spotlight to White House, GOP December 19, 2002 Reynolds: Reynolds Appoints Legislative Staff National Council on Public Polls: 2002 Election Polls Review Welch: Welch Named Vice Chairman of Joint Committee on Finance Panzer: Welch Appointed Vice-Chair of Joint Committe on Finance Pettis: Announces Next Step for Hwy. 87 Wis. Right to Life: State's Largest Abortion Provider Wants to Take Up Residence in Taxpayer Owned Building Boyle: Boyle Outraged at Stalled Contract Negotiations MMSD: Environmental lawyer elected chairman of MMSD Commission Planned Parenthood: Wisconsin Elected Officials Show United Support for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and City of Milwaukee Health Department Linkage Doyle: Entertainers for Governor's Inaugural Ball announced DWD: November Unemployment Rates Released Forest County Potawatomi: Statement to Joint Audit Committee Kohl: Statement of U.S. Senator Herb Kohl on the Video Game Violence Report Card WSEU: State workers ratify contracts despite legislative Grinches December 18, 2002 PSC: PSC Reopens Arrowhead Weston Investigation Lazich: Lazich Named to Joint Finance Committee DOA: Wisconsin's Residential Winter Hearing Fuels Price Survey Doyle: Youth of the Year winner from Madison will lead pledge during inaugural Wisconsin Taxpayer Alliance: Tax Take Totals $53.25 Billion Federal, State and Local Taxes up 1.4% in 2002 Wisconsin Calls: Letter to Members of the Special Committee on Public and Private Broadband McCallum: Gov. Announces Approval of Camp Randall Stadium Renovation and Expansion Project Sen. Fitzgerald: Fitzgerald Appointed to Joint Committee on Finance Wisconsin Tourism Federation: WTF Applauds Doyle's Choice for Tourism Secretary Carpenters Local 804: Carpenters Union Backs Alex Paul for State Senate Rep. Nass: Legislators Send Letter to Gov. McCallum on UW-System and University of Michigan Affirmative Action Case RPW: Statement from Chairman on Ethics Board Ruling Sen. Elect Stepp: Stepp to Chair Committee of Economic Development & Job Creation Sen. Reynolds: Senator to Chair Small Business and Labor Panel Sen. Kanavas: Senator Appointed to Joint Finanace Committee Doyle: Governor-Elect Doyle's inauguration website unveiled Ethics Board: No communication with former agencies in 2003; Ethics Board reminds departing officials of restraints on contact with former agencies Doyle: Statement from Thad Nation, spokesman for Governor-elect Jim Doyle, on the Ethics Board findings on the Superior trip Ethics Board: Doyle's Airplane Use Did Not Violate Law Panzer: Panzer Names Senate Committee Chairs List of Committee Chairs Nat'l Rural Water Assoc.: National Rural Water Association Leads the Way in Water Security Doyle: Governor-elect Doyle Attending White House Meetings Today Kohl: Kohl Applauds FTC National "Do Not Call" List Telemarketing Plan December 17, 2002 Panzer: Statement on Appointment of Sen. Shibilski as Secretary of Tourism Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance: Focus- First Look at 2003 Property Taxes Falk: County Executive Kathleen Falk and Representative Peter Bock Announce Wedding Plans OCI: November 2002 Administrative Actions of the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance Center for Policy Alternatives: Representative Christine Sinicki Selected for Prestigious Fellowship DOA: Gov. McCallum Announces $1.4 Million in Homeless Funds People for the American Way: Civil Rights Votes of GOP Leaders-in-Waiting Similar to Lott, Each Other ACLU: ACLU Calls for Fairness in Freeway Reconstrution - Letter to Doyle - Letter to SEWRPC Director Freedom from Religion Foundation: Winter Solstice Sign at Capitol Defaced Dept. of Revenue: Revenue Department revamps tax processing software SEIU: SEIU Lauds Appointment of Helene Nelson DATCP: 2003 Agricultural Development and Diversification Grant Applications Now Available Supreme Court: New program helps people in northwestern Wisconsin represent themselves in court Doyle: Doyle Names Five New Cabinet Positions People for the American Way: Bush, Lott and Ashcroft - Shared Agendas Threaten Civil Rights Gains WPS Resources: WPS Resources Corporation Discusses Financial Details of Wisconsin Public Service Corporation's Purchase of the De Pere Energy Center Supreme Court: Today's Supreme Court Opinion - Brittany Frost et al. v. Doreen Whitbeck et al. WPS Resources: Wisconsin Public Service Closes Deal to Buy the De Pere Energy Center December 16, 2002 Milwaukee Deputy Sheriff Assoc.: MDSA Elects a New President Dept. of Administration: The Wisconsin Energy Initiative -- A Model for the Nation OCI: Wisconsin's Deputy Insurance Commissioner Wins National Award Sinicki, Coggs, Wasserman, Carpenter, Krug, Bock, Richards, Young: Letter to Milwaukee City Council Supporting Partnership Between Planned Parenthood, City Health Dept. Feingold: Feingold Marks 10th Year of Holding Open Meetings in Every County, Every Year WCCF: New Report Highlights Children's Mental Health OCI: Mandated Benefits in Health Insurance in Wisconsin WPS Resources: Wisconsin Public Service Corporation Completes Sale of $150 Million of 4.875% 10-Year Senior Notes Pettis: Pettis to Chair Assembly Tourism Committee HHS: HHS Weekly Report Midwest Environmental Advocates: Wisconsin Worst in Nation When it Comes to Issuing Air Permits December 13, 2002 Olsen: Olsen Re-Appointed Chair of Education Committee HHS: HHS Launches Smallpox Website Jensen: Jensen to head key committees Sensenbrenner: Medical College of Wisconsin Receives 2 Grants Lasee: Lasee Committee Expands Scope WPS: Osprey to Have a New Home SEIU: Wisconsin Nurses and Health Care Professionals take issue with Bush’s Smallpox Vaccine Plan Wis. Federation of Teachers: Scott Jensen’s Latest Inaction Irresponsible Doyle: Doyle Inaugural Committee Announces Poster Contest Common Cause: Campaign Finance "Reform" Charade Costs Taxpayers $250,000 Rep. McCormick: McCormick Declares Wisconsin's Economic Future Bright Rep. Ainsworth: Ainsworth Appointed Chair of Assembly Transportation Committee Rep. Friske: Friske Named Chairman of Assembly Forestry Committee Kleczka: Column- Grinch That Stole The Unemployed's Christmas Burmaster: State Superindendent to Address Challenge Academy Graduates Gard: Gard Names Assembly Committee Chairs List of Committee Chairs Black: Is 5th Time the Charm for DNR Proposal? December 12, 2002 Falk: County Executive Falk Announces Farmland Protection Grant Common Cause: Federal Court Shoots Down Sham "Reform" and Clears Path for Ellis-Erpenbach Real Reform Bill Wis. Rural Water Association: Public Water Suppliers Sponsor Groundwater Survey Question Jensen: Speaker Jensen Statement on State Employee Contracts RPW: Statement from Chairman Rick Graber in Response to Sen. Lott's Remarks Dept. of Revenue: Court overturns expanded election fund check-off Sen. Welch: Announces 2nd Annual Education Report The Report WRA, WFBA, WMC, WEAC, WGA and WBA: Coalition Says Crabb Ruling a Victory for Free Speech People for the American Way: Bush Authorizes Public Funding of Religious Discrimination Hansen: Additional Freeway Lanes in Milwaukee County Must Go Carpenter: Rep. Carpenter Repeats Call for Special Session on Campaign Finance, Legislative and Budget Reforms DATCP: Walworth County Whitetail Farm Herd Destroyed Nass: Letter to McCallum Seeking Assistance in Preventing UW Board of Regents from Intervening in Michigan Affirmative Action Case Cullen: Cullen Blasts Toll Plan for Marquette Interchange Wis. Public Research Institute: $1.5 Billion in Tax Dollars Could Be Available for Wisconsin Transportation Projects if the Marquette Interchange is Rebuilt Using Private Funding State Employees Union: Assembly leaders get their own raises while ignoring state workers Supreme Court: Supreme Court accepts nine new cases Dept. of Commerce: Gov. Announces Minority Business Development Awards December 11, 2002 Wis. Right to Life: Right to Life Supporters in Milwaukee Infuriated Over Proposal to Put Planned Parenthood in a Publicly-Owned Building Wis. Citizen Action: Recommendation to Doyle: Leverage State's Combined Prescription Drug Purchasing DHFS: Child Abuse Reports Decline in Wisconsin Wisconsin Legislative Black and Hispanic Caucus: Calls on Wisconsin GOP to Rebuke Senator Trent Lott for Racist Remarks Feingold: Feingold Leads Bipartisan Fight in Senate to Close Loophole on Dairy Protein Blends Feingold: Feingold Presses USDA for Funding and Research to Combat CWD Jensen: Jensen Renews Call for State Employee Cap Sierra Club: Sierra Club Outlines Budget Plan to Save Money, Protect Security, Water, Air and Land People for the American Way: President Bush Should Ask for Lott's Resignation as Majority Leader Schultz: Letter to Doyle Re: DNR Secretary Appointment, Campaign Promises to Keep Wis. Army and Air National Guard: State's top education officer to honor National Guard Challenge Academy graduates Wis. Technical College System: Technical Colleges in line to receive prestigious awards Action Wisconsin: Action Wisconsin Releases First-Ever Guide to 20 Year-Old Gay Rights Law; Calls on State to Reclaim Proud Role as Civil Rights Pioneer Pro-Life Wis.: Pro-Life Wisconsin Deplores Cloning Efforts at Stanford December 10, 2002 Doyle: Governor-Elect Doyle Announces Inaugural Schedule Legal Action of Wis.: When Lawyers Argue in Washington: Effects on Local Civil Legal Services Moore: Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) Report Highlights Need For Increased State Oversight of the Wisconsin Works (W-2) Program Wis. Farm Bureau Federation: Dan Poulson Reelected President of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation Wis. Farm Bureau Federation: Farm Bureau sets policy for 2002 with a focus on agricultural development, alternative energy production, and land use efforts PSC: Commission Approves Power Plant in Port Washington Friends of Burke Campaign Committee: Blanchard Merits Investigation As Well ACLU: Inadequate Indigent Defense Undermines System's Fairness, Says ACLU Feingold: Feingold Presses to 'Leave the Clean Water Act Alone' Lawton: Lawton Returns From Her First National Lt. Gov. Meeting Kind: Kind Named to a Democratic Leadership Position Feingold: Feingold Urges Lott and Daschle to Make Medicare Reform a Top Priority Environmental Law & Policy Center: Green Job Jolt Strikes Wisconsin Voight: State Treasurer Jack Voight Sets Unclaimed Property Payout Record David Cole: Andrea Funeral Advisory Kohl: Senator Receives Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation's Highest Honor December 9, 2002 Sen. Jauch: Health Care Cost Containment Urgent RESET: Statement on Planned Emission Reductions at Oak Creek Power Plant Alliance of Cities: Newsletter - Lobbying, Health Costs, Economic Time Bomb Wis. Hospital Association: Hospitals Plan for Smallpox, Form Special Care Teams Freedom from Religion Foundation: 'Equal Time' Winter Solstice Greeting Returns to State Capitol for 7th Year Dept. of Commerce: Air Issues Update 2003 Seminars Announced Planned Parenthood: Candidate Training for Progressive, Pro-Choice Women Comes to Madison December 6, 2002 Supreme Court: Supreme Court appoints special investigators from Dane, Grant, and Milwaukee counties NAMWOLF : Lauds Doyle Administration for Appointment of Marc Marotta Kleczka: Column- Poverty Status On The Rise DATCP: Quarantine Lifted; CWD Results Negative Marathon County Deer Herd DOA: Wisconsin's Residential Winter Heating Fuels Price Survey DPI: Burmaster to Address Statewide Literary Conference Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation: Farm leader pleased with hunting results to control deer herd DWD: Department Must Delay Employment Services for Some DVR Applicants as it Faces Highest Caseload in Recent History Rep. Gronemus: Confirms Efforts on Her Behalf to be Next AG Secretary Doyle: Doyle Announces Details on Statewide Budget Outreach Hearings Dept. of Revenue: Revenue agency is reaching taxpayers electronically December 5, 2002 Lasee: Citizens Weigh In On Deficit Dairy Business Association: Robson, CEO of Milk Marketing Receives Leadership Award from Dairy Business Association Customers First!: PSC Approves Power Plants in Port Washington Baldwin: As Global Terror Is On The Rise, White House Halts Funding For Emergency Responders Gard: Gard Names Assembly Finance Team Green: Rep. Green's D.C. office is "moving up" Petri: Column - Let Me Help Kreuser: Assembly Democratic Leader Kreuser Announces Joint Finance Committee Appointments Thompson: Statement on the Death of Former State Senator Joe Andrea Barrett: Statement on the Death of former State Senator Joe Andrea Wis. Right to Life: Statement Regarding Senator Joe Andrea COWS: Noos from the Field Jensen: Jensen Freeze Plan Slashes Budget Deficit Wis. Advertising Project: Final Report on the 2002 Election Wirch: Statement regarding the death of former State Senator Joe Andrea Rep. Stone: Stone Named to Joint Finance Committee December 4, 2002 Shibilski: Shibilski Calls for Immediate Implementation of Rapid Tests, Expresses Concern About Deer Herd Growth SEIU: Wisconsin Nurses Urge Secretary Tommy Thompson to Assure Better Safeguards for Smallpox Vaccinations Sen. Hansen: Hansen Elected Assistant Minority Leader Welch and Suder: Call for Change in Casino Negotiations Olness for Mayor: Official Website Launches Panzer: Statement From Senator Mary E. Panzer on Senate Democrat Leadership Elections Wis. Right to Life: Wisconsin Right to Life to Urge Milwaukee Common Council to Reject Planned Parenthood Lease Veterans Affairs: Ceremony at Wisconsin Veterans Museum will Honor Veterans Who Served in Pearl Harbor Battle Falk: Announces Dane County Receives Two 'Triple A' Bond Ratings Rep. Albers: Column- Should Wisconsin Reform Its Primary Elections? Legislative Audit Bureau: Division of Gaming Summary George: Statement on Gaming Division Audit Wis. Taxpayers Alliance: Curing State Fiscal Woes; WISTAX Reviews Suggestions from Budget Experts George: Our Caucus Future and the Priorities of our Next Leader George: Statement on complaint filed with Personnel Commission Leibham: Tribal Gaming Profits Increase by Over 58 Percent Forest County Potawatomi: $918 Million in Gaming Revenues Support 35,000 Wisconsin Jobs Jauch: School Aid and Local Government Cuts Will Hurt Children and Parents in Poor Communities Sierra Club: Sierra Club asks Governor McCallum to support protection of forests, farms and open space in the Holy Hill area WEAC: WEAC members earn national certification Supreme Court: Supreme Court proceedings available live on Internet Pro-Life Wis.: Scheidler Appeals Misapplication of RICO Wis. Right to Life: WRL to Urge Milwaukee Common Council To Reject Planned Parenthood Lease Doyle: Doyle Appoints Marotta as DOA Secretary, Riemer as Budget Director Doyle: Governor-elect Doyle to announce appointments today MMSD: Update on MMSD's overflow reduction plan December 3, 2002 DNR: News and Outdoor Report Supreme Court: Supreme Court accepts one new case DNR: Hunters register 261,093 deer during 2002 nine-day season Dept. of Commerce: Wisconsin Development Fund Awards Aid technology development and Labor Training HHS: HHS Weekly Report Kaufert: Kaufert Named Co-Chair of Finance Committee WPS Resources: WPSC Energizing the Holidays Gard: Speaker-elect Gard Taps Kaufert for Assembly Finance Co-Chair December 2, 2002 DWD: Unemployment Insurance Extends Hours for Holidays Supreme Court: December Case Summary Army and Air National Guard: Berlin-based Wisconsin Army National Guard unit leaving for active duty Gard: Gard Names Mary Reid Chief of Staff Panzer: Panzer Names Darling Senate Chair of the Joint Finance Committee Darling: Darling Named Co-Chair of Finance Committee Republican Party: Schmitz Returns as RPW Executive Director McCallum: Gov. Announces Disaster Assistance Checks McCallum: Gov. Announces Federal Firefighter Grants DATCP: More than a million sign up for Wisconsin's No Call list Citizens Allied for Sane Highways: CASH says SEWRPC member's erroneous mailing "disappointing"