Wisconsin on Wednesday July 01, 2009

WI: 'Frankenstein' veto returns from the grave
By Mark Pitsch, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
So, voters, you thought you banned the "Frankenstein" veto last year? Not so fast.
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WI: Many promises broken in Wisconsin budget process
By Scott Bauer, The Associated Press, The Capital Times (Madison)
Many promises were made and broken during the nearly five-month process of passing Wisconsin's new two-year budget.
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Financial crisis torments states
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer
(Updated 11:29 a.m. EDT, July 1, 2009)

California may begin issuing IOUs this week because of the state’s unresolved budget crisis. But government disruptions were averted at least temporarily in five other states that missed a July 1 deadline for closing billion-dollar budget gaps.
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WI: New right to unionize bothers many in University of Wisconsin System
By Deborah Ziff, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
The new right to unionize for University of Wisconsin System faculty and staff has set the stage for a fight at the state level, as thousands of System employees could get assigned into specific unions without getting a chance to vote.
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WI: Doubts about Michigan offer to GM
By Andrew Beckett, Wisconsin Radio Network
Governor Doyle is questioning how Michigan beat out Wisconsin in a bid to have General Motors build a new line of small cars in Janesville.
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WI: Doyle's veto hasn't solved UW union controversy
By Erica Perez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gov. Jim Doyle used his veto pen this week to weigh in on a dispute over whether some University of Wisconsin System staff can be absorbed - without an opportunity to vote - into existing labor unions.
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WI: Milwaukee edges up in population
By Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When it comes to demographics, a small number can be a very big deal.
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WI: Revolving door bill is back
By Jackie Johnson, Wisconsin Radio Network
New, yet familiar, legislation passes one hurdle at the state capitol.
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US: Colorado the least obese state
By Lauren Neergaard, The Associated Press, The Denver Post
WASHINGTON—Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
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WI: Some budget gains for immigrants
By Bob Hague, Wisconsin Radio Network
Children of parents in this country illegally will be able to pay in state UW tuition, under a provision of the budget signed by Governor Jim Doyle Monday.
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WI: Republican Neumann filing for guv's race
By The Associated Press, The Capital Times (Madison)
A spokesman for Republican Mark Neumann says he intends to file for governor on Wednesday.
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WI: Professional license fee hikes approved
By The Associated Press, The Capital Times (Madison)
The cost of being a barber, accountant, social worker and nurse is going up in Wisconsin.
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WI: More reasons to quit
By Andrew Beckett, Wisconsin Radio Network
Wisconsin is just one year away from implementation of a statewide smoking ban and smokers will start paying even more for cigarettes in September.
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WI: Doyle's veto of committee might have been unconstitutional
By Steven Walters, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
One of Gov. Jim Doyle's 81 vetoes of the Legislature's budget bill appears to have violated a constitutional limit adopted in April 2008, the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee was told Tuesday.
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WI: Neumann to make GOP gubernatorial bid official
By Steve Schultze, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Former U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann is to make official Wednesday his Republican bid for governor in 2010, touting his private-sector experience as the necessary antidote to high state taxes and spending.
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