James Rowen: Even if Foxconn disappears, Vos the Sprawlville King is a winner

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos managed in a state without two spare potholes-filling nickels to rub together to steer to and through his district a quarter of a billion federal and state road-and-interchange widening dollars that will trigger sprawl beyond bulldozed Mount Pleasant farms even if Foxconn never diverts a gallon of Lake Michigan water to produce a single big screen LCD TV.

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DFI: Credit unions post growth in net income and lending for 2018

Contact: Melanie Conklin, DFI Communications Director, 608-261-4504  MADISON – Net income and total lending grew at Wisconsin’s 125 state-chartered credit unions in 2018 compared to 2017, according to data released today by the Department of Financial Institutions (DFI). Over the 12 months ending on December

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James Rowen: Even if Foxconn disappears, Vos the Sprawlville King is a winner

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos managed in a state without two spare potholes-filling nickels to rub together to steer to and through his district a quarter of a billion federal and state road-and-interchange widening dollars that will trigger sprawl beyond bulldozed Mount Pleasant farms even if Foxconn never diverts a gallon of Lake Michigan water to produce a single big screen LCD TV.

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U.S. Rep. Duffy: Co-introduces bipartisan housing voucher mobility legislation

Mark Bednar; 202-738-0744  WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy, Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing & Insurance, today co-introduced the Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019 with Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO). The legislation would authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a

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FRI News Summary: Evers orders flags at half-staff in honor of fallen MPD officer

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Feb. 21: WisPolitics.com Luncheon with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at The Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday, Feb. 21 with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. Vos will discuss Assembly Republican priorities and the GOP Assembly’s relationship with the new

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DFI: Credit unions post growth in net income and lending for 2018

Contact: Melanie Conklin, DFI Communications Director, 608-261-4504  MADISON – Net income and total lending grew at Wisconsin’s 125 state-chartered credit unions in 2018 compared to 2017, according to data released today by the Department of Financial Institutions (DFI). Over the 12 months ending on December 31, 2018: Net income totaled $401.3 million, up 7.76% from

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