Jim Doyle

Doyle ducks questions on budget

JSOnline (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

Madison - Gov. Jim Doyle doesn't want to talk about the state budget, no matter how many reporters ask. The...

Self-Indulgent Hypocrisy

Tom McMahon (Free subscription) | yesterday

From Mark Belling: The environmental movement isn't just a joke. It's an exercise in self-indulgent hypocrisy. Its leaders are phonies and its followers are sanctimonious insincere twits. Too strong? Consider the reaction to the decision by Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle...

BRIEF: Doyle Looking to Fill Judge's Seat in Jackson County

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

By La Crosse Tribune, Wis. May 9--MADISON -- Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle on Thursday kicked off the search for a new circuit court judge in Jackson County to fill the vacancy left by the death of Eric Stutz, who was elected in April.

Doyle looking to fill judge’s seat in Jackson County

News from www.lacrossetribune.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

MADISON — Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle on Thursday kicked off the search for a new circuit court judge in Jackson County to fill the vacancy left by the death of Eric Stutz, who was elected in April.

Badger Bites

Badger Blog Alliance (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

... " But gosh darn it, people like him... don't they ? Kathy thanks... Hillary ? No food for you . Jim Doyle clings to a bad policy ? And it's ethanol? Pshaw.

Mark Benson and other Murderers

FREEDOM EDEN (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

It took three deaths, Jennifer Bukosky, her daughter Courtney Bella, and her unborn daughter Sophia, for some lawmakers, Governor Jim Doyle, and some Wisconsin residents to say, "No more." From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : Reacting to a fatal crash that is shining new attention on the state's drunken driving laws, Gov. Jim Doyle said Wednesday that a third conviction for intoxicated...

• Tragedy spurs push to toughen penalties - JSOnline

Jim Doyle Funding Organized Crime? Or Worse?

The Asian Badger (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008

Unless you've been living in a cave, you know that Wisconsin, thanks to Jim “Pol Pot” Doyle, increased the cigarette taxes to $1.00 per pack “for our own good”. At what point does it become a Prohibition-like price point for smugglers? Check out this article in today's Wall Street Journal. Last month, New York law enforcement [...]

Democrats may derail budget fix

JSOnline (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008

Madison - Assembly Minority Leader Jim Kreuser said Assembly Democrats are overwhelmingly opposed to a plan to fix the state budget proffered by legislative leaders, all but guaranteeing the plan would have to be tweaked to get through the Legislature.

Proposed budget fix to help Governor Jim Doyle

Sequence Inc. FRAUDfiles Blog (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle is upset. The budget is out of whack. (Go figure!) The government is spending money faster than it is coming in, and Doyle wants someone to fix it. (And remember… he’s already raided funds set aside for certain purposes to pay for the general budget. He can only do that [...]

Donations add to salaries for a growing number of chancellors

JSOnline (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008

A few Wisconsin chancellors also receive extra pay from foundations. In 2000, as Madison was about to hire John D. Wiley, the UW System got an opinion from then-Attorney General Jim Doyle saying the UW Foundation could add to Wiley's pay.

Outdoors Beat: It takes only one (big) fish to make opening day

JSOnline (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008

... lakes. The fishing parties included journalists, politicians and state officials, including Gov. Jim Doyle.Doyle said he was honored to follow in the tradition of Knowles, an ardent outdoorsman, but deferred to his predecessor's fishing prowess."But I do want to say I broke the 16-year drought," said Doyle, referring to a string of "skunks" before he took office. "That's the...

Jackson County judge-elect dies

News from www.lacrossetribune.com (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle will be asked to name a new Jackson County circuit judge after the death Friday of Judge-elect Eric F. Stutz.

Groundbreaking at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

Nanotechnology News from Nanowerk (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008

Groundbreaking at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery ) Governor Jim Doyle today broke ground on the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, an integral part of his statewide strategy to cement Wisconsin's status as a leader in the fields of biotechnology, health sciences, and stem cell research. Governor Doyle was joined at the event by UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley, Wisconsin Alumni Research...

PSC chairman Ebert leaving agency

The Business Journal of Milwaukee (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008

Dan Ebert has resigned as chairman of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, effective May 23, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Thursday.

Doyle pushes on budget-repair bill

JSOnline (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008

Madison - Gov. Jim Doyle said Thursday that the Legislature's failure to pass a budget-repair bill poses cash-flow...