State Legislative News

Apr 20, 2009 Area Legislators Hold Recovery and Reinvestment Roundtable Local government officials and business leaders meet with Office of Recovery and Reinvestment staff to discuss economic stimulus efforts in the Chippewa Valley more...
Dec 1, 2009 Bill Signings Show Impact of Chippewa Valley Legislative Team Efforts Protecting workers, cleaning up Supreme Court campaigns, and cracking down on puppy mills more...
Oct 7, 2009 Biofuels Package Gets Positive Reception at Public Hearing SB279/AB408 takes another step forward more...
Dec 16, 2009 Chippewa Valley Legislators Vote to Protect Wisconsin Families Drunk driving reform package will make Wisconsin roads safer more...
Mar 30, 2009 CV Legislators Recovery & Reinvestment Roundtable Area legislators are hosting a Recovery and Reinvestment Roundtable on Monday, April 20th from 3-5 p.m. at the Eau Claire County Courthouse. The tentative agenda for the event includes a presentation from the Wisconsin Office of Recovery and Reinvestment, comments from DATCP Secretary Rod... more...
Mar 11, 2009 Domestic Bio-Fuels Committee Passes Renewable Fuel Package Domestic Bio-Fuels Committee Passes Renewable Fuel Package Bi-partisan legislation will keep Wisconsin a leader in renewable fuel development and production MADISON – Wisconsin entrepreneurs, farmers, foresters and fuel sellers would benefit from a package of recommendations approved today in... more...
Feb 17, 2009 Doyle Budget Proposal First Step in Tough Budget Process MADISON – Governor Doyle made his bi-annual budget address today to a joint session of the Wisconsin legislature, during which he laid out his plans to address a $5.7 billion projected shortfall and put to use federal stimulus funding meant to encourage private sector job growth in... more...
May 10, 2010 Governor Signs Chippewa Valley Legislators’ Job Creation Legislation CORE Jobs Act, Enterprise Zone Expansion Bill and the Small Business Capital Access Bill Signed into Law more...
Apr 21, 2010 Governor Signs Kreitlow/Seidel Local Economic Development Bill Legislation has strong support among central and western Wisconsin local government leaders more...
Dec 9, 2009 Job Creation and Economic Recovery Top State Priority List A column from Senator Pat Kreitlow more...
Mar 4, 2009 Joint Finance Committee Budget Hearing in Eau Claire 3/27/09 Budget hearing scheduled for UW-Eau Claire campus on March 27th MADISON – The co-chairs of the state legislature’s Joint Finance Committee has announced that they will hold a public hearing on the state budget in Eau Claire on Friday, March 27th. The hearing will be held at the Haas Fine... more...
Feb 25, 2009 Kreitlow Bill Protecting Corrections Officers Moves Forward Senate Judiciary Committee passes John Doe Reform Bill MADISON – The Senate Committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform and Housing passed SB 51 today by a 5-0 vote. The bill, which was authored by Senator Pat Kreitlow (D-Chippewa Falls), protects corrections... more...
Apr 23, 2010 Kreitlow Bills Move Forward on Final Day of Session Bills making it easier for businesses to ID wetlands, helping local governments realize health care costs savings and legalizing the sale of raw milk move to Doyle for his signature more...
Nov 14, 2008 Kreitlow Elected to Leadership Role Kreitlow, other Democratic legislative leaders more...
Apr 6, 2009 Kreitlow Listening Session in Chippewa Falls & Eau Claire on 4/30/09 Sen Kreitlow will hold listening sessions in Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire more...
Mar 5, 2009 Kreitlow Urges Broadband Mapping Copy of letter from Senator Kreitlow to Governor Doyle on bringing affordable high-speed broadband connections to Wisconsin: Governor Jim Doyle 115 East - State Capitol Madison, WI 53707 Dear Governor Doyle, The availability of affordable high-speed broadband connections is essential to... more...
Feb 17, 2010 Kreitlow-Dexter Middle Class Health Care Tax Cut Bill Gets Hearing Chippewa Valley Legislators Call on Senate Health Committee to Pass Legislation Soon more...
Feb 20, 2009 Kreitlow: Doyle Budget Proposals Offer Some Good News for Chippewa Valley A Column from Senator Pat Kreitlow Doyle Budget Proposals Offer Some Good News for Chippewa Valley Long before Governor Doyle’s budget address, everyone realized that this year’s budget was going to be one of the most difficult in our state’s history. Facing a record $5.7 billion deficit... more...
Sep 22, 2009 Kreitlow: Wisconsin Leading the Way in New Fuels With all the recent news coverage on health care reform and the economy, less attention is being paid to other issues that also affect our lives but still require attention from our state and federal leaders. Energy policy was a hot topic when gas prices went north of $4.00 a gallon, but... more...
Jan 28, 2010 Legislature Passes Recovery Zone Bonding Economic Development Bill Legislature Passes Recovery Zone Bonding Economic Development Bill Legislation will make more federal bonding available to Northern and Western Wisconsin; could help area projects move forward MADISON – Both the State Assembly and State Senate voted today to approve legislation that will give... more...
Jan 28, 2010 Passenger Rail Takes Big Step Forward Passenger Rail in Wisconsin Takes a Big Step Forward $800 million in federal dollars for Madison-Milwaukee route is critical first step in Wisconsin’s passenger rail plans MADISON – The following is a statement from Senator Pat Kreitlow (D-Chippewa Falls) on the announcement that Wisconsin... more...
Feb 24, 2010 Rural Caucus Introduced Education Reform Package Legislation addresses SAGE, Transportation, and declining enrollment issues more...
Mar 5, 2009 Sen Kreitlow Announces Upcoming Listening Sessions Sessions scheduled in Cadott, Colfax Monday March 16th Cadott Village Hall 110 North Central Street, Cadott 5:30 – 6:30 pm (Senator Kreitlow will also be attending the Cadott Village Board Meeting at 6:30) Monday, March 23rd Colfax Village Hall 613 Main Street, Colfax 5:30-6:30 pm... more...
Dec 15, 2009 Senate Committee on Economic Development Passes CORE Jobs Plan Legislation co-authored by Sen. Kreitlow would help encourage private investment; job growth more...
Feb 25, 2010 Senate Committee Passes Conduit Bonding Bill Legislation creating new economic development tool for Wisconsin communities moves forward: Full Senate expected to take bill up soon more...
Jan 21, 2010 Senate Passes Core Jobs Act STATE SENATE PASSES CORE JOBS ACT Kreitlow Authored Bill will help create jobs in Chippewa Valley MADISON – The State Senate today unanimously passed SB 409, the Senate Democrats plan to create new jobs and encourage economic development. The CORE Jobs Act, which was co-authored by... more...
Jan 19, 2010 Senate Passes Issue Ad Disclosure Bill Kreitlow authored bill to help protect families from sex offenders also passes MADISON – Legislation that would force special interest groups to reveal their funding sources was passed by the State Senate today by a vote of 26-7. Senate Bill 43 requires any special interest group that... more...
Jan 26, 2010 Senator Kreitlow Statement on Governor's State of State Address Senator Kreitlow Statement on Governor Doyle’s State of State Address MADISON – The following is a statement from Senator Pat Kreitlow (D-Chippewa Falls) on Governor Doyle’s State of the State Address: “I’m encouraged by Governor Doyle’s comments about economic development and job... more...
Jan 22, 2010 Stanley-Boyd Student Accepted to Senate Scholar Program Stanley-Boyd High School Student Matthew Steinmetz Accepted to the 2010 Senate Scholar Program Madison - Senator Pat Kreitlow announced today that Matthew Steinmetz has been chosen to participate in the 2010 Senate Scholar Program. Elite high school juniors and seniors from around the... more...
Mar 24, 2009 State Senate Passes Kreitlow Bill Protecting Corrections Officers ‘John Doe’ Reform Legislation Passes with Broad Bi-Partisan Support MADISON – The State Senate today passed legislation that would protect corrections officers from frivolous lawsuits and investigations brought about by complaints from prison inmates. The bill was authored by Senator Pat... more...
Sep 21, 2009 Stop the Debt Trap: End Predatory Lending in Wisconsin a column by Rep. Kristen Dexter more...