Here & Now; 941

April 22, 2011

Here and Now, 5 republicans and 3 democrats face recalls, 5 republicans now face possible recall elections - senators Shelia Harsdorf of River Falls, Alberta Darling of River Hills, Luther Olsen of Ripon, Dan Kapanke of LaCrosse, Randy Hopper of Fond du Lac. 3 democratic - senators Bob Wirch of Pleasant Prairie, Jim Holperin of Conover and Dave Hansen of Green Bay. Graphics, paying for recalls and recounts, recall elections could happen early this summer taxing already cash-strapped counties to pay for the third election in in less than a year in addition to the statewide supreme court recount starts next week. Mark O'Connell, the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Counties Association. supreme court recount, Democratic challenger Joanne Kloppenburg called for recount after she cited wide spread anomolies in the election. Kloppenburg lost to incumbent Justice David Prosser by less than one-half of one percent... entitling her to a statewide recount at taxpayers' expense. (Video of Kloppenburg and Prosser from previous appearances on HandN), state budget, Lawmakers try to dramatically reduce spending to balance the next state budget. Republican leaders announced some of the more controversial issues in the budget will likely be pulled. changes could impact recycling and the New Badger Partnership. Republican co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee Robin Vos to find out where the budget stands right now compared to when the Governor introduced it last month. Jennifer Shilling is a democratic member of the Joint Finance committee. excerpt from badger partnership report, Excerpt of a video report on the New Badger Partnership by three students in the UW-Madison Department of Life Sciences Communication. (Rodee Schneider, Caleb Engel, and Wes Lagerhausen), have spent the last twelve weeks researching the issue, attending hearings, and conducting interviews with administrators, faculty, and students at UW-Madison and other UW System schools. Full video is on HandN website, budget cuts to the arts, Executive Director of Arts Wisconsin Anne Katz speaks about how Wisconsin's arts will be affected by budget cuts. poet laureate SOT, State's fourth poet laureate is Bruce Dethlefsen of Westfield - retired teacher, coach and librarian... he just started the post in January and then the budget axe fell. SOT from In Wisconsin?