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February 2010: Climate Change Legislation

An abundance of state- and national-level information is available about the climate change issue and the pending legislation. Given the scope and dynamic nature of the climate change debate, one way to track developments is by monitoring the Wheeler Report and WisPolitics. A good place to gain an overview of the legislation is the Legislative Council’s Climate Change Legislation landing page, which includes reports entitled Overview of Legislation and Description of Legislation (both dated January 7, 2010). You can also link directly to the two companion bills: AB 649 and SB 450. Background information about the task force and its report is available on the landing page for the Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming. EPA's Climate Change Site offers links to an array of climate-related resources from federal agencies and elsewhere.

January 2010: Connections 2030

• Wisconsin Department of Transportation: Connections 2030 Report Landing Page 

•  Pew Center on the States: Beyond California: States in Fiscal Peril

December 2009: Small Programs

• Office of the Commissioner of Insurance: Local Government Property Insurance Fund

• Department of Administration (DOA): Municipal Services Payments

• Board of Commissioners of Public Lands:  State Trust Fund Loan Program

• Commerce Department: Fire Department Dues (also see the Legislative Fiscal Bureau summary)

• DOA: WIgrants (lists scores of state aids offered by various state agencies)

• UW Extension: Fund-Raising & Grant Writing Links

 November 2009: Emergency Government 

• Wisconsin Homeland Security Council

• Wisconsin Emergency Management

• Office of Justice Assistance (press release on the WISCOM initiative).

• 2009 Report on Wisconsin Homeland Security

• State of Wisconsin Homeland Security Strategy: 2009- 2011

September 2009: Economy

The state Department of Revenue produces quarterly economic forecasts to aid in the development of revenue projections. The DOR landing page forecast summary and a link to the forecast is available or click here to see a pdf copy of the report. Unemployment data are released by the state Department of Workforce Development. National economic trend data and forecasts can be found at the U.S. Department of Commerce and Federal Reserve Board sites.

August 2009: H1N1 Virus

A wealth of information about the H1N1 virus is available online. The federal government has centralized information about H1N1 and seasonal flu on the federal government’s new Web site www.flu.gov. That is an excellent source of both basic information, updates on developments and links to other reliable resources. The state has created a similar one-stop Web site at http://pandemic.wisconsin.gov/. Again, the site is rich in both useful information and links. Current flu statistics (updated weekly) are posted on http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/ by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has also developed recommendations for state and local flu planning at http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/statelocal/planning.htm. More about the Trust for America's Health “Ready or Not” report is available at http://healthyamericans.org/newsroom/releases/?releaseid=150.

An abundance of state- and national-level information is available about the climate change issue and the pending legislation. Given the scope and dynamic nature of the climate change debate, one way to track developments is by monitoring the Wheeler Report and WisPolitics. A good place to gain an overview of the legislation is the Legislative Council’s Climate Change Legislation landing page, which includes reports entitled Overview of Legislation and Description of Legislation (both dated January 7, 2010). You can also link directly to the two companion bills: AB 649 and SB 450. Background information about the task force and its report is available on the landing page for the Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming. EPA's Climate Change Site offers links to an array of climate-related resources from federal agencies and elsewhere.