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Rob Cowles

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Name: Rob Cowles

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Audit committee holds hearing on WEDC

Public meeting scheduled for 9:30 a.m. today MADISON - The state's Joint Legislative Audit Committee will hold a public hearing today in Madison.Â It concerns the results of an audit onÂ the state's embattled economic development agency.The Legislative ... [Published WLUK - May 09 2013]

Entities: Rob Cowles, Laura Smith

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Wisconsin: Walker says there will be more money for schools

MADISON, Wis. -- Gov. Scott Walker said Monday it's still unclear how much money originally targeted for the University of Wisconsin System will instead be diverted to pay for deeper tax cuts and to help K-12 schools.Walker told reporters in his Capitol ... [Published TwinCities.com - May 07 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Rob Cowles, Luther Olsen, Peter W. Barca

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Pull sneaky stuff out of state budget

A ban on wolf hunting at night.A favor for rent-to-own businesses.An end to residency requirements for thousands of school and municipal workers in Milwaukee.All of these items — and dozens more — are buried in the state budget even though they have nothing ... [Published Capital Times - May 05 2013]

Entities: Milwaukee, Rob Cowles, Lock On, Scott Kevin Walker

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Another audit in WEDCs future

Lawmakers could order yet another audit of the troubled Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.Members of the Legislature’s Joint Audit Committee will meet next week to review a scathing report on WEDC, which showed the job creation agency broke state ... [Published K99 WIGM - May 03 2013]

Entities: Rob Cowles

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Wis. gov open to new audit of job-creation agency

MILWAUKEE -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday he wouldn't be opposed to a follow-up audit for his job-creation agency, one day after a nonpartisan review outlined a number of its serious missteps.Lawmakers, including Republican state Sen. Rob ... [Published CNBC - May 02 2013]

Entities: Milwaukee, Rob Cowles, Dinesh Ramde

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 4 reports

Editorial: WEDC must turn itself around quickly

_ The good news is that theres a relatively new CEO at the troubled Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.The bad news is that a new audit shows the quasi-private agency, which is charged with helping create jobs in the state, routinely opted not ... [Published Post Crescent - May 01 2013]

Entities: Rob Cowles

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Scott Kevin Walker

Lawmakers question WEDC future after audit

A blistering audit released Wednesday said Republican Gov. Scott Walker's premier job creation agency repeatedly broke state law in its first year of operation, failed to adequately track money it awarded for economic development projects and sometimes ... [Published WISN Milwaukee - May 01 2013]

Entities: Scott Kevin Walker, Rob Cowles, Tom Evenson, Peter W. Barca

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Legislators should trim policy items from budget

Every governor does it. But Gov. Scott Walker has made an art form of tucking policy into his budgets, a new memo from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau reveals. The bureau identified 58 policy items lodged deep in Walker's budget proposal, and ... [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: ATF Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explos..., Milwaukee, Rob Cowles, Bob Lang, Wauwatosa (United States)

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Senator Talks About University of Wisconsin Tuition Freeze

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) - A new report has prompted calls from republican lawmakers for a tuition freeze across the University of Wisconsin system.The Legislative Fiscal Bureau has found the UW-system has a surplus of nearly $650 million.The bureau said ... [Published WeAreGreenBay.com - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: University of Wisconsin, Rob Cowles

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 2 reports

Audit of state Government Accountability Board und...

MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The agency that runs Wisconsins elections and investigates public corruption could soon be investigated itself.The Republican co-chairs of the Legislatures Audit Committee will hold a hearing next Wednesday to consider a formal audit ... [Published 1440 WNFL - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Government Accountability Board, Rob Cowles, Kevin Kennedy, Elections, Neutrality

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

GAB will be subject of audit

An audit of the state’s elections agency is in the works. Joint Audit Committee co-chair, state Senator Rob Cowles of Green Bay, says while there’s “nothing burning” at the Government Accountability Board, many people have requested an audit.“There have ... [Published K99 WIGM - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Rob Cowles, Government Accountability Board, Elections

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Audit committee holds hearing on WEDC [Published WLUK - May 09 2013]
Wisconsin: Walker says there will be more money... [Published TwinCities.com - May 07 2013]
Pull sneaky stuff out of state budget [Published Capital Times - May 05 2013]
Scott Walker Goes to Bat for "Legal Thievery" i... [Published PR Watch - May 03 2013]
Another audit in WEDCs future [Published K99 WIGM - May 03 2013]
Wis. gov open to new audit of job-creation agency [Published CNBC - May 02 2013]
Lawmakers question WEDC future after audit [Published WISN Milwaukee - May 01 2013]
Editorial: WEDC must turn itself around quickly [Published Post Crescent - May 01 2013]
Audit details problems with semi-private agency [Published Winona Daily News - May 01 2013]
Audit details several problems with WEDC [Published WKOW TV - May 01 2013]
Audit details problems with semi-private agency [Published Channel 3000 - May 01 2013]
Legislators should trim policy items from budget [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Apr 28 2013]
Scott Walker's rent-to-own budget provision bri... [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Apr 27 2013]
Senator Talks About University of Wisconsin Tui... [Published WeAreGreenBay.com - Apr 23 2013]
Outrage grows as UW admits it 'did not draw att... [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Apr 22 2013]
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