Doyle Pushes Initiatives for City Economy; He Tells Area Leaders of Budget Push to Attract Businesses, Pay for Job Retraining

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With his proposed budget under fire from Republican lawmakers in Madison, Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle came to Milwaukee Monday to press his case for a package of economic initiatives in his spending plan that he argued can address two of the most pressing problems facing the city's economy.

Doyle spoke before a meeting of the city's corporate and civic leaders to argue for $10 million in the state budget for job retraining and business attraction funds, even as fiscal constraints forced the governor to propose the elimination of more than 1,000 state jobs and $270 million in other state programs.

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Doyle Pushes Initiatives for City Economy; He Tells Area Leaders of Budget Push to Attract Businesses, Pay for Job Retraining

Doyle, who faces re-election next year, has seen the latest additions to his "Grow Wisconsin" economic strategy collide with partisan statehouse politics and a punishing national fiscal environment that has forced spending cuts and tax increases for leaders in Wis...

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