Doyle's Plan; Governor Unveils $80 Million in Initiatives to Help Milwaukee. But Will Legislature Buy It?
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › February 08, 2007
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Gov. Jim Doyle put a sharp focus Wednesday on Milwaukee, but the future of his wide-ranging plan to boost spending for the area will depend more on whether lawmakers from outside the area like what they see.
Doyle's plan calls for putting more nurses in schools and police officers on the streets. It would clean up local rivers, train more residents for jobs and reduce the class sizes in public schools.See the full content of this document
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Doyle's Plan; Governor Unveils $80 Million in Initiatives to Help Milwaukee. But Will Legislature Buy It?
The plan also includes new or increased money for a youth summer jobs program; health care for people with AIDS; some funds for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail link; and money to study adding a School of Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Doyle did not offer a price tag for the plan, which mixes past announcements and increased money for current programs with new proposals. An aide later said that when proposals involving issuing bonds are not included, it...See the full content of this document
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