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6/18/2013
Feingold Named U-S Envoy
Former U-S Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin was named this morning as a U-S envoy to a troubled region of Africa. Secretary-of-State John Kerry announced Feingold’s appointment at a State Department media briefing in Washington. Feingold headed the Senate Foreign Relations’ sub-committee on Africa when he served in the Senate from 1993 through 2010. Kerry said Feingold would help U-S efforts in what he called a “long-troubled region” in the Congo. Kerry said the stakes in that part of the world are very significant – and when the two served together in the Senate, Kerry said Feingold was quote, “the leading advocate and expert on Africa.” The nation’s top diplomat said there’s a need to help those involved in the conflicts find a path to peace, make those committing human rights abuses accountable, and break down barriers between humanitarian aid and civilians who need it. Feingold was unseated by Republican Ron Johnson in 2010. Since then, he has written a book. He’s also been a visiting professor at Marquette, Lawrence of Appleton, and Stanford. Assuming he serves through the rest of the Obama administration, Feingold would not be available to run for governor in 2014. One poll earlier this year showed that Feingold would be the most likely Democrat to defeat Republican Governor Scott Walker.
6/18/2013
State Senate Unanamiously Approves Tighter Controls on WEDC
On a 32-to-nothing vote today, the Wisconsin Senate agreed to put tighter controls on the state’s troubled Economic Development Corporation. Green Bay Republican Rob Cowles (coles) was among the bill’s main sponsors. He said people need to know where their tax dollars are being spent and quote, “We have to continue auditing this entity until we feel totally comfortable with it.” Under the bill, W-E-D-C board members would serve standard six-year terms instead of at the pleasure of the governor. The agency would be audited every year instead of every two years. The agency’s employees must observe state ethics laws. Also, the Joint Finance Committee would need to give its approval before the corporation can set up a private foundation. The reform bill now goes to the Assembly. The W-E-D-C was the subject of a critical audit a few weeks ago. Auditors said the agency did not adopt required policies, and did not keep adequate track of funds given and loaned to businesses for creating jobs.
6/18/2013
WI a Top Nine State in Reducing Youth Incarceration
Wisconsin is one of nine states that dramatically reduced its numbers of teens in detention centers during the last decade. That’s according to a report issued today by the National Juvenile Justice Network and the Center for Effective Justice in Texas. The report said the numbers of incarcerated youths dropped by 43-percent from 2001-through-2010. That’s four-percent more than the national decline of 39-percent. Back in 2000, the Badger State had 109-thousand juveniles who were held in detention centers either awaiting trials, or found delinquent by judges. That number dropped to 66-thousand by the end of 2010. Wisconsin and the other eight states all had huge increases in incarcerated youths from 1985-through-2000. Jim Moeser of the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families said the drop in teen detentions was due to strategic reforms at the state-and-local level which provided services to youths-and-families instead of just incarcerations. The other states recognized today were Washington, New York, Mississippi, Illinois, Texas, Ohio, California, and Connecticut.
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