By M.D. Kittle — Pushing back against Gov. Tony Evers’ hefty capital budget proposal, state Building Commission Republicans on Thursday voted against each of the scores of project recommendations in Evers’ $2.5 billion borrowing plan. Read More Budget Battle Heats Up As Republicans Reject Evers’ $2.5 Billion Capital Borrowing Plan
Washing his hands of a prickly bit of business, the chairman of the Legislature’s Alcohol Beverages Enforcement Study Committee on Wednesday ended discussion — and potential legislation — on regulating so-called wedding barns and other emerging players in the state’s hospitality industry. Read More Wedding Barn Owner: Schimel Opinion ‘Political Payback’
Steve Nagy fled communism in his native Hungary in the 1950s, right on the heels of the takeover of his family’s foodservice businesses by communist thugs. Over the decades since, Nagy has worked hard to achieve the American Dream, opening and running a successful wedding barn business. But now, a legislative committee many believe is rigged in favor of established alcohol and hospitality industry interests is eyeing new regulations that threaten to make history repeat itself. Nagy shares his story on this week’s MacIver podcast. Read More MacIver Newsmakers: For Steve Nagy, Wedding Barn Crackdown Is All Too Familiar
