Two Local Economic Development Bills To Be Considered By Legislature By Tom Larson To provide local communities with additional tools to promote local economic development, NAIOP-WI is pursuing two separate pieces of legislation dealing with special assessment b-bonds and tax increment financing. Special assessment b-bonds. The first piece of legislation would make changes to the [...]
View Post2013-15 Wisconsin State Budget Overview: Issues Important to NAIOP-WI Members By Tom Larson On February 20, 2013, Governor Walker officially introduced his 2013-15 State Budget. The state budget contains more than $630 million in tax relief for Wisconsin families and businesses, and general purpose revenue (GPR) spending increases at a moderate rate, rising 1.4% in [...]
View PostNAIOP WI Endorses Roggensack and Lanser; Walker Announces Economic Development and Transportation Initiatives; Mining Bill NAIOP Wisconsin Chapter Endorses in Supreme Court Race and City of New Berlin Mayoral Race The NAIOP Board of Directors unanimously approved a recommendation made by the Public Affairs Committee to endorse Pat Roggensack for the Wisconsin Supreme Court race as [...]
View PostThe Wisconsin Legislature Officially Kicks Off 2013-14 Legislative Session, By Tom Larson Set for 2013-2014 Session With the official swearing-in ceremony taking place on January 7th, the Wisconsin Legislature officially began the 2013-14 legislative session. The session will run from January 2013 until April 2014 with the first 6 months focusing primarily on the passage [...]
View PostDNR Proposes New Impervious Surface Standards Near Waterways By Tom Larson The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is proposing several new changes to the state’s shoreland zoning regulations (NR 115), which were revised in 2009 and will go into effect on January 1, 2014 unless the effective date is extended. For commercial development purposes, [...]
View PostRepublicans Regain Control of Both Houses in the Wisconsin Legislature By Tom Larson While Democrats won the top of the ticket races in Wisconsin, winning both the Presidential and U.S. Senate races, Republicans took control of the state legislature by holding their majority in the Assembly and winning two seats that were formerly held by [...]
View PostIn this Issue: NAIOP WI Meets with US Senate Candidate Tommy Thompson; DNR Completes Wetland General Permit; Governor Walker Outlines Priorities for 2013-15 State Budget Meeting with U.S. Senate Candidate Tommy Thompson On Wednesday, October 10, several members of NAIOP Wisconsin as well as Toby Burke from NAIOP’s Corporate Office met with U.S. Senate candidate [...]
View PostPriorities Proposed for Upcoming Legislative Session By Tom Larson In preparation for the upcoming 2013-14 legislative session, NAIOP-WI is in the process of developing a list of legislative priorities. The list will be used to guide NAIOP-WI’s lobbying efforts at the state level in trying to pass new laws to benefit or defeat proposals that [...]
View PostNovember Elections: Republicans Appear To Be In Good Postion to Retake Control of Both Houses in Wisconsin Legislature By Tom Larson Tom Larson With the primary election behind us, the table is now set for the November general election. Wisconsin will once again be in the national spotlight given its status as a swing state [...]
View PostNew Wetland Individual Permit Is Now Available By Tom Larson On July 1, 2012, Wisconsin’s new individual permit requirements for wetland disturbing activities went into effect. These new requirements were enacted as part of a wetlands regulatory reform law (2011 Wisconsin Act 118), which was approved by Wisconsin lawmakers in February. One of NAIOP-WI’s top [...]
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