Lest you wonder, here's what four more years of Jim Doyle will get you.
From The Capital Times:
From The Capital Times:
Preparing for state budget
Gov. Jim Doyle said Wednesday he wants to pump up job training and business investment in the next state budget.
The governor announced a plan Wednesday, dubbed Jobs for the Future, which calls for:
- Increasing funding for the Youth Apprenticeship Program from $1.1 million to $2.2 million annually. The program places high school students in workplaces ranging from manufacturing to insurance to biotechnology. Company officials also visit classes to teach students about their industries. The governor's office said the extra money would create spots in the program for at least 4,000 more students.
- Allocating $1.5 million to help manufacturers learn to work more efficiently.
- Offering $80 million in loans, tax credits and grants for private energy industries, which in turn would invest another $370 million in renewable fuels such as ethanol.
- Increasing funding for the Wisconsin Workforce Advancement Training Grants from $2 million to $8 million. Three-quarters of that money would go to manufacturers, which would contribute a 25 percent match. The rest of the money would go to state technical colleges for training workers.
- Creating a statewide manufacturing worker skills certification program. The governor said he wants 40 percent of the state's manufacturing workers to complete the program by 2016. Doyle spokesman Matt Canter said such a program would entice industries to locate in Wisconsin because the state's workforce would be better-trained and look more attractive.
The next state budget period begins July 1 and runs through June 30, 2009. The governor submits the initial version to the state Legislature, which spends months revising it. The full Legislature must approve the document and the governor must sign it before it can take effect.
Canter said the state can afford the increases because forecasters underestimated revenue projections. The governor also has asked each state agency to submit a plan detailing how it would cut 10 percent from its administrative costs, he said.
Doyle, a first-term Democratic governor, faces Republican Mark Green in the Nov. 7 general election.
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