Calls for Walker, Van Hollen to return funds; Asks Senate GOP to demand refund (MADISON) Senator Lena C. Taylor (D-Milwaukee), Ranking Democrat of the Joint Committee on Finance, this week joined the call from Milwaukee leaders, including Mayor Tom Barrett, for the return of raided foreclosure funds from the national mortgage settlement. Earlier this year, [...]

By Cassandra Lans Objections are continuing to grow over the State’s failure to direct all of the federal foreclosure settlement funds to victims who have lost homes, or facing the prospect of losing them. Last week, MICAH held a press conference that was attended by various city and state legislators including Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, [...]

By Lynda Jones This week Milwaukee Inner City Congregatons Allied for Hope (MICAH) organized a press conference to demand that ALL $31.6 million Foreclosure Fraud Settlement dollars be directed to homeowners. Governor Scott Walker and Attorney General JB Hollen have decided to use these dollars to plug up state budget holes instead. Leaders in MICAH [...]

Richards demands Van Hollen report on attorney time being devoted to politically-driven lawsuit Madison — State Rep. Jon Richards (D-Milwaukee), member of the Joint Committee on Finance and Chair of the Assembly Committee on Health and Health Reform, urged Governor-elect Scott Walker and Attorney General J.B Van Hollen to stop preparing a politically-motivated lawsuit to [...]

Candidates for Wisconsin Attorney General, J.B. Van Hollen and Scott Hassett, will be the guests for “On the Issues with Mike Gousha” at Marquette University Law School, Thursday, Oct. 7, at 12:15 p.m. The event will take place in Eckstein Hall, 1215 W. Michigan St. This will be the first joint campaign appearance for Van [...]

Eligibility standards updated for first time in 20 years Senator Spencer Coggs hailed the signing of his bill, Senate Bill (SB) 263, which was signed into law earlier this week by Governor Jim Doyle. Now known as 2009 Wisconsin Act 164, the new law will allow more defendants to qualify for Public Defender representation at [...]