• Abrahamson, Shirley S., supreme court chief justice 8, 9, 578, 583, 725
• Academic excellence, division, public instruction department 484-85, 486
• Accidents, traffic, see Motor vehicles, crashes
• Accounting examining board 354, 496, 499
• Acid deposition research council 381
• Acts, Wisconsin (session laws) 274, 276, 278
• Adjutant general 354, 463, 468
  • list of, 1839 - 1962, see 1962 Blue Book, 200
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 193
• Administration department 328, 330, 334, 354, 376-94
• Administrative code 276, 278, 283-84, 290-91
• Administrative judicial districts 588
• Administrative rules clearinghouse 290-92
• Administrative rules review committee 283-84
• Adoption and medical assistance interstate compact 574
• Adult education, vocational 510-14
• Adult institutions division, corrections department 412, 416-17
• Adult offender supervision board,
  • interstate 354, 419
  • compact for 574
• Aerospace Authority, Wisconsin 354, 553
• AFDC, see Wisconsin Works (W-2)
• Affirmative action
  • council on 354, 391-92
  • division, employment relations department 390
  • special committee on 293-94
• Aging and long-term care, board on 354, 382-83
• Agreement on detainers 574
• Agricultural development division, agriculture, trade and consumer protection department 395, 397
• Agricultural producer security council 400
• Agricultural resource management division, agriculture, trade and consumer protection department 395, 397-98
• Agricultural safety and health center 535
• Agricultural statistician, state 395
• Agricultural statistics 615-24
• Agricultural statistics service, Wisconsin 395
• Agriculture, trade and consumer protection
  • board 354-55, 395, 397
  • department 328, 331, 354-55, 395-402
• Aid to families with dependent children,
  see Wisconsin Works (W-2)
• Air and waste division, natural resources department 472, 474-75
• Air pollution 333, 472, 474, 655
• Airport authorities, special committee on 294
• Airports, see Aviation
• Albers, Sheryl K., representative 53, 910-23
• Alcohol and other drug abuse, state council on 337, 355
• Alcohol and other drug abuse programs, council on, public instruction department 490
• Alcoholic beverages, significant legislation, 2005 session 312
• America's Dairyland 964
• Anderson, Terry C., director, legislative council 290
• Animal health division, agriculture, trade and consumer protection department 395, 398
• Animals, state (badger, cow, white-tailed deer) 964
• Appeals court 579, 585-86
  • vote for judges 892-93
• Appellate division, state public defender office 483
• Appointments by governor 339-74
• Apportionment
  • maps of districts 17, 20-98
  • population of districts 17
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
• Apprenticeship and training 547
• Apprenticeship council 550-51
• Archaeologist, state 447
• Architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyors examining board 355, 496, 499
• Archivist, state 448
• Arson 458, 460
• Articles, special, in Blue Books, 1960 to 2005 192-93
• Artistic endowment foundation, Wisconsin 329, 560-61
• Arts board 355, 515-16
• Asian population 802, 804-05, 808
• Assembly
  • caucus chairpersons 29, 33, 260
  • chief clerk 19, 86, 260, 264, 729-30
  • committees 261-62, 279-302
  • compensation 264-65
  • composition 277
  • elections 910-23
  • employees 268
  • majority leader 19, 45, 260, 728
    • assistant majority leader 19, 75, 260
  • maps of districts 20-84, 88-98
  • members, biographies and photos 21-85
  • members, list of, 1848 - 2007 119-89
  • minority leader 19, 63, 260, 728
    • assistant minority leader 19, 33, 260
  • officers 19, 260, 726-30
  • profile 261-68
  • sergeant at arms 19, 86, 260, 264, 729-30
  • sessions 265-66, 731-35
  • speaker 19, 83, 260, 726-27
  • speaker pro tempore 19, 59, 260
  • term of office 261, 262
• Assessment of manufacturing property 506
• Assessors, state board of 506
• Assigned counsel division, state public defender office 479
• Associations, statewide 625-39
• Athletic trainers affiliated credentialing board 497, 500
• Attorney general 326-27, 458, 460
  • biography and photo 6, 7
  • elections 929-30
  • list of, 1848 - 2007 722-23
• Attorneys, admission to bar 603
• Auctioneer board 355, 496, 499
• Auctioneers, licensing of 496
• Audit bureau, legislative 305-06
• Audit committee, joint legislative 290
• Autism advisory council 341
• Authorities, state 329, 553-59
• Automatic fire sprinkler system contractors and journeymen council 407
• Automobiles
  • crashes 852-54
  • registrations 520, 524, 851
  • usage and gasoline mileage 642
• Aviation 522, 524, 848-49
  • fuel tax 828
• Azar, Lauren, commissioner, public service commission 369, 492

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• BadgerCare program 439, 822
• Baldwin, Tammy, congresswoman 13, 736, 738, 899, 902
• Ballad, state ("Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams") 965-66
• Ballweg, Joan, representative 47, 910-23
• Banking division, financial institutions department 430, 431
• Banking review board 356, 433
• Banks, statistics 645-47
• Bar association, see State bar of Wisconsin
• Bar examiners board 580, 598-99
• Baraboo/Sauk county college - UW 534, 659, 660
• Barbering and cosmetology examining board 356, 496, 499
• Barish, Lawrence S., research manager, LRB ii, iv, 307
• Barron county college - UW 534, 659, 660
• Bauman, Susan, commissioner, employment relations commission 359, 427
• Bay-Lake regional planning commission 562
• Benedict, Chuck, representative 49, 910-23
• Berceau, Terese, representative 71, 910-23
• Beverage, state (milk) 965
• Bicycle coordinating council 341-42
• Bies, Garey, representative 21, 910-23
• Biographies and pictures 4-86
  • index to biographies 2-3
• Bird, state (robin) 963
• Birth defect prevention and surveillance, council on 441
• Birth records, statistics 333, 809-11
• Black, Spencer, representative 71, 910-23
• Black population 802, 804-05, 808
• Blazel, Edward (Ted), senate sergeant at arms 18, 86, 260, 729-30
• Blind
  • blind and visual impairment education council 490
  • blindness council 441
  • business enterprise program 549
  • center for 486, 487
• Blue Book 308-09
  • artwork and photographs ii
  • distribution i
  • governor's foreword iii
  • introduction iv-v
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192-93
  • table of contents vi-x
• Board services division, regulation and licensing department 495, 502
• Boyle, Frank, representative 69, 910-23
• Bradley, Ann Walsh, supreme court justice 8, 9, 578, 583, 725
• Bradley center sports and entertainment corporation 356, 560
• Breske, Roger M., senator 42, 905-09
• Broadcasting stations 797-99
• Budget, state 274, 376, 380
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
  • statistics 827-30
• Building commission 285, 356
• Building inspector review board 356, 410
• Building program, state 285, 380
• Buildings and safety, significant legislation, 2005 session 312, 322
• Burial sites preservation board 356, 452
• Burke, Mary P., secretary, commerce department 357, 402
• Burmaster, Elizabeth, state superintendent of public instruction 6, 7, 326, 484, 723
• Busalacchi, Frank, secretary, transportation department 372, 516
• Business and consumer law, significant legislation, 2005 session 312, 322
• Business council, governor's 342
• Business development division, commerce department 403, 405
• Business management division, transportation department 520, 524
• Butler, Louis B., Jr., supreme court justice 9, 10, 578, 583, 725

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• Campaign financing 262, 422, 434, 884-86
• Campus safety, governor's task force 342-43
• Capital area regional planning commission 563
• Capitol and executive residence board, state 371, 389
• Capitol police, division of 376, 379
• Capitol press corps 269
• Capitol visitor's guide 194-95
• Carpenter, Tim, senator 18, 24, 260, 905-09
• Cartographer, state 535
• Caucus chairpersons 29, 33, 50, 58, 260
• Caucuses, legislative 260, 262
• Cemetery board 356, 496, 499
• Centers for the developmentally disabled 436, 439, 825
• Central Wisconsin center for the developmentally disabled 436, 825
• Certification standards review council 381-82
• CESA, see Cooperative educational service agencies
• Charitable gaming office 378
• Charter schools, special committee on 295
• Charter schools, statistics 674
• Chiarkas, Nicholas, state public defender 482
• Chief clerks, legislature 18, 19, 86, 260, 264
  • list of, 1848 - 2007 729-30
• Child abuse and neglect prevention board 356, 443
• Children
  • child support 440, 547, 549
  • delinquent 417, 825
  • handicapped 487
  • institutions for 415-16, 417, 825
  • significant legislation, 2005 session 313-14
• Children and family services division, health and family services department 436, 438
• Chiropractic examining board 348, 498, 499
• Cigarette tax 828
• Circuit courts 579, 587-92
  • clerks 746
  • current judges 589-92
  • vote for judges 894-96
• Circus world museum 450, 712
  • foundation 356
• Cities
  • government 255
  • incorporation year, number, population 740, 749-52
• Citizen corps council, state of Wisconsin 343
• Civil defense, see Emergency management division
• Civil law, significant court decisions 609-12
• Civil service, see Classified service
• Claims (against the state) board 356, 383
• Clancy, Daniel, president and state director, technical college system 510
• Classified service 329-30, 390-91, 740-42
• Climate
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
  • temperature and precipitation 690
• Coastal management council, Wisconsin 343-44
• Coat of arms, state 962
• Coggs, Spencer, senator 30, 260, 905-09
• Collective bargaining 330, 390-91
• College savings program board 357, 510
• Colleges, University of Wisconsin 534-35, 659
• Colleges and universities, private 663
• Colón, Pedro, representative 25, 910-23
• Columbia correctional institution 412, 825
• Colwin, Jane, state law librarian 594
• Commerce and industry 331-32
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
  • statistics 640-47
• Commerce department 328, 331-32, 357, 402-11
• Commercial fishing boards 363, 481
• Committees, legislature 267-68, 270-72, 279-302
• Communications and industry services bureau, tourism department 514
• Community-based economic development program 405
• Community corrections division, corrections department 415, 417
• Community youth and family aids program 417
• Compensation and labor relations division, state employment relations office 390, 391
• Congressional district map, population 17
• Congressional representatives from Wisconsin 11-16
  • list of, 1848 - 2007 736-39
  • territory of Wisconsin, see 1944 Blue Book, 354
  • vote 897-904
• Conservation, see Environment
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
• Conservation and recreation statistics 648-57
• Conservation congress 480
• Conservation fund 831
• Constitution, Wisconsin 198-240, 252, 261
  • table of contents 198-99
  • votes on amendments 241-46
• Constitutional amendments 241, 246, 887
  • significant legislation, 2005 session 314, 322
• Constitutional law, significant court decisions 605
• Constitutional officers, departments 327
  • attorney general 6, 7, 326, 458-62
    • list of, 1848 - 2007 722-23
  • biographies and photos 4-7
  • current, list of 326
  • governor 4, 5, 326, 335-38
    • list of, since 1848 720
  • lieutenant governor 4, 7, 326, 375
    • list of, 1848 - 2007 721
  • public instruction, state superintendent 6, 7, 326, 484-92
    • list of, 1848 - 2007 723
  • residences 326
  • salaries 326
  • secretary of state 6, 7, 326, 508-09
    • list of, 1848 - 2007 721-22
  • state treasurer 6, 7, 326, 509-10
    • list of, 1848 - 2007 722
• Consumer protection 331, 397-98
• Contractor certification council 407
• Controlled substances board 357, 497, 499
• Conveyance safety code council 407
• Cooperative educational service agencies (CESA) 332
• Coroners and medical examiners, special committee on powers and duties of 297
• Corporate and consumer services division, financial institutions department 430, 431-32
• Corporations 332, 430-32, 645
  • income tax 828, 839
• Correctional institutions
  • adult 412-17, 825
  • juvenile 415-17, 825
  • population and expenditures 824, 825
• Correctional system, significant legislation, 2005 session 314
• Corrections compact 574
• Corrections department 328, 334, 357, 412-19
  • parole and probation, see Division of hearings and appeals
• Counselors examining board, see Marriage and family therapy, professional counseling and social work examining board
• Counties
  • clerks' addresses 745
  • area 743
  • board chairpersons 255, 744
  • circuit court clerks 255, 746
  • clerks 254, 745
  • coroners 255, 747
  • county seats 743
  • creation date 743
  • district attorneys 254, 747
  • executives, administrators 255, 744
  • highways 850
  • medical examiners 255, 747
  • number of 252, 740
  • population 743
  • registers of deeds 255, 746
  • sheriffs 254, 747
  • supervisors, number of 254, 744
  • surveyors 255, 748
  • treasurers 255, 746
• Court commissioners
  • circuit court 589
  • supreme court 583-84
• Courts 252, 254, 579-93
  • administrative districts, circuit courts 587, 588
  • appeals court 585-86
  • circuit courts 587, 592
  • commissioners 583-84, 589
  • director of state courts 594
  • elections 889-96
  • judges 578, 583, 585-86, 589-92
  • law library, state 594-95
  • municipal courts 580, 593
  • profile 579-82
  • supreme court 583-84
  • supreme court, appeals court decisions 605-12
• Courts and civil actions, significant legislation, 2005 session 314, 322
• Cowles, Robert L., senator 22, 905-09
• Credit union review board 357, 434
• Credit unions, office of 357, 433-34
• Credit unions, statistics 647
• Crematory authority council 357, 496, 499
• Crime and criminal procedure, significant legislation, 2005 session 314-15, 323
• Crime victim compensation program 460
• Crime victims council 462
• Crime victims rights board 357, 462
• Crime victims services office 458, 460
• Crimes against children, special committee on review of 297-98
• Criminal investigation division, justice department 458, 460
• Criminal law, significant court decisions 606-09
• Criminals, legal representation, see State public defender office
• Criminal penalties, joint review committee 286, 357
• Crooks, N. Patrick, supreme court justice 9, 10, 578, 583, 725
• Cullen, David A., representative 29, 910-23
• Curriculum advisory committee, law enforcement standards board 463
• Customer and employee services division, natural resources department 472, 475
• Customer and technology services bureau, tourism department 514-15

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• Dairy center authority, world, see World dairy center authority
• Dance, state (polka) 965
• Darling, Alberta, senator 34, 905-09
• Davis, Brett H. representative 73, 910-23
• Deaf, school for 487
• Deaf and hard of hearing, council for the 357, 441
• Deaf and hard-of-hearing education council 490-91
• Death records, statistics 809, 810, 812
• Debt, public 380, 843-45
• Decker, Russell S., senator 76, 905-09
• Deferred compensation board 357, 425
• Delinquent children 417, 825
• Democratic party, state 858, 861-65
• Dentistry examining board 357, 497, 499
• Departments of state government 328
• Dependent children, aid to families with,
  see Wisconsin Works (W-2)
• Depository selection board 383
• Designers examining board, see Architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyors examining board
• Detainers, agreement on 574
• Development finance board 358, 410
• Development programs 403, 405
• Development zone program 405
• Developmental disabilities, council on 358, 444
• Developmentally disabled 436, 439
• Dietitians, affiliated credentialing board 358, 498
• Disabilities, council on physical 445
• Disabilities, governor's committee for people with 344
• Disability board 338
• Disabled, see Handicapped
• Disaster preparedness planning, special committee on 295
• Discrimination, significant legislation, 2005 session 315
• Discrimination in employment 333, 549
• Disease prevention 438-39
• District attorney funding and administration, special committee on 295
• District attorneys 254, 747
• Divorces 809, 811
• Document depository libraries, Wisconsin 614
• Dodge correctional institution 412, 825
• Dog, state (American water spaniel) 965
• Domestic abuse, council on 358, 441-42
• Domestic relations
  • significant legislation, 2005 session 315
• Doyle, Jim, governor 4, 5, 326, 335-38, 720, 924, 925, 933-60
• Driver licensing 520, 524
• Dry cleaner environmental response council 358, 478
• Dwelling code council 358, 407-08

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• Early intervention interagency coordinating council 345
• East Central Wisconsin regional planning commission 563
• Eau Claire campus, UW system 530, 537, 659, 660
• Ebert, Dan, commissioner, public service commission 369, 492
• Economic development, state 332, 403, 405
• Education
  • significant legislation, 2005 session 315-17, 323
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
  • statistics 658-75
• Education commission of the states 358, 569
• Educational approval board 359, 513-14
• Educational communications board 328, 332, 359, 420-21
• Educational division, educational communications board 420, 421
• Educational radio and television 420-21, 797, 799
• eHealth care quality and patient safety board 345-46
• Election administration council 423
• Election campaign fund, Wisconsin 422, 886
• Election process, Wisconsin 880-86
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
• Election statistics
  • attorney general, vote by county, 2006 929-30
  • circuit court judges, 2006-2007 894-96
  • constitutional amendments, historical table 241-46
  • constitutional amendment 887
  • court of appeals judges, 2006-2007 892-93
  • governor
    • historical table 717-20
    • vote by county, 2006 924, 926
    • vote by ward, 2006 933-60
  • lieutenant governor
    • vote by county, 2006 925, 926
    • vote by ward, 2006 933-60
  • members of 110th Congress, 2006 897-904
  • president, historical table 714-16
  • representatives to the assembly
    • vote by county, 2006 910-17
    • vote by district, 2006 918-23
  • secretary of state, vote by county, 2006 927-28
  • state senators
    • vote by county, 2006 905-07
    • vote by district, 2006 908-09
  • state treasurer, vote by county, 2006 931-32
  • statewide referenda, historical table 247-48
  • supreme court justices, 2007 889-91
• Elections
  • significant legislation, 2005 session 317, 323
• Elections board 328, 334, 359, 421-22
• Elections in Wisconsin 879-960
• Elective state officers 4-7
  • list of, 1848 - 2007 720-25
• Electronic recording council 359, 383-84
• Ellis, Michael G., senator 56, 905-09
• Emergency management assistance compact 574
• Emergency management division, military affairs department 359, 466, 471
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 193
• Emergency medical services board 359, 444
• Eminent domain, significant legislation, 2005 session 317
• Employee trust funds
  • board 359, 423, 424
  • department 328, 334, 423-26
• Employees, legislature 268
• Employees suggestion board, state 390, 392
• Employment, significant legislation, 2005 session 317, 323
• Employment and income statistics 676-86
• Employment and training division, workforce development department 547, 549
• Employment programs 546-52
• Employment relations
  • commission 328, 333, 359, 427
  • office, state 334, 359, 390-92
  • joint committee on 287, 330
• Endangered resources program 472, 476
• Energy division, administration department 368, 379
• Energy statistics 640-42
• Enforcement and science division, natural resources department 472, 475
• Enforcement division, regulation and licensing department 495, 502
• Engineering services division, educational communications board 420, 421
• Engineers examining board,  see Architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyors examining board
• Enrollment in schools 659-63, 666-67, 673
• Enterprise operations division, administration department 376, 379
• Enterprise services division
  • health and family services department 436, 438-39
  • revenue department 503, 505
• Enterprise technology division, administration department 376, 379-80
• Environment
  • significant legislation, 2005 session 317
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
• Environmental and regulatory services division, commerce department 404, 405
• Environmental education
  • board 539-40
  • center for 535
• Environmental resources 332-33
• Equal rights division, workforce development department 547, 549
• Erpenbach, Jon B., senator 72, 805-09
• Ervin, Roger M., secretary, revenue department 370, 503
• Estate tax 828, 839
• Ethan Allen school 330, 416, 418, 825
• Ethics board 328, 334, 359, 428-29
• Ethics code 334, 428, 434
• Excise tax 828, 839
• Executive branch 252, 253-54, 323-576
  • governor 331, 335-38
  • lieutenant governor 331, 375
  • profile 327-34
• Executive budget and finance division, administration department 376, 380
• Exports statistics 644
• Expunction of criminal records, special committee on 295
• Extended supervision 417, 418
• Extension, UW system 534, 535, 537-38, 661
• Extraordinary session, legislature 266

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• Fair, state 518-20
  • board 371, 518-20
• Fair employment 333, 547, 549
• Fair housing 547, 549
• Family supports division, workforce development department 547, 549
• Famous Wisconsin citizens, list of 703-06
• Farm assets reinvestment management loan program 558
• Farm statistics 615-24
• Farmland advisory council 506-07
• Feature article 99-191
  • special articles in prior Blue Books, 1960 - 2007 192-93
• Federal aids and tax receipts 839-42
• Federal-state relations office 359
• Feingold, Russell D., U.S. senator 12, 739, 897-98
• Fields, Jason M., representative 27, 910-23
• Fertilizer research council 400-01
• Finance, joint committee on 274, 287-88
• Finance, state, see State and local finance
• Finance and management division, public instruction department 485, 487
• Finance division, technical college system 510-11, 512
• Financial institutions department 328, 332, 359, 429-34
• Financial institutions statistics 645-47
• Financial literacy, governor's council on 346
• Fire department dues program 454, 828
• Fire investigation (arson) 458, 460
• Fire sprinkler system examining council,
  see Automatic fire sprinkler system contractors and journeymen council
• Fiscal bureau, legislative 306-07
• Fiscal estimates 270
• Fish and wildlife management 333, 472, 474, 476-77
• Fish, state (muskellunge) 964
• Fish statistics 649
• Fitzgerald, Jeff, representative 19, 45, 260, 910-23
• Fitzgerald, Scott L., senator 18, 44, 260, 905-09
• Flag, state 963
• Floor leaders, legislative 18, 19, 44, 45, 48, 63, 260, 264, 726-28
• Flower, state (wood violet) 963
• Fond du Lac college - UW 534, 659, 660
• Food inspection 331, 395, 398
• Food safety division, agriculture, trade and consumer protection department 395-96, 398
• Forest crop tax 828
• Forest management 472, 475-76
• Forest resources
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
• Forestry division, natural resources department 472, 475-76
• Forestry, council on 360, 478
• Forests, state 333, 472, 475, 650-57
• Forward Wisconsin, Inc. 404
• Fossil, state (trilobite) 965
• Fox Lake correctional institution 412, 825
• Fox river navigational authority 360, 553-54
• Fox Valley college - UW 534, 659, 660
• Framework of Wisconsin government 252-55
  • organization chart 256-57
  • state agencies location 250-51
• Frank, Matthew J., secretary, corrections department 357, 412
• Friske, Donald, representative 43, 910-23
• Fruit, state (cranberry) 966
• Fuller, Patrick, assembly chief clerk 19, 86, 260, 729-30
• Funeral directors examining board 360, 496, 499

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• G.A.R. memorial hall museum, see Wisconsin veterans museum
• Game management 333, 472, 476
• Game statistics 649
• Gaming division, administration department 378, 380
• Garthwaite, Phil, representative 53, 910-23
• Gas and energy division, public service commission 492, 493
• Gasoline tax 642, 828, 831, 832, 836
• Gassman, Roberta, secretary, workforce development department 373, 546
• General election, see Election statistics
• Geography
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
  • statistics 687-90
• Geologist, state 535
• Geologists, hydrologists, and soil scientists examining board 360, 496, 499
• Gift tax 828, 839
• Global warming, governor's task force on 346
• Goldman, Amie, executive director, health insurance risk-sharing plan 554
• Gordon, Paul P., commissioner, employment relations commission 359, 427
• Gottlieb, Mark, representative 19, 59, 260, 910-23
• Government, special articles in prior Blue Books 192 93
• Government accountability board 328, 422, 429, 434-35
• Government employees, state and local 329-30, 390, 740-42
• Government records division, secretary of state 508, 509
• Government statistics, local 740-77
• Governor 252, 253, 323, 326, 327, 328, 335-74
  • appointments by 331, 339-74
  • biography and photo 4, 5
  • biographies 1849 - 1959, see 1960 Blue Book, 69-206
  • elections 924, 925, 933-60
  • list of, 1848 - 2007 720
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 193
  • territory of Wisconsin,  see 1935 Blue Book, 163
  • vetoes 253, 275, 331, 335-36, 731-35
  • votes for, 1848 - 2006 717-19
• Governor's special committees 341-53
• Governor's statutory councils 337-38
• Grain, state (corn) 965
• Grand army home for veterans, see Veterans affairs department
• Great Lakes compact commission, Wisconsin 360, 569-70
• Great Lakes protection fund 360, 570
• Great Lakes water resources compact, special committee on 296
• Great river road 573
• Green party, Wisconsin 858, 866-70
• Green Bay campus, UW system 530-31, 537, 659, 660
• Green Bay correctional institution 412, 825
• Grigsby, Tamara D., representative 31, 260, 910-23
• Gronemus, Barbara, representative 81, 910-23
• Grothman, Glenn, senator 58, 260
  see also 2005-2006 Blue Book, 909-13
• Groundwater advisory committee 339
• Groundwater coordinating council 360, 480
• Group insurance board 360, 425-26
• Gunderson, Scott L., representative 75, 910-23
• Gundrum, Mark, representative 19, 75, 260, 910-23

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• Hahn, Eugene, representative 51, 910-23
• Handicapped
  • blind and visual impairment education council 490
  • blindness council 441
  • deaf and hard of hearing, council for the 357, 441
  • deaf and hard-of-hearing education council 490-91
  • developmental disabilities, council on 358, 444
  • disabilities, governor's committee for people with 344
  • education 486, 487
  • institutions 438, 439, 825
  • physical disabilities, council on 368, 445
  • special education, council on 492
  • student grants 446
  • vocational rehabilitation 547-49
• Hansen, Dave, senator 18, 78, 260
  see also 2005-2006 Blue Book, 909-13
• Harbors 523, 524, 856
• Harsdorf, Sheila E., senator 38
  see also 2005-2006 Blue Book, 909-13
• Hassett, Scott, secretary, natural resources department 367, 471
• Hayden, Kevin, secretary, health and family services department 361, 435
• Health and educational facilities authority, Wisconsin (WHEFA) 329, 360, 556, 845
• Health and family services department 328, 333, 361, 435-45
• Health and social services, significant legislation, 2005 session 317-18
• Health care financing 436, 439, 822, 823
• Health care financing division, health and family services department 436, 439
• Health care liability insurance plan 361, 455
• Health insurance risk-sharing plan authority (HIRSP) 329, 361, 554
• Health statistics 809-12
• Healthy Wisconsin council 346-47
• Hearing and speech examining board 361, 497, 499
• Hearings and appeals division 385
• Hebl, Gary Alan, representative 51, 910-23
• Heinemann, Lorrie Keating, secretary, financial institutions department 359, 429
• Herbarium, Wisconsin state 535
• High points in Wisconsin 687, 689
• High-technology business development corporation (Wisconsin technology council) 329, 561
• Higher educational aids board 328, 332, 361, 446
• Higher educational aids corporation 446
• Highway safety, council on 361, 526
• Highway weight limits, special committee on 296
• Highways
  • aids, finance 828, 832-33, 834
  • crashes 852-54
  • general 254, 333
  • state patrol division, transportation department 522, 524
  • statistics 848, 850-54
  • transportation investment management division, transportation department 522-23, 524
  • transportation system development division, transportation department 523, 524-25
• Hilgenberg, Steve, representative 53, 910-23
• Hines, J.A., representative 47, 910-23
• Hintz, Gordon, representative 55, 910-23
• Historian, state 447
• Historic preservation
  • historic preservation - public history, division of, state historical society 447, 450
  • review board 361, 452-53
• Historic sites division, state historical society 447-48, 450
• Historic sites in Wisconsin 707
• Historical markers 707-13
• Historical records advisory board, state 347
• Historical society, state 328, 332, 447-53
  • curators, board of 371, 447, 450
  • historical society endowment fund council 362, 452
• History of Wisconsin
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 193
  • statistics 691-739
  • votes on constitutional amendments and statewide referenda 241-248
• Hixson, Kim, representative 49, 910-23
• Home improvement loan program 543, 557-58
• Home inspectors, licensing of 501
• Home loan program 577
• Homeland security council, governor's 347
• Homestead tax credit 505
• Honadel, Mark R., representative 33, 260, 910-23
• House of representatives, U.S., see Congressional representatives from Wisconsin
• Housing and community development division, commerce department 404, 405-06
• Housing and economic development authority, Wisconsin (WHEDA) 329, 362, 557-58, 845
• Housing discrimination 549
• Housing rehabilitation 558
• Hraychuck, Ann, representative 39, 260, 910-23
• Hubler, Mary, representative 69, 910-23
• Huebsch, Michael D., representative 19, 83, 260, 727, 910-23
• Human services,  see Health and family services department; Public assistance; Social security; Social services statistics
• Humane officer, state 395
• Humanities council, Wisconsin 339
• Hutchison, Connie, executive secretary, higher educational aids board 361, 446
• Hygiene laboratory board 363, 539

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• Imprisonment, wrongful, see Claims board
• Income, sales and excise tax division, revenue department 503, 505
• Income statistics
  • by industry 676, 677-81, 684-85
  • gross 683
  • personal 676, 678, 686
• Income tax 503, 505, 826, 828, 836, 837, 839
• Incorporation review board 384-85
• Indebtedness, public 844-45
• Independent agencies 328-29
• Independent living council, statewide 347-48
• Indian gaming 324
• Indians
  • population 800, 802, 804, 805, 806, 808
  • reservations 806
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
  • tribal chairpersons 807
• Industrial development, see Commerce department
• Industrial education, see Wisconsin technical college system
• Industrial revenue bond program 405
• Industry
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
  • statistics 640, 643, 644
• Information policy and technology, joint committee on 289
• Information technology division, employee trust funds department 423, 424
• Information technology management board 362, 385
• Inheritance tax 828, 839
• Injured patients and families compensation fund 361, 455
• Injured patients and families compensation fund peer review council 455-56
• Insect, state (honey bee) 964
• Institutions, state
  • correctional 412-19
  • mental 438, 439
  • population 824-25
  • state supported programs study and advisory committee, joint legislative 301-02
• Insurance
  • regulation of rates 453-54
  • security fund 455
  • state employees' group 424-25
  • state life insurance fund 454
  • tax on premiums 828
• Insurance, office of the commissioner 328, 332, 362, 453-56
• Insurance security fund board 455
• Insurance services division, employee trust funds department 423, 424
• Intergovernmental relations division, administration department 378, 380
• Interior designers, licensing of 501
• International and export development division, commerce department 404, 406
• International trade council 348-49
• Interoperability executive council, state 349
• Interstate adult offender supervision board 354, 419
• Interstate agencies 569-73
• Interstate compacts 362, 574-76
• Interstate juvenile supervision, state board for 419
• Invasive species council 362, 480-81
• Investment and local impact fund board 362, 507
• Investment board, state of Wisconsin 328, 334, 362, 456-58

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• Jackson, Cecilia M., secretary, regulation and licensing department 369, 495
• Jackson correctional institution 414, 417, 825
• Jauch, Robert, senator 68, 905-09
• Jeskewitz, Suzanne, representative 35, 910-23
• Joint legislative council, see Legislative council
• Jorgensen, Andy, representative 45, 910-23
• Judd, R. Roth, executive director, ethics board 428
• Judges
  • appeals, court of 579, 585-86
  • circuit courts 579, 587-92
  • elections, see Election statistics
  • supreme court 8-10, 578, 579, 583, 724-25
• Judicial
  • administrative districts 588
  • branch 252, 254, 577-612
    • special articles in prior Blue Books 193
  • commission 362, 580, 601-02
  • conduct advisory committee 599
  • conference 599-600
  • council 362, 580, 602
  • education committee 580, 600
  • elections 889-96
  • profile 579-82
• Judicial selection, governor's advisory council on 349
• Justice assistance office 362, 385-86
• Justice department 328, 334, 458-63
• Justices, supreme court, Wisconsin 8-10, 578, 579, 583, 724-25, 889-91
  • list of, 1836 - 2007 724-25
• Juvenile corrections division, corrections department 415-16, 417
• Juvenile justice commission, governor's 349-50
• Juveniles, interstate commission for 570-71
• Juveniles, interstate compact for 575
• Juveniles, interstate compact on 362, 575

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• Kagen, Steve, congressman 16, 901, 904
• Kanavas, Theodore J., senator 84, 905-09
• Kapanke, Daniel E., senator 82
  see also 2005-2006 Blue Book, 909-13
• Kaufert, Dean R., representative 57, 910-23
• Kedzie, Neal J., senator 40, 905-09
• Kennedy, Kevin J., executive secretary, elections board 421
• Kerkman, Samantha, representative 63, 910-23
• Kessler, Frederick P., representative 27, 910-23
• Kestell, Steve, representative 37, 910-23
• Kettle Moraine correctional institution 414, 417, 825
• Kickapoo reserve management board 363, 517
• Kiesow, Harlan P., chief executive officer, Fox river navigational system authority 553
• Kind, Ron, congressman 14, 736, 738, 899, 902
• Kleefisch, Joel, representative 45, 910-23
• Kohl, Herbert H., U.S. senator 11, 739, 897, 898
• Kramer, Bill, representative 85, 910-23
• Kreitlow, Pat, senator 64, 905-09
• Kreunen, Rodney W., railroad commissioner 369, 494
• Kreuser, James E., representative 19, 63, 260, 728, 910-23
• Krusick, Peggy, representative 25, 910-23

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• Labor, see Employment relations commission; Office of state employment relations; Personnel commission; Workforce development department
• Labor and industry review commission 363, 552
• Labor and management council 363, 551
• Laboratories, state
  • agricultural 397, 398
  • crime 459, 460
  • laboratory of hygiene board 363, 539
• La Crosse campus, UW system 531, 537, 659, 660
• La Follette, Douglas J., secretary of state 6, 7, 326, 508, 722, 927, 928
• La Follette (Robert M.) institute of public affairs 537
• Lake Michigan commercial fishing board 363, 481
• Lake states wood utilization consortium 363
• Lake Superior commercial fishing board 363, 481
• Lakes, largest in Wisconsin 687
• Lambeau field 329, 567-68
• Land, special articles in prior Blue Books 192
• Land acquisition, state 648, 656
• Land and inland lake areas, by county 688
• Land and water conservation board 363, 401
• Land division, natural resources department 472, 476-77
• Land surveyors examining board, see Architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyors examining board
• Lands, commissioners of public 387-88
• Landscape architects examining board,
  see Architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyors examining board
• Lang, Robert, director, legislative fiscal bureau 306
• Lasee, Alan J., senator 20, 905-09
• Lasee, Frank G., representative 21, 910-23
• Lassa, Julie M., senator 66
  see also 2005-2006 Blue Book, 909-13
• Law enforcement services division, justice department 458-59, 460-61
• Law enforcement standards board 363, 462-63
• Law library, state 580, 594-95
• Law revision committee 293
• Lawyer regulation, office of 595-98
• Lawton, Barbara, lieutenant governor 4, 7, 326, 375, 721, 925, 926, 933-60
• Lazich, Mary A., senator 74
  see also 2005-2006 Blue Book, 909-13
• Learning support: equity and advocacy division, public instruction department 485-86, 487
• Legal aid, criminals 482-84
• Legal services division, justice department 459-60, 461
• Legislation, summary, 2005 session 312-24
• Legislative audit, joint committee on 290
• Legislative audit bureau 290, 299, 300, 305-06
• Legislative branch 252, 253, 259-324
• Legislative council, joint 268, 290-99, 300
  • committees 292-99
• Legislative district maps 20-98
• Legislative fiscal bureau 299, 300, 306-07
• Legislative organization, joint committee on 266, 292, 299-301
• Legislative reference bureau 270, 271, 273, 274, 299, 300, 307-09
• Legislative technology services bureau 299, 300, 310-11
• Legislature 252, 253, 259-324
  • biographies and photos 20-85
  • caucus chairpersons 29, 33, 50, 58, 260
  • chief clerks 18, 19, 86, 260, 264, 270, 729-30
  • committees 263, 267-68, 270-72, 279-82, 283-304
  • elections 262, 905-23
    • for 2004 state senate election, see 2005-2006 Blue Book, 909-13
  • employees 262, 268
  • floor leaders 18-19, 260
  • hearings 270-73
  • history 261
  • hotline 260
  • how a bill becomes a law 270-74
  • internet information 260, 269
  • legislative service agencies,
    see also each agency 268, 290-99, 305-11
  • majority leaders 18, 19, 45, 48, 260, 728
    • assistant majority leaders 18, 19, 75, 78, 260
  • maps of districts 20-98
  • minority leaders 18, 19, 44, 63, 260, 728
    • assistant minority leaders 18, 19, 33, 36, 260
  • news media correspondents 269
  • officers 18, 19, 260, 262-64, 726-30
  • parliamentary procedure 272
    • special articles in prior Blue Books 193
  • personal data on members 116-17, 188-89
  • pictures 20-86
  • political composition 277
  • president, senate 18, 70, 260, 262, 726-27
  • president pro tempore, senate 18, 24, 260, 262, 726-27
  • profile of legislative branch 261-68
  • publications 266-67, 269, 276, 278
  • representatives to the assembly 21-85, 260-68
  • salaries of legislators 264-65
  • schedule 265
  • senators 20-84, 260-68
  • sergeants at arms 18, 19, 86, 260, 264, 268, 729-30
  • service, legislative, how to order
    (bills, acts, journals, bulletins) 276
  • service agencies 268, 290-99, 305-11
  • sessions 261, 265-66, 731-35
  • speaker, assembly 19, 83, 260, 264, 265, 726-27
  • speaker pro tempore, assembly 19, 59, 260, 264
  • summary of 2005 legislation 312-24
  • telephone numbers, legislators' 20-85
  • vetoes 253, 261, 273-74, 275, 331, 731-35
• Legislatures, 1848 - 2007
  • chief clerk, 1848 - 2007 729-30
  • majority and minority leaders, 1937 - 2007 728
  • members, list of, 1848 - 2007 99-191
  • officers, list of, 1848 - 2007 726-28
  • president, senate
    • 1848 - 1979 (lieutenant governor) 721
    • 1979 - 2007 726-27
  • president pro tempore, senate
    • 1848 - 2007 726-27
  • sergeant at arms, 1848 - 2007 729-30
  • speaker of the assembly, 1848 - 2007 726-27
• Lehman, John W., senator 60, 905-09
• Leibham, Joseph K., senator 18, 36, 260, 905-09
• LeMahieu, Daniel R., representative 59, 910-23
• Libertarian party, state 858, 871-73
• Libraries, public 486, 487-88, 491, 614, 675
• Libraries, Wisconsin state depository 614
• Libraries, technology and community learning division, public instruction department 486, 487-88
• Library, historical 448, 450-51
• Library, legislative reference bureau 307-09
• Library, state law 580, 594-95
• Library and archives division, state historical society 448, 450-51
• Library and network development, council on 364, 491
• Licensed practical nurses examining council 499, 500
• Licenses, drivers 333, 520, 524, 848, 852-53
• Licenses and permits, fish, game, boats 474, 649
• Licensing, trades and occupations 331, 495-503
• Lieutenant governor 4, 7, 326, 327, 375
  • elections 925, 926, 933-60
  • list of, 1848 - 2007 721
• Life insurance fund, state 453, 454
• Lincoln Hills school 330, 460, 825
• Linked deposit loan program 558
• Liquor and wine tax 828, 836
• Livestock facility siting review board 401-02
• Loan originator review council 433
• Lobbying 254, 334, 428-29, 434-35
• Local government 254-55
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
• Local government finance 826, 827, 832-33, 835, 837, 838, 841-47
• Local government pooled-investment fund 509-10
• Local government property insurance fund 454
• Local government statistics 740, 741-77
  • indebtedness 844-45
• Local housing organization grant program 405
• Local law, significant legislation, 2005 session 318
• Long term care division, health and family services department 436, 439
• Lothian, Thomas A., representative 41, 910-23
• Lottery division, revenue department 503, 505
• Lower St. Croix management commission 571
• Lower Wisconsin state riverway board 364, 518

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• Madison campus, UW system 529, 537, 659, 660
• Madison cultural arts district board 364, 566
• Magazines, Wisconsin, see Periodicals
• Main street program 405, 408
  • council 364, 408
• Majority leaders, legislative, see Legislature, majority leaders
  • assistant majority leaders, see Legislature, assistant majority leaders
• Malpractice insurance, medical 454, 455
• Manitowoc college - UW 534, 659, 660
• Manufactured housing code council 408
• Manufacturing statistics 640, 643, 676, 677-81, 684-85
• Maps
  • assembly districts 20-98
  • congressional districts 17
  • court of appeals districts 586
  • judicial administrative districts 588
  • regional planning commission areas 565
  • state agencies 251
  • state parks, forests, and trails 650
  • state senate districts 20-84, 87
• Marathon county college - UW 535, 659, 660
• Marchant, Robert J., senate chief clerk 18, 86, 260, 730
• Marinette college - UW 535, 659, 660
• Marketing services bureau, tourism department 514, 515
• Marriage and family therapy, professional counseling and social work examining board 364, 498, 499
• Marriage records, statistics 800, 809, 811
• Marshfield/Wood county college - UW 535, 659, 660
• Mason, Cory, representative 61, 910-23
• Mass transit statistics 855
• Massage therapy and bodywork council 364, 499
• Meat inspection 395, 398
• Medal of honor, Wisconsin,
  see 1983-1984 Blue Book, 338-39, 550
• Medical assistance (Medicaid) 439, 819, 822-23
• Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. 332, 339-40, 365, 663
• Medical education review committee 365
• Medical examiners 255, 747
• Medical examining board 365, 497, 500
• Medical malpractice insurance 454, 455
• Mendota juvenile treatment center 331, 825
• Mendota mental health institute 331, 438, 439, 825
• Mental health, interstate compact on 575
• Mental health and substance abuse service division, health and family services department 438, 439
• Mental health, council on 365, 442
• Mental health institutions 331, 333, 438, 439, 825
• Merit award board (state employees),
  see State employees suggestion board
• Merit recruitment and selection division, office of state employment relations 365, 390, 391
• Metallic mining council 479
• Meyer, Dan, representative 43, 910-23
• Meyer, Mark, commissioner, public service commission 369, 492
• Midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste commission 365, 571-72
• Midwestern higher education commission 365, 572
• Midwives advisory committee 497, 500
• Migrant labor, council on 365, 551
• Military affairs department 328, 334, 463-71
• Military and state relations, council on 337-38, 365
• Military and veterans statistics 778-84
• Milk production 616, 617, 619
• Miller, Mark, senator 50, 260
  see also 2005-2006 Blue Book, 909-13
• Miller Park 329, 567
• Miller, Stephen R., chief, legislative reference bureau 307
• Milwaukee campus, UW system 529-30, 537, 659, 660
• Milwaukee child welfare partnership council 366, 445
• Milwaukee parental choice program 487
• Milwaukee river revitalization council 366, 479
• Milwaukee secure detention facility 414, 825
• Mineral, state (galena) 964
• Minimum wages 333, 549, 550
• Mining 475, 479, 507
• Minority business development board 366, 411
• Minority leaders, legislative,
  see Legislature, minority leaders
  • assistant minority leaders,
    see Legislature, assistant minority leaders
• Mississippi river parkway commission 366, 572-73
• Mississippi river regional planning commission 563
• Molepske, Louis John, Jr., representative 67, 910-23
• Montgomery, Phil, representative 23, 910-23
• Moore, Gwendolynne S., congresswoman 14, 737, 738, 900, 903
• Morgan, Michael, secretary, administration department 354, 376
• Motor carriers regulation 524
• Motor fuel tax 640, 642, 828, 832-33, 836
• Motor vehicles
  • crashes 852-54
  • registration 333, 524, 848, 851
• Motor vehicles division, transportation department 520-22, 524
• Motorcycle statistics 851, 853
• Motto, state 962-63
• Moulton, Terry, representative 65, 910-23
• Mueller, Janice L., state auditor 304
• Multifamily dwelling code council 366, 408-09
• Municipal boundary review program 380, 381
• Municipal courts 580, 581, 593
• Municipal pensions 424-25
• Municipalities, see Cities, Towns, or Villages, respectively
• Munson, Bruce, revisor of statutes 309
• Mursau, Jeffrey L., representative 43, 910-23
• Murtha, John, representative 39, 910-23
• Museum, Wisconsin veterans 543, 545
• Museum division, state historical society 449, 451
• Music, art and dance therapists, registration of 501
• Musser, Terry M., representative 81, 910-23

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• Nass, Stephen L., representative 41, 910-23
• National and community service board 367, 386
• National guard 334, 463-71, 778, 781-82
• Natural areas preservation council 479
• Natural resources
  • air pollution 333, 472, 474-75, 539, 655
  • board 367, 471, 474, 477
  • department 328, 333, 471-82
  • fish, game 333, 474, 477, 481, 648, 649, 654, 655, 656, 657
  • forestry 333, 472, 475-76, 648, 650, 651-53, 654, 655, 656, 657
  • forestry, council on 360, 478-79
  • groundwater coordinating council 360, 480
  • groundwater protection 333, 395, 397-98, 474, 477, 478, 480, 570
  • hearings and appeals 384
  • law enforcement 472, 475
  • outdoor recreation act program 477, 648, 656
  • parks and forests, state 333, 472, 475-77, 478, 648, 650-57
  • solid waste 333, 472, 474-75, 478, 655
  • significant legislation, 2005 session 318-19, 324
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
  • statistics 648-57
  • trails, state 476-77, 648-53
  • water pollution 333, 474, 477, 539, 655
• Navigability and drainage ditches, special committee on 296
• Nelson, Tom, representative 23, 910-23
• Nerison, Lee, representative 83, 910-23
• Neumann, Judith M., employment relations commission chair 359, 427
• New Lisbon correctional institution 414, 417, 825
• Newcomer, Scott, representative 41, 910-23
• News media statistics 785-99
• Newspapers in Wisconsin, list of 785-88
• Nilsestuen, Rodney J., secretary, agriculture, trade and consumer protection department 355, 395
• Nines, Lawrence R., executive director, health and educational facilities authority 556
• Nonpartisan elections, see Election statistics
• Nonprofit corporations 329, 355, 356, 560-61
• Norman, Diane, commissioner, tax appeals commission 372, 392
• North Central Wisconsin regional planning commission 563-64
• Northern Wisconsin center for developmentally disabled 436, 825
• Northwest Wisconsin regional planning commission 564
• Notaries public 509
• Nuclear power, special committee on 296
• Nurse licensure compact 575
• Nurses
  • licensed practical nurses examining council 499, 500
  • registered nurses examining council 499, 500
• Nursing board 367, 499, 500
• Nursing home administrator examining board 367, 497, 500
• Nygren, John, representative 79, 910-23

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• Oakhill correctional institution 414, 417, 825
• Obey, David R., congressman 16, 737, 738, 901, 904
• Occupational regulation, significant legislation, 2005 session 319, 324
• Occupational therapists affiliated credentialing board 367, 498, 500
• Oil inspection, see Petroleum inspection
• Olsen, Luther S., senator 46
  see also 2005-2006 Blue Book, 909-13
• Optometry examining board 367, 499, 500
• ORAP, see Outdoor recreation act program
• Organization chart, state government 256-57
• Organizations, statewide 625-39
• Oshkosh campus, UW system 531, 537, 659, 660
• Oshkosh correctional institution 414, 417, 825
• Ott, Alvin R., representative 21, 910-23
• Ott, Jim, representative 35, 910-23
• Outdoor recreation act program 477, 648, 656
• Owens, Carol, representative 55, 910-23

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• Pardon advisory board 350
• Pari-mutuel wagering, see Gaming division, administration department
• Parisi, Joseph T., representative 51, 910-23
• Parks, state 333, 472, 476, 648, 650-57
• Parkside campus, UW system 532, 537, 659, 660
• Parole 415, 417, 418-19, 574, 576, 825
• Parole commission 367, 417, 418-19
• Parolees and probationers, interstate compact for supervision of 362, 576
• Party platforms, state,
  see Political party organizations
• Patients compensation fund,
  see Injured patients and families compensation fund
• Patients compensation fund peer review council,
  see Injured patients and families compensation review council
• Peace symbol, state (mourning dove) 964
• Pensions, see Retirement
• Perfusionist examining council 498, 500
• Periodicals, Wisconsin 789-96
• Petersen, Kevin David, representative 47, 910-23
• Petri, Thomas E., congressman 15, 737-38, 900, 903
• Petroleum
  • inspection 404, 405, 828
  • petroleum storage environmental cleanup council 368, 409
  • petroleum storage environmental cleanup fund awards (PECFA) 404, 405, 406
  • use of 641
• Petrowski, Jerry, representative 77, 260, 910-23
• Pharmacist advisory council 498, 500
• Pharmacy examining board 368, 498, 500
• Physical disabilities, council on 368, 445
• Physical fitness and health, governor's council on 350-51
• Physical therapists affiliated credentialing board 368, 498, 500
• Physically handicapped education 487, 490
• Physically handicapped employment 549
• Physician assistants, council on 368, 498, 500
• Physicians' licenses, see Medical examining board
• Placement of children, interstate compact on 362, 575-76
• Placement of sex offenders, special committee on 296
• Plale, Jeffrey T., senator 32, 260, 905-09
• Planning
  • coastal management 343-44, 380-81
  • emergency 466, 471
  • energy 376, 379, 380
  • regional 562-65
• Planning and policy advisory committee (judicial agency) 600-01
• Plat review program 380, 381
• Platforms, state political party,
  see Political party organizations
• Platteville campus, UW system 532, 537, 659, 660
• Plumbers council 409
• Pocan, Mark, representative 71, 910-23
• Podiatrists affiliated credentialing board 368, 498, 500
• Poet laureate commission, governor's 351
• Political parties in Wisconsin 262, 858-60
• Political party organizations
  • Democratic party of Wisconsin 861-65
  • Libertarian party of Wisconsin 871-73
  • Republican party of Wisconsin 874-78
  • Wisconsin Green party 866-70
• Pollution
  • air 333, 472, 474, 539, 655
  • solid waste 333, 472, 474, 655
  • water 333, 474, 477, 539, 655
• Pope-Roberts, Sondy, representative 73, 910-23
• Population and vital statistics 380, 439, 800-06, 808-12
  • cities 740, 749-52, 759, 762-77
  • congressional districts 17
  • counties 740, 743, 762-77
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
  • statistics 740, 749-77
  • towns 740, 761, 762-77
  • villages 740, 753-60
• Ports 848, 856
• Post offices in Wisconsin 813-18
• Powers and duties of coroners and medical examiners, special committee on 297
• Prairie du Chien correctional facility 414, 418, 825
• Prasse, Randy, executive director, state fair park 518
• Precipitation by month and region 687, 690
• Pregnancy prevention and services 438
• President of senate 18, 70, 260, 262, 727
• President pro tempore of senate 18, 24, 260, 262, 726-27
• Presidential elections, historical list 714-16
• Press corps, capitol 269
• Pridemore, Don, representative 85, 910-23
• Primary election, see Election statistics
• Primary home loan program 545
• Prison industries board 368, 419
• Prisons and prisoners,
  see Correctional institutions
• Private detectives and detective agencies, licensing of 496
• Private employer health care coverage board 368, 426
• Private security persons, licensing of 496
• Probation 415, 417, 418-19, 574, 576, 825
• Professional credential processing division, regulation and licensing department 495, 503
• Professional football stadium district 567-68
• Professional fund-raisers, licensing of 496
• Professional standards council for teachers 491
• Property tax
  • administration, supervision 504, 506
  • assessments 504, 506, 826, 846-47
  • relief 826, 835, 845-47
  • revenues 826, 835-37, 845-47
• Prosser, David T., Jr., supreme court justice 9, 10, 578, 583, 725
• Psychology examining board 368, 499, 500
• Psychiatric research institute 537
• Public assistance
  • children and family services division, health and family services department 436, 438
  • expenditures, recipients 819-23
• Public defender, state,
  see State public defender
• Public defender board 328, 368, 482, 483
• Public employees, labor relations 359, 390-91
• Public employees, state and local 329-30, 390-91, 740-42
• Public health council 369, 442
• Public health division, health and family services department 438, 439
• Public instruction, state superintendent of,
  see Superintendent of public instruction
• Public instruction department 328, 331, 332, 484-92
• Public lands commissioners board 387-88
• Public radio division, educational communications board 420, 421
• Public records board 369, 388
• Public service commission 328, 332, 369, 492-94
  • commissioners 369, 492
• Public television division, educational communications board 420, 421
• Public utilities
  • regulation 331-32, 492-94
  • significant legislation, 2005 session 319-20
  • taxes 828
• Public welfare statistics 819-23
• Publications, Wisconsin 785-96
• Purcell, Gene, interim executive director, educational communications board 420

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• Qualification of educational personnel, interstate agreement on 576
• Quality assurance division, health and family services department 438, 439
• Racine correctional institution 414, 417, 825
• Racine youthful offender correctional institution 414, 825
• Radio stations 797-99
  • educational 799
• Railroads
  • mileage, usage and revenue 849
  • regulation 494-95
  • taxation 828, 832-33
• Railroads commissioner, office of the 369, 494-95
• Rate regulation
  • insurance 331-32, 453-55
  • public utilities 331-32, 492-94
• Reading and student achievement division, public instruction department 486, 488
• Real estate
  • appraisers, licensing of 497, 500
  • appraisers board 369, 497, 500
  • board 369, 497, 500
  • brokers and salespersons, licensing of 496
  • curriculum and examinations, council on 369, 497, 500
  • significant legislation, 2005 session 320
• Recall 883
• Recodification of chapter 21, military affairs, special committee on 297
• Recreation act program, outdoor 477, 648, 656
• Recreation areas, state 476, 648, 650, 651-53
• Recreation statistics 648-57
• Recycling 475, 654
• Recycling, council on 369, 481
• Redgranite correctional institution 414, 417, 825
• Reducing racial disparities in the judicial system, commission on 351
• Reference and loan library, public instruction department 486, 488
• Reference bureau, legislative 299, 307-09
• Referenda 247-48, 882-83, 888
• Regional planning commissions 562-65
• Regional transit authority 369, 566-67
• Registered nurses, examining council on 499, 500
• Registers of deeds 746
• Regulation and enforcement division, commissioner of insurance 453, 454
• Regulation and licensing department 328, 331, 369, 495-503
• Rehabilitation council, state 352
• Reilly, Kevin P., president, University of Wisconsin system 527
• Reorganization of executive branch
  see 1968 Blue Book, 366-78
• Reporters, capitol 269
• Representatives to the assembly, see Assembly
• Representatives, U.S., from Wisconsin,
  see Congressional representatives from Wisconsin
• Republican party, state 858, 859, 874-78
• Research and policy division, revenue department 504, 505-06
• Respiratory care practitioners examining council 369, 498, 500
• Retirement
  • public employees 301, 423-26
  • teachers 423-26
• Retirement board, Wisconsin 370, 426
• Retirement services division, employee trust funds department 423, 424
• Retirement systems, joint survey committee on 301, 370
• Revenue department 328, 332, 370, 503-07
• Revenue statistics,
  see State and local finance statistics
• Review of crimes against children, special committee on 297-98
• Review of state school aid formula, special committee on 298
• Revisor of statutes bureau 299, 309-10
• Rhoades, Kitty, representative 39, 910-23
• Richards, Jon, representative 19, 33, 260, 910-23
• Richland college - UW 535, 659, 660
• Riley, Antonio R., executive director, Wisconsin housing and economic development authority 362, 557
• Risser, Fred, senator 18, 70, 260
  see also 2005-2006 Blue Book, 909-13
• River Falls campus, UW system 532, 537, 659, 660
• Roads, see Highways
• Robson, Judith Biros, senator 18, 48, 260, 905-09
• Rock, state (red granite) 964
• Rock county college (Janesville) - UW 535, 659, 660
• Roessler, Carol A., senator 54, 260
  see also 2005-2006 Blue Book, 909-13
• Roggensack, Patience Drake, supreme court justice 9, 10, 578, 583, 725
• Roth, Roger J., Jr., representative 57, 910-23
• Rural economic development board 370, 411
• Rural health development council 370, 409-10
• Rustic roads board 526
• Ryan, Paul, congressman 13, 737-38, 899, 902

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• Safety and buildings division, commerce department 404, 406
• Salaries of state officers 264-65, 326, 583
• Sand Ridge secure treatment center 438, 439, 825
• Sass, Dawn Marie, state treasurer 6, 7, 326, 509, 722, 931, 932
• Savings institutions review board 370, 433
• Schneider, Marlin D., representative 67, 910-23
• Scholarships and loans 446
• School district boundary appeal board 491-92
• Schools
  • aids 487, 665, 672
  • charter 674
  • comparative data, by state 664, 668-72
  • cooperative educational service agencies (CESA) 332
  • districts 255, 665
  • dropouts 667
  • enrollment 658-63, 665, 666, 673, 674
  • expenditures 665, 668-73
  • home-based 673
  • private colleges 658, 663
  • public instruction department 484-90
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
  • statistics 658-75
  • superintendent, state 6, 7, 326, 484, 723
  • teachers 485, 486, 491, 668, 669
  • technical colleges 662
  • University of Wisconsin 527-38, 659-61
• Schultz, Dale W., senator 52, 905-09
• Scocos, John A., secretary, veterans affairs department 541
• Seal, state 509, 962
• Secretary of state 6, 7, 326, 334, 508-09
  • elections 927-28
  • list of, 1848 - 2007 721-22
• Securities division, financial institutions department 430, 432
• Seidel, Donna J., representative 77, 260, 910-23
• Self-insurers council 551
• Senate, Wisconsin
  • caucus chairpersons 50, 58, 260
  • chief clerk 18, 86, 260, 729-30
  • committees 267-68, 279
  • elections 905-09
    • for 2004 election, see 2005-2006 Blue Book, 909-13
  • majority leader 18, 48, 260, 728
    • assistant majority leader 18, 78, 260
  • maps of districts 20-84, 87
  • members, biographies and photos 20-84
  • members, list of, 1848 - 2007 101-17
  • minority leader 18, 44, 260, 728
    • assistant minority leader 18, 36, 260
  • officers 18, 260, 726-30
  • president 18, 70, 260, 727
  • president pro tempore 18, 24, 260, 726-27
  • sergeant at arms 18, 86, 260, 729-30
  • sessions 731-35
  • term of office 261
• Senators, U.S., from Wisconsin 11, 12
  • elections 897-98
  • list of, 1848 - 2007 739
• Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr., congressman 15, 737-38, 900, 903
• Sentencing commission 370, 388-89
• Sergeants at arms, legislature 18, 19, 86, 260
  • list of, 1848 - 2007 729-30
• Service award board 370, 389
• Session laws (Wisconsin acts) 274, 278
• Sexual assault victim services 460
• Shared revenue, state 506, 826, 834, 835
• Sheboygan college - UW 535, 659, 660
• Sheridan, Michael J., representative 49, 910-23
• Sheriffs 747
• Sherman, Gary E., representative 69, 910-23
• Shilling, Jennifer, representative 83, 910-23
• Shoreland zoning 477
• Significant events in Wisconsin history 692-702
• Sinicki, Christine, representative 33, 910-23
• Skindrud, Richard A., assembly sergeant at arms 19, 86, 260, 729-30
• Small business clean air assistance program 410
• Small business environmental council 370, 410
• Small business ombudsman program 405
• Small business regulatory review board 370, 411
• Small business, veteran-owned business and minority business opportunities, council on 382
• Smith, Jeff, representative 81, 910-23
• Snowmobile recreational council 371, 479-80
• Social services, see Health and family services department
• Social services statistics 819-25
• Societies, statewide 625-39
• Soil, special articles in prior Blue Books 192
• Soil, state (Antigo silt loam) 964-65
• Soletski, Jim, representative 79, 910-23
• Solid waste management 472, 474, 655
• Sollenberger, Donna K., president, University of Wisconsin hospitals and clinics authority 555
• Song, state ("On, Wisconsin") 963
• Southeast Wisconsin professional baseball park district board 371, 567
• Southeastern Wisconsin regional planning commission 564
• Southern Oaks girls school 416, 418, 825
• Southern Wisconsin center for developmentally disabled 436, 825
• Southern Wisconsin veterans memorial cemetery 543
• Southwestern Wisconsin regional planning commission 564-65
• Speaker of assembly 19, 83, 260, 726-27
• Speaker pro tempore of assembly 19, 59, 260
• Special education, council on 492
• Speech-language pathology and audiology, council on 371, 497, 499
• SPRITE program 416, 825
• Stanchfield, Eric O., secretary, employee trust funds department 423
• Standards development council 338
• Stanley correctional institution 414, 417, 825
• Staskunas, Anthony J., representative 29, 260, 910-23
• State aids and shared taxes 506, 834, 835, 846
• State and local finance
  • comparative, by state 836-38, 843
  • conservation 654, 655, 828, 831, 838
  • county 834, 835, 847
  • excise (cigarette, tobacco, alcohol) 828
  • federal aid 841-42
  • investments 456-58
  • property taxes 834, 835, 845, 847
  • public debt 844-45
  • sales tax 828
  • school finance 665, 670-71, 829, 835, 838
  • state aids and shared taxes 834, 835, 846
  • state and local finance statistics 826-47
  • state budget 253, 274, 287-89, 306-07, 335, 376, 380, 826-33
  • state expenditures 826-27, 829-35, 838
  • state revenues 826, 828, 830-37
  • transportation 832, 833
  • utilities 828
• State and local finance division, revenue department 504, 506
• State bar of Wisconsin 603-04
• State capitol and executive residence board 371, 389
• State capitol, special articles in prior Blue Books 193
• State elected officers 4-10, 326
  • elections, see Election statistics
  • list of, 1848 - 2007 721-23
• State employees
  • benefits 329-30, 423-26
  • civil service 329-30, 390-92
  • collective bargaining 329-30, 390-92
  • composition 740-42
  • insurance 423-26
  • legislative employees 262, 268
  • number 330, 740-42
  • retirement system 423-26
  • salaries 264-65, 287, 326, 390-91, 741-42
  • suggestion board 371, 390, 392
• State facilities division, administration department 378, 380
• State fair park board 371, 518-20
• State finance, see State and local finance
• State government
  • executive branch 325-576
  • framework 252-55
  • judicial branch 577-612
  • legislative branch 259-324
  • organization chart 256-57
  • significant legislation, 2005 session 320
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192-93
• State law library 594-95
• State parks, forests, trails, recreation areas 472, 476, 648, 650, 651-53
  • attendance 648, 651-53
• State patrol division, transportation department 522, 524
• State prison, see Correctional institutions
• State public defender office 328, 334, 368, 482-84
• State recreational areas and trails 651-53
• State soils and plant analysis laboratories 537
• State superintendent of public instruction,
  see Superintendent of public instruction
• State supported programs study and advisory committee 301-02
• State symbols, see Symbols, state
  see also front and back endpapers
• State trails council 371, 480
• State trails policy, special committee on 298-99
• State treasurer 6, 7, 326, 334, 509-10
  • elections 931-32
  • list of, 1848 - 2007 722
• State-Tribal relations, special committee on 292
  • Technical advisory committee 292-93
• State use board 372, 392
• Statistics 613-856
• Statutes 278
• Steinbrink, John P., representative 63, 910-23
• Stevens Point campus, UW system 533, 537, 659, 660
• Stewardship program 477-78, 648, 656
• Still, Tom, president, Wisconsin technology council (high-technology business development corporation) 561
• Stocks and bonds regulation 430, 432
• Stone, Jeff, representative 75, 910-23
• Stout campus, UW system 533, 537, 659, 660
• Strachota, Pat, representative 59, 260, 910-23
• Strengthening Wisconsin families, special committee on 299
• Student financial aids 446
• Sturtevant transitional facility 825
• Suder, Scott, representative 65, 910-23
• Suggestion board, state employees 371, 390, 392
• Suggestion program 390, 392
• Sullivan, Jim, senator 28, 260, 905-09
• Superintendent of public instruction 6, 7, 326, 332
  • list of, 1848 - 2007 723
• Superior campus, UW system 533, 537, 659, 660
• Supreme court 8-10, 578, 579, 583-84
  • elections 889-91
  • justices, list of, 1836 - 2007 724-25
• Surveyors, county 748
• Symbols, state 962-66
  see also front and back endpapers
  • animals (badger, cow, white-tailed deer) 964
  • ballad ("Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams") 965-66
  • beverage (milk) 965
  • bird (robin) 963
  • coat of arms 962
  • dance (polka) 965
  • dog (American water spaniel) 965
  • fish (muskellunge) 964
  • flag 963
  • flower (wood violet) 963
  • fossil (trilobite) 965
  • fruit (cranberry) 966
  • grain (corn) 965
  • insect (honey bee) 964
  • mineral (galena) 964
  • motto 962-63
  • peace symbol (mourning dove) 964
  • rock (red granite) 964
  • seal 509, 962
  • soil (Antigo silt loam) 964-65
  • song ("On, Wisconsin") 963
  • tree (sugar maple) 963
  • waltz ("The Wisconsin Waltz") 966

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• Tauchen, Gary, representative 23, 910-23
• Tax appeals commission 372, 392-93
• Tax exemptions, joint survey committee on 302-03, 372
• Taxation and finance statistics,
  see State and local finance statistics
• Taxation, significant legislation, 2005 session 320
• Taxpayer services division, revenue department 505, 506
• Taycheedah correctional institution 414, 417, 825
• Taylor, Lena C., senator 26
  see also 2005-2006 Blue Book, 909-13
• Teachers' certificates, licenses, standards 485, 486
• Teachers retirement board, state 372, 426
• Teaching and learning division, technical college system 511, 512
• Technical college system
  • board 328, 332, 372, 510-13
• districts 511, 662
• enrollment statistics 662
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
• Technology council, Wisconsin (High-technology business development corporation) 329, 561
• Technology services bureau, legislative 299, 310-11
• Telecommunications division, public service commission 492, 493
• Telecommunications privacy council 494
• Telecommunications relay service council 352
• Television stations 797
• Temperature, by month and region 687, 690
• Toles, Barbara L., representative 31, 910-23
• Tourism, council on 372, 515
• Tourism department 328, 372, 514-15
• Towns 255, 740, 761
  • population, by county 762-77
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
• Townsend, John F., representative 55, 910-23
• Trade and consumer protection division, agriculture, trade and consumer protection department 397, 398
• Trade practices 397, 398
• Trades and occupations,
  see Regulation and licensing department
• Trails, state 476, 648, 650-53
• Transit systems 855
• Transportation aids, see State and local finance
• Transportation department 328, 333, 372, 520-25
• Transportation investment management division, transportation department 522-23, 524
• Transportation projects commission 303, 372
• Transportation, significant legislation, 2005 session 320-22
• Transportation statistics 848-56
• Transportation system development division, transportation department 523, 524-25
• Trauma advisory council 442-43
• Travis, David M., representative 73, 910-23
• Treasurer, state, see State treasurer
• Treasurers, county 746
• Tree, state (sugar maple) 963
• Trial division, state public defender office 483
• Trucks, see Motor carriers
• Trumble, Kelli A., secretary, tourism department 372, 514
• Trust finance and employer services division, employee trust funds department 423, 424
• Trust lands and investment division, administration department 387-88
• Turner, Robert L., representative 61, 910-23

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• Unemployment
  • insurance division, workforce development department 547, 549
  • statistics 676-78, 682
• Unemployment insurance, council on 551-52
• Unemployment insurance division, workforce development department 547, 549
• Uniform debt management services, special committee on 299
• Uniform state laws, commission on 303-04, 372
• Uniformity of traffic citations and complaints, council on 527
• United Nations, governor's commission on the 353
• U.S. congressional representatives from Wisconsin, see Congressional representatives from Wisconsin
• U.S. president, see Election statistics
• U.S. senators from Wisconsin,
  see Senators, U.S., from Wisconsin
• Universal service fund council 494
• University of Wisconsin hospitals and clinics authority 329, 372, 555
• University of Wisconsin system 328, 332, 527-38
  • board of regents 373, 527, 538
  • enrollment statistics 659-60
  • extension 535, 661
  • system administration 527
• Upper Mississippi river basin association 573
• Urban education, institute for excellence in 537
• Utilities, public, see Public utilities
• Utility public benefits, council on 373, 393

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• Van Akkeren, Terry, representative 37, 910-23
• Van Hollen, J.B., attorney general 6, 7, 326, 458, 723, 929-30
• Van Roy, Karl, representative 79, 910-23
• Veterans, special articles in prior Blue Books 193
• Veterans affairs department 328, 334, 541-46
  • benefits, grants, loans 334, 543-45, 778-80, 783-84
  • board 373, 541
  • memorial cemeteries 541, 543, 544
  • programs council 546
  • services division 543, 544
  • statistics 778-80, 783-84
  • veterans homes 331, 334, 541, 544, 783
  • Wisconsin veterans museum 543, 545
• Veterans benefits division, veterans affairs department 541, 543-44
• Veterans homes division, veterans affairs department 541, 544
• Veterans services division, veterans affairs department 543, 544
• Veterans, significant legislation, 2005 session 322
• Veterinarian, state 395
• Veterinary diagnostic laboratory board 373, 540
• Veterinary examining board 373, 498, 500
• Veterinary medicine, school of 537
• Vetoes, governor's 273-74, 275, 335-36, 731-35
• Victim/witness assistance program 460
• Victims' rights
  • crime victims council 462
  • crime victims' rights board 357, 462
• Villages, incorporation year, number, population 255, 740, 753-60
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
• Vinehout, Kathleen, senator 80, 905-09
• Vital statistics 800, 809-12
• Vocational rehabilitation division, workforce development department 547-49
• Voelker, John, director of state courts 594
• Vos, Robin J., representative 61, 910-23
• Voter registration 883-84
• Vruwink, Amy Sue, representative 67, 910-23
• Vukmir, Leah, representative 29, 910-23

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• W-2, see Wisconsin Works
• Waltz, state ("The Wisconsin Waltz") 966
• Wars, participants and fatalities 778-79
• Washington county college - UW 535, 659, 660
• Wasserman, Sheldon A., representative 35, 910-23
• Waste facility siting board 373, 393-94
• Water, compliance and consumer affairs division, public service commission 492, 493
• Water area, Wisconsin counties 687, 688
• Water division, natural resources department 474, 477
• Water resources 474, 477, 687, 688
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
• Waterports, see Harbors
• Waterways commission, Wisconsin 373, 481-82
• Waukesha college - UW 535, 659, 660
• Waupun correctional institution 412, 417, 825
• Weatherization program 379
• Welfare statistics 819-23
• West Central Wisconsin regional planning commission 565
• Whitewater campus, UW system 534, 537, 659, 660
• Wieckert, Steve, representative 57, 910-23
• Wildlife 472, 476
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
• Williams, Annette P., representative 27, 910-23
• Williams, Mary, representative 77, 260, 910-23
• Winnebago mental health institute 438, 439, 825
• Wirch, Robert W., senator 62
  • see also 2005-2006 Blue Book, 909-13
• Wisconsin aerospace authority 329, 553
• Wisconsin apprenticeship council 550-51
• Wisconsin center district 373, 568
• Wisconsin center for the blind and visually impaired 486, 487
• Wisconsin constitution, see Constitution, Wisconsin
• Wisconsin consumer act 431
• Wisconsin correctional center system 414-15, 416, 825
• Wisconsin development fund 332, 410
• Wisconsin educational services program for the deaf and hard of hearing 486, 487
• WisconsinEye 269
• Wisconsin great lakes compact commission 360, 569-70
• Wisconsin Green party 858, 866-70
• Wisconsin health and educational facilities authority 329, 556
• Wisconsin housing and economic development authority 329, 557-58
• Wisconsin resource center 438, 439, 825
• Wisconsin retirement board 370, 426
• Wisconsin secure program facility 412, 825
• Wisconsin state prison, see Correctional institutions
• Wisconsin veterans museum 543, 545
• Wisconsin Works (W-2) 333, 549, 819, 821
• Women's council, Wisconsin 373, 394
• Wood, Jeffrey, representative 65, 910-23
• Worker's compensation
  • council 552
  • division, workforce development department 549
  • rating committee 373
  • special articles in prior Blue Books 192
• Workforce development department 328, 333, 373, 546-50
• Workforce investment, governor's council on 353
• World dairy center authority 329, 374, 559
• Writers, Wisconsin, special articles in prior Blue Books 192

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• Ylvisaker, Jeff, interim director, legislative technology services bureau 310
• Young, Leon D., representative 31, 910-23
• Youth leadership training center 825

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• Zepnick, Josh, representative 25, 910-23
• Ziegelbauer, Bob, representative 37, 910-23
• Ziegler, Annette K., supreme court justice 9, 10, 578, 583, 725, 889, 891
• ZIP codes 813-18
• Zipperer, Rich, representative 85, 910-23