Alphabetical Index
A
Abrahamson, Shirley S., supreme court chief justice 8, 9, 578, 583, 733, 894
Academic excellence division, public instruction department 480, 482
Accidents, traffic, see Motor vehicles, crashes
Accounting examining board . . . . . . . . .349, 492, 496
Acid deposition research council . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Acts, Wisconsin (session laws) . . . . . . . .268, 270, 273
Adjutant general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349, 460, 464
list of, 1839 – 1962, see 1962 Blue Book, 200
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
Administration department . . . . . . .324, 326, 330, 349,
367-88
Administrative code . . . . . . . . . 270, 273, 279-80, 286
Administrative judicial districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
Administrative rules clearinghouse . . . . . . . . . 286-87
Administrative rules review committee . . . . . . . 279-80
Adoption and medical assistance interstate compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Adult education, vocational . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505-08
Adult institutions division, corrections department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413-16, 417-18
Adult offender supervision board
interstate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349, 420
compact for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Aerospace Authority, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . .349, 550
AFDC, see Wisconsin Works (W‑2)
Affirmative action, council on . . . . . . . . .349, 384-85
Affirmative action and workforce planning division, office of state employee relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Aging and long‑term care, board on . . . . . .349, 374-75
Agreement on detainers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Agricultural development division, agriculture, trade and consumer protection department . . . . . . . . . . . . 388, 391
Agricultural education and workforce development council . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394-95
Agricultural producer security council . . . . . . . . . 375
Agricultural resource management division, agriculture, trade and consumer protection department . . . . . . . . . . 390, 391-92
Agricultural safety and health center . . . . . . . . . . 531
Agricultural statistician, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Agricultural statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623-32
Agricultural statistics service, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . 388
Agriculture, significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306-07
Agriculture, trade and consumer protection
board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349, 388, 391
department . . . . . . . . . . . . 324, 328, 349, 388-97
Aid to families with dependent children, see Wisconsin Works (W‑2)
Air and waste division, natural resources department . . . . . . . . . . . . 467, 470
Air pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467, 470, 663
Airports, see Aviation
Alcohol and other drug abuse, state council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334, 349
Alcohol and other drug abuse programs, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Alcoholic beverages, significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
America’s Dairyland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964
Anderson, Terry C., director, legislative council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Animal health division, agriculture, trade and consumer protection department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390, 392
Animals, state (badger, cow, white‑tailed deer) . . . . . 964
Appeals court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579, 585-86
vote for judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895-96
Appellate division, state public defender office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Appointments by governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336-65
Apportionment
maps of districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 20‑98
population of districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
Apprenticeship and training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
Apprenticeship council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
Appropriations, obligations annual . . . . . . . . . . . 851
Archaeologist, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyors examining board . . . . 350, 492, 496
Archivist, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Articles, special, in Blue Books, 1970 to 2007 . . . . . 188
Artistic endowment foundation, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350, 557-58
Arts board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350, 511-12
Asian population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809, 810, 813
Assembly
caucus chairpersons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 65, 254
chief clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 86, 254, 259,
737-38
committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255-56, 275-77
compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912‑25
employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
majority leader . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 23, 254, 735-36
assistant majority leader . . . . . . . . . . 19, 77, 254
maps of districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20‑84, 88‑98
members, biographies and photos . . . . . . . . .21‑85
members, list of, 1848 – 2007 see 2007-2008 Blue Book, 119‑89
minority leader . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 45, 254, 735-36
assistant minority leader . . . . . . . . . 19, 59, 254
officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 254, 734-36
profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255-64
sergeant at arms . . . . . . . . 19, 86, 254, 259, 737-38
sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259-60, 739-42
speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 49, 254, 734-35
speaker pro tempore . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 29, 254
term of office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255, 256
Assessment of general property . . . . . . . . . . . 852-53
Assessment of manufacturing property . . . . . . . . . 502
Assessors, state board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Assigned counsel division, state public defender office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Associations, statewide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633-47
Athletic trainers affiliated credentialing board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350, 492, 497
Attorney general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322, 454, 456
biography and photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730
Attorneys, admission to bar 599-600
Auctioneer board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350, 494, 496
Auctioneers, licensing of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Audit bureau, legislative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298-99
Audit committee, joint legislative . . . . . . . . . . 285-86
Autism advisory council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Authorities, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324-26, 550-56
Automatic fire sprinkler system contractors and journeymen council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Automobiles
crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858-60
registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .520, 857
usage and gasoline mileage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650
Aviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518, 520-21, 854-55
fuel tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834
Azar, Lauren, commissioner, public service commission . . . . . . . . . .361, 488
B
BadgerCare plus program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438, 828
Baldwin, Tammy, congresswoman . . . . . . 13, 743, 745,
902-07
Ballad, state (“Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965-66
Ballweg, Joan, representative . . . . . . . . . . 47, 912‑25
Banking division, financial institutions department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427, 429
Banking review board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350, 431
Banks, statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653-55
Bar association, see State bar of Wisconsin
Bar examiners board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580, 599-600
Baraboo/Sauk county college – UW . . . . . 530, 667, 668
Barbering and cosmetology examining board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350, 494, 496
Barca, Peter W., representative . . . . . . 63, 254, 912‑25
Barish, Lawrence S., research manager, LRB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ii, iv, 301
Barron county college – UW . . . . . . . . .530, 667, 668
Bauman, Susan, commissioner, employment relations commission . . . . . 353, 426
Bay‑Lake regional planning commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
Benedict, Chuck, representative . . . . . . . . 49, 912‑25
Berceau, Terese, representative . . . . . . . . . 71, 912‑25
Bernard Schaber, Penny, representative . . . . . 57, 912‑25
Beverage, state (milk) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965
Bicha, Reggie, secretary, children and families department . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351, 397
Bicycle coordinating council . . . . . . . . . . . . 337-38
Bies, Garey, representative . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 912‑25
Biographies and pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4‑86
index to biographies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2‑3
Biofuels, special committee on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Bird, state (robin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963
Birth defect prevention and surveillance, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Birth records, statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . .329, 814-15
Black, Spencer, representative . . . . . . . . . 71, 912‑25
Black population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809, 810, 813
Blazel, Edward (Ted) A., senate sergeant at arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 86, 254, 737-38
Blind
blind and visual impairment education council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486-87
blindness council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
business enterprise program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
center for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481, 483
Blue Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-03
artwork and photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
governor’s foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii
introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv-v
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
table of contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi-x
Bozarth, Keith S., executive director investment board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Bradley, Ann Walsh, supreme court justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9, 578, 583, 733
Bradley center sports and entertainment corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350, 557
Breske, Roger M., railroad commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . 361, 491
Broadcasting stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802-84
Brooks, Ed, representative . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 912‑25
Brown, Ellsworth H., director, state historical society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Budget, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268-69, 367, 369
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371, 833-44
Building commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280-81, 351
Building inspector review board . . . . . . . . . .351, 411
Building program, state . . . . . . . . . . . . 280-81, 371
Buildings and safety, significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Bulletin of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261, 270
Burial sites preservation board . . . . . . . . .351, 448-49
Burmaster, Elizabeth, state superintendent of public instruction . . . . . . . . . . .6, 7, 322, 731
Busalacchi, Frank, secretary, transportation department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364, 516
Business and consumer law, significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Business council, governor’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Business development division, commerce department . . . . . . . . . . . . 404, 405
C
Campaign financing . . . . . . . . . 256, 433, 434, 888-90
Capital area regional planning commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
Capitol and executive residence board, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362, 382-83
Capitol police, division of, administration department . . . . . . . . . .367, 370
Capitol press corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Capitol visitor’s guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189-90
Carpenter, Tim, senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905‑09
Cartographer, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Caucus chairpersons . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 60, 63, 65, 254
Caucuses, legislative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254, 256
Cemetery board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351, 494, 496
Centers for the developmentally disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436, 438, 831
Central Wisconsin center for the developmentally disabled . . . . . . . .436, 438, 831
Certification standards review council . . . . . . . . . 374
CESA, see Cooperative educational service agencies
Charitable gaming office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Charter schools, statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
Chiarkas, Nicholas, state public defender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Chief clerks, legislature . . . . . . . . 18, 19, 86, 254, 259
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737-38
Child abuse and neglect prevention board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351,401-02
Children
child support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397, 399, 401
delinquent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416-17, 418
handicapped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
institutions for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416-17, 831
significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . 308-09
Children and families, department . . . . . .324, 330, 351,
397-402
Chiropractic examining board . . . . . . . . .351, 494, 496
Cigarette tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834
Circuit courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .579, 587-93
clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754
current judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590-93
vote for judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897-99
Circus world museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446, 720
foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Cities
government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
incorporation year, number, population . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757-60, 767-68
Citizen corps council, state of Wisconsin . . . . . . 338-39
Civil defense, see Emergency management division
Civil law, significant court decisions . . . . . . . . 610-20
Civil service, see Classified service
Claims (against the state) board . . . . . . . . . . 351, 375
Clancy, Daniel, president and state director, technical college system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Clark, Fred, representative . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 912‑25
Classified service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326, 383-84,
747, 748
Climate
temperature and precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . 698
Coastal management council, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Coat of arms, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962
Coggs, Spencer, senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 908-11
Collective bargaining . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326, 383-84
College savings program board . . . . . . . . . . 351, 505
Colleges, University of Wisconsin . . . . . 530-31, 667-68
Colleges and universities, private . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
Colón, Pedro, representative . . . . . . . . . . 25, 912‑25
Columbia correctional institution . . . . . . . . . 413, 831
Colwin, Jane, state law librarian . . . . . . . . . . . . 595
Commerce and industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327-28
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648-55
Commerce department . . . . . . . . . . . .324, 328, 351,
402-12
Commercial fishing boards . . . . . . . . . . 356, 477-78
Committees,
governors special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337-48
legislative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262, 264, 274-77,
279-98
legislative council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287-93
Community‑based economic development program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404-06
Community corrections division, corrections department . . . . . . . . . . . .416, 418
Community youth and family aids program . . . . . . 418
Compensation, classification and labor relations division, state employment relations office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383, 384
Congressional district map, population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Congressional representatives from Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11‑16
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743-46
territory of Wisconsin, see 1944 Blue Book, 354
vote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902-07
Conservation, see Environment
Conservation and recreation statistics . . . . . . . . 656-65
Conservation congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Conservation fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837
Constitution, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . 192-234, 246, 255
table of contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193-93
votes on amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235-42
Constitutional amendments . . . . . . . . . . 235-40, 892
significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . . 309
Constitutional law, significant court decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606
Constitutional officers, departments . . . . . . . . . . 323
attorney general . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7, 322, 454-59
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730
biographies and photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4‑7
current, list of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 5, 322, 332-35
list of, since 1848 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728
lieutenant governor . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, 7, 322, 336
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729
public instruction, state superintendent . . . . . . . 6, 7, 322, 480-88, 900-01
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731
residences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
secretary of state . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 7, 322, 503-04
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729
state treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 7, 322, 504-05
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730
Consumer protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327, 390, 392
Contractor certification council . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Controlled substances board . . . . . . . . . 351, 494, 496
Conveyance safety code council . . . . . . . . . .351, 408
Cooperative educational service agencies (CESA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676
Corporate and consumer services division, financial institutions department . . . . . . . . . . . .427, 429
Corporations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328, 427, 429
income tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834, 845
nonprofit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
Correctional institutions
adult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413-16, 831
juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-17, 831
population and expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . 830-31
Correctional system, significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Corrections compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Corrections department . . . . . . . 324, 330, 351, 412-21
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753
area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751
board chairpersons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249, 752
circuit court clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248-49, 754
clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 753
coroners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248, 755
county seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751
creation date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751
district attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 755
executives, administrators . . . . . . . . . . . 249, 752
highways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856
medical examiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249, 755
number of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 747
population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751, 770-82, 808
registers of deeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 754
sheriffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 755
supervisors, number of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 752
surveyors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249,756
treasurers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 754
Court commissioners
circuit court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
supreme court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246, 248, 579-93
administrative districts, circuit courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .587, 588
appeals court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579, 585-86
circuit courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579, 587-93
commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . .583, 584, 588-89
director of state courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580, 595
elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893-99
judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578, 583, 585-86, 590-93
law library, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595-96
municipal courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580, 594
profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579‑82
supreme court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .579, 583
supreme court, appeals court decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606-20
Courts and civil actions, significant
legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Cowles, Robert L., senator . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 908-11
Credit union review board . . . . . . . . . . . . .351, 432
Credit unions, office of . . . . . . . . . . . . 351, 431-32
Credit unions, statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
Crematory authority council . . . . . . . . . 351, 494, 496
Crime and criminal procedure, significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . 309-10
Crime victim compensation program . . . . . . . . . . 457
Crime victims council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Crime victims rights board . . . . . . . . . . . . .352, 459
Crime victims services office, justice department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456, 457
Criminal investigation division, justice department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456, 457
Criminal law, significant court decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606‑10
Criminals, legal representation, see State public defender office
Criminal penalties, joint review committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281-82, 352
Crooks, N. Patrick, supreme court justice . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9, 578, 583, 733
Cullen, David A., representative . . . . . . . . 29, 912‑25
Curriculum advisory committee, law enforcement standards board . . . . . . . . . 459
D
Dairy center authority, world, see World dairy center authority
Dance, state (polka) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965
Danou, Chris, representative . . . . . . . . . . 81, 912‑25
Darling, Alberta, senator . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 908-11
Davis, Brett H. representative . . . . . . . . . . 73, 912‑25
Deaf, school for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Deaf and hard of hearing, council for the . . . 352, 440-41
Deaf and hard‑of‑hearing education council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Death records, statistics . . . . . . . . . . . .814, 815, 817
Debt, public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371, 849-51
Decker, Russell S., senator . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 76, 254 see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905‑09
Deferred compensation board . . . . . . . . . . . 352, 425
Delinquent children . . . . . . . . . . . .416-17, 418, 831
Democratic party, state . . . . . . . . . . . . .864, 867-71
Dentistry examining board . . . . . . . . . . 352, 494, 496
Departments of state government . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Dependent children, aid to families with, see Wisconsin Works (W‑2)
Depository selection board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Designers examining board, see Architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyors examining board
Detainers, agreement on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Development finance board . . . . . . . . . . . . 352, 411
Development programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404, 405
Development zone program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Developmental disabilities, board for people with . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352, 379-80
Developmentally disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436, 438
Dexter, Kristen, representative . . . . . . . . . 65, 912‑25
Dietitians, affiliated credentialing board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352, 492, 497
Dilweg, Sean, insurance commissioner . . . . . . 355, 449
Disabilities, council on physical . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Disabilities, governor’s committee for people with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339-40
Disability board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Disabled, see Handicapped
Discrimination in employment . . . . . . . .330, 543, 545
Disease prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437, 438
District attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248, 755
Districts, special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Divorces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814, 816
Document depository libraries, Wisconsin . . . . . . . 622
Dodge correctional institution . . . . . . . . . . . 413, 831
Dog, state (American water spaniel) . . . . . . . . . . 965
Domestic abuse, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . 352, 401
Donnelly, Jennifer, director, office of employment relations . . . . . . . . . . . . 353, 383
Doyle, Jim, governor . . . . . .4, 5, 322, 332-35, 727, 728
Driver licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516, 520
Dry cleaner environmental response council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352, 474
Dunbar, Brig. Gen. Donald p., adjutant general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349, 460
Dwelling code council . . . . . . . . . . . . .353, 408-09
E
Early child care and education division, children and families department . . . . . . 397, 399
Early childhood advisory council . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Early intervention interagency coordinating council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340-41
East Central Wisconsin regional planning commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
Eau Claire campus, UW system . . . . . 526, 532, 667, 668
Economic development, state . . . . . . . . .327, 404, 405
Education
significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . 310-11
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666-83
Education commission of the states . . . . . . . . 353, 566
Educational approval board . . . . . . . . . . 353, 508-09
Educational communications board . . . . . . . . 324, 353,
421-23
Educational division, educational communications board . . . . . . . . . . . .421, 422
Educational radio and television . . . . . 421-23, 802, 804
eHealth care quality and patient safety board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Election administration council . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Election campaign fund, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . 433, 890
Election process, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884-90
Election statistics
circuit court judges, 2008-2009 . . . . . . . . . 897-99
constitutional amendments, historical table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235-40
constitutional amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892
court of appeals judges, 2008-2009 . . . . . . . 895-96
governor
historical table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725-28
members of 111th Congress, 2008 . . . . . . . . 902-07
president,
historical table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722-24
presidential preference, by county . . . . . . 926-29
vote by county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932
vote by ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933-60
representatives to the assembly
vote by county, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912-19
vote by district, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920-25
state senators
vote by county, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908-09
vote by district, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910-11
state superintendent of pubic instruction
vote by county, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900-01
statewide referenda, historical table . . . . . . . 241-42
supreme court justices, 2008-2009 . . . . . . . . 893-94
Elections
significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . . 311
Elections division, government accountability board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432, 433
Elections in Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .883-960
Elective state officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4‑7, 322
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728-33
Electronic recording council . . . . . . . . . . . .353, 376
Ellis, Michael G., senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905‑09
Emergency government division, military affairs department . . . . . . . 460, 462, 464
Emergency management assistance compact . . . . . . 575
Emergency management and continuity of government, special committee on . . . . . . . 291
Emergency management division, military affairs department . . . . .353, 460, 462-63,
464, 466
Emergency medical services board . . . . . . . . 353, 442
Employee trust funds
board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353, 423-24
department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324, 330, 423-26
Employees, legislature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Employees suggestion board, state . . . . . . . . 383, 385
Employment
local government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748-50
significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . . 311
state government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326, 747-49
Employment and income statistics . . . . . . . . . 684-94
Employment and training division, workforce development department . . . . .543, 545
Employment programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542-49
Employment relations
commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 324, 330, 353, 426-27
office, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330, 353, 383-85
joint committee on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282, 326
Endangered resources program . . . . . . . . . . 469, 472
Energy independence office, administration department . . . . . . . . . .370, 372
Energy services division, administration department . . . . . . . . . .367, 370
Energy statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649-50
Enforcement and science division, natural resources department . . . . . . . . 469, 470
Enforcement division, regulation and licensing department . . . . . . . . . . 491, 498
Engineers examining board, see Architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyors examining board
Enrollment in schools . . . . . . . . . 667-71, 673-74, 682
Enterprise operations division, administration department . . . . . . . . . .376, 379
Environment
significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . 311-12
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
Environmental and regulatory services division, commerce department . . . . . . . 404, 405
Environmental education
board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
center for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Environmental resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Equal rights division, workforce development department . . . . . . . . . . .543, 545
Erpenbach, Jon B., senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 805‑09
Ervin, Roger M., secretary, revenue department . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362, 498
Estate tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .834, 845
Ethan Allen school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327, 417, 831
Ethics and accountability division, government accountability board . . . . . . 432, 433
Ethics code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331, 432-34
Evers, Tony, state superintendent of public instruction . . . . . . . .6, 7, 322, 480, 731,
900-01
Excise tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834, 845
Executive branch . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 247, 321-576
governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322, 332-35
lieutenant governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332, 336
profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327‑31
Executive budget and finance division, administration department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369, 371
Exports statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652
Extended supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . .416, 418, 420
Extension, UW system . . . . . . . . . . 530-31, 533, 669
Extraordinary session, legislature . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
F
Fair, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514-16
board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363, 514-16
Fair employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330, 543, 545
Fair housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543, 545
Family and economic security division, children and families department . . . . . . 397, 399
Famous Wisconsin citizens, list of . . . . . . . . . 711-14
Farm assets reinvestment management loan program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
Farm statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624-26, 628-30, 632
Farmland advisory council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Feature article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99‑191
special articles in prior Blue Books, 1970 – 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Federal aids and tax receipts . . . . . . . . . . . . 845-48
Federal‑state relations office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Feingold, Russell D., U.S. senator . . . . . . . . . 12, 746
Fields, Jason M., representative . . . . . . . . . 27, 912‑25
Fertilizer research council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Finance, joint committee on . . . . . . . . . . 269, 283-84
Finance, state, see State and local finance
Finance and management division, public instruction department . . . . . . . . 481, 483
Financial institutions
department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324, 328, 353,
427-32
significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . 312
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653-55
Financial literacy, governor’s council on . . . . . . . . 341
Fire department dues program . . . . . . . . . . .451, 834
Fire marshal, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456, 457
Fire sprinkler system examining council, see Automatic fire sprinkler system contractors and journeymen council
Fiscal bureau, legislative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Fiscal estimates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Fish and wildlife management . . . . . . 329, 469, 472-74
Fish, state (muskellunge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963
Fish statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657
Fitzgerald, Jeff, representative . . . . .19, 45, 254, 912‑25
Fitzgerald, Scott L., senator . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 44, 254 see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905‑09
Flag, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963
Floor leaders, legislative . . . . . . .18, 19, 23, 44, 45, 76,
254, 256 259, 734-36
Flower, state (wood violet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963
Fond du Lac college – UW . . . . . . . . . .530, 667, 668
Food inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328, 390, 392
Food safety division, agriculture, trade and consumer protection department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390, 392
Forest crop tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834
Forest land board, managed . . . . . . . . . . . . 357, 475
Forest management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469, 471-72
Forestry division, natural resources department . . . . . . . . . . 469, 471-72
Forestry, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354, 474-75
Forests, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329, 469, 471-72,
474-75, 658-65
Fossil, state (trilobite) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965
Fox Lake correctional institution . . . . . . . . . 413, 831
Fox river navigational authority . . . . . . . . 354, 550-51
Fox Valley college – UW . . . . . . . . . . .530, 667, 668
Framework of Wisconsin government . . . . . . . 243-52
organization chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250-51
state agencies location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244-45
Frank, Matthew J., secretary, natural resources department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359, 467
Friske, Donald, representative . . . . . . . . . 43, 912‑25
Fruit, state (cranberry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966
Fuller, Patrick E., assembly chief clerk . . . . .19, 86, 254,
737-38
Funeral directors examining board . . . . . .354, 494, 496
G
G.A.R. memorial hall museum, see Wisconsin veterans museum
Gableman, Michael J., supreme court justice . . . . . 9, 10,
578, 583, 733, 893
Game management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329, 469, 472
Game statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657
Gaming division, administration department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369, 371-72
Garthwaite, Phil, representative . . . . . . . . . 53, 912‑25
Gas and energy division, public service commission . . . . . . . . . .488, 489
Gasoline tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650, 834, 837, 838
Gassman, Roberta, secretary, workforce development department . . . . . . . . . . .365, 542
General election, see Election statistics
Geography statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695-98
Geologist, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Geologists, hydrologists, and soil scientists examining board . . . . 354, 493, 495, 496
Gift tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832, 845
Global ventures division, commerce department . . . . . . . . . . . . 404, 405
Goldman, Amie, executive director, health insurance risk‑sharing plan . . . . . . . . 551
Gordon, Paul p., commissioner, employment relations commission . . . . . 353, 426
Gottlieb, Mark, representative . . . . .19, 59, 254, 912-25
Government, special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Government accountability board . . . . . . 324, 331, 354,
432-34
Government employees, state and local . . . . . . . . . . . . 248-49, 331, 747, 748-49
Government records division, secretary of state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503-04
Government statistics, local . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747-56
Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 247-48, 322, 323,
327, 332-65
appointments by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333, 336-65
biography and photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 5
biographies 1849 – 1959, see 1960 Blue Book, 69‑206
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728
territory of Wisconsin, see 1885 Blue Book, 163
vetoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247, 271, 332-33,
739-42
votes for, 1848 – 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725-27
Governor’s special committees . . . . . . . . . . . 337-48
Governor’s statutory councils . . . . . . . . . . . . 334-35
Grain, state (corn) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965
Grand army home for veterans, see Veterans affairs department
Great Lakes commission, Wisconsin . . . . . 354, 566-67
Great Lakes protection fund . . . . . . . . . . . . 354, 567
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence river basin, water resources council . . . . . . . . . . . . 567-68
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence river basin, water resources regional body . . . . . . . . 568-69
Great river road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
Green party, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . 864, 872-75
Green Bay campus, UW system . . . . . . . 526-27, 532,
667, 668
Green Bay correctional institution . . . . . . 413, 419, 831
Grigsby, Tamara D., representative . . . . . . . 31, 912‑25
Grothman, Glenn, senator . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 58, 254,
908-11
Groundwater coordinating council . . . . . . 354, 476-77
Group insurance board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354, 425
Gunderson, Scott L., representative . . . . . . . 75, 912‑25
Gundrum, Mark, representative . . . . . . . . . 75, 912‑25
H
Handicapped
blind and visual impairment education council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486-87
blindness council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
deaf and hard of hearing, council for the . . 352, 440-41
deaf and hard‑of‑hearing education council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
disabilities, governor’s committee for people with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339-40
education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481-82, 483
institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436-37, 438-40, 831
physical disabilities, council on . . . . . . . . .360, 442
special education, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
student grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
vocational rehabilitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545-46
Hansen, Dave, senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 78, 254,
908-11
Harbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .518, 521, 862
Harsdorf, Sheila E., senator . . . . . . . . 38, 254, 908-11
Health and educational facilities authority, Wisconsin (WHEFA) . . . . . . . .325, 553-54, 851
Health and social services, significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . .312-13, 319
Health care access and accountability division, health services department . . . . .436, 438
Health care financing . . . . . . . . . . 436, 438, 828, 829
Health care liability insurance plan . . . . . . . . 354, 452
Health care provider advisory committee . . . . . . . . 548
Health insurance risk‑sharing plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . authority (HIRSP) . . . . . . . . . . . .325, 355, 551
Health services department . . . . . 324, 330, 354, 434-42
Health statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814-17
Hearing and speech examining board . . .355, 494-95, 496
Hearings and appeals division . . . . . . . . . . . 376-77
Hebl, Gary Alan, representative . . . . . . . . . 51, 912‑25
Heinemann, Lorrie Keating, secretary, financial institutions department . . . . . . .353, 427
Herbarium, Wisconsin state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
High points in Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695, 697
High-risk juvenile offenders, special committee on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
High‑technology business development corporation (Wisconsin technology council) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325, 558
Higher educational aids board . . . 324, 329, 355, 442-43
Higher education corporation, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . 443
Highway safety, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . 355, 521
Highways
aids, finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834, 838-39, 840
crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858-60
general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 329
state patrol division, transportation department . . . . . . . . 517-18, 520
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .854, 856-60
transportation investment management division, transportation department . . . 518, 520-21
transportation system development division, transportation department . . . . . 518, 521
Hilgenberg, Steve, representative . . . . . . . . 53, 912‑25
Hintz, Gordon, representative . . . . . . . . . . 55, 912‑25
Historian, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Historic preservation
historic preservation – public history division, state historical society . . . . . 444, 446-47
review board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355, 449
Historic sites division, state historical society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444, 447
Historic sites in Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715
Historical markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715-21
Historical records advisory board, state . . . . . . . . . 342
Historical society, state . . . . . . . . . .324, 329, 443-49
curators, board of . . . . . . . . . . . .363, 443-44, 446
historical society endowment fund council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355, 448
History of Wisconsin
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .699-746
votes on constitutional amendments and statewide referenda . . . . . . . . . 235-42, 892
Hixson, Kim, representative . . . . . . . . . . 49, 912‑25
Holperin, Jim, senator . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 254, 908-11
Home improvement loan program . . . . . . .539, 554-56
Home inspectors, licensing of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Home loan program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539, 554-56
Homeland security council, Wisconsin . . . . . . 342, 464
Homestead tax credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
Honadel, Mark R., representative . . . . . . . . 33, 912‑25
Hopper, Randy, senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 908-11
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) . . . . . . 325, 355,
554-56, 851
Housing discrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
Housing rehabilitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
Hraychuck, Ann, representative . . . . . . 39, 254, 912‑25
Hubler, Mary, representative . . . . . . . . . . 69, 912‑25
Huebsch, Michael D., representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 912‑25
Human services, see Health services department; Public assistance; Social security; Social services statistics
Humane officer, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Humanities council, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Hutchison, Connie, executive secretary, higher educational aids board . . . . . . . . 355, 443
Hygiene laboratory board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356, 535
i
Imprisonment, wrongful, see Claims board
Income, sales and excise tax division, revenue department . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499, 501
Income statistics
by industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684, 685-89, 692-93
gross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684, 686, 694
Income tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499, 501, 832, 834,
842, 843, 845
Incorporation review board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Indebtedness, public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850-51
Independent agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Independent living council, statewide . . . . . . . . 342-43
Indians
population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .805, 807, 809,
810, 811, 813
reservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
tribal chairpersons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812
Industrial development, see Commerce department
Industrial education, see Wisconsin technical college system
Industrial revenue bond program . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Industry
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648, 651, 652
Information policy and technology, joint committee on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Information technology and customer services bureau, tourism department . . . . .509, 510
Information technology management board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355, 377
Inheritance tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834, 845
Injured patients and families compensation fund . . . . . . . . . . . .354, 451-52
Injured patients and families compensation fund peer review council . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Insect, state (honey bee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964
Institutions, state
correctional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412‑21
mental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436-37, 438
population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .830, 831
state supported programs study and advisory committee, joint legislative . . . . . . . 295
Insurance
regulation of rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450-51
security fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
state employees’ group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
state life insurance fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
tax on premiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834
Insurance, office of the commissioner . . . . . . 324, 328,
355, 449-52
Insurance product regulation commission, interstate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
Insurance security fund board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Insurance services division, employee trust funds department . . . . . . . . . . . . 423, 424
Insurance, significant legislation 2007 session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313, 319
Intergovernmental relations division, administration department . . . . . . . . . .369, 372
Interior designers, licensing of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
International trade council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Interoperability council, state . . . . . . . . . 363, 377-78
Interstate adult offender supervision board . . . . 349, 420
Interstate agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566-74
Interstate compacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575-76
Interstate juvenile supervision, state board for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Invasive species council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356, 477
Investment and local impact fund board . . . .356, 502-03
Investment board, state of Wisconsin . . . . . . . 324, 330,
356, 452-54
J
Jackson, Cecilia M., secretary, regulation and licensing department . . . . .361, 491
Jackson correctional institution . . . . . . . .413, 419, 831
Jauch, Robert, senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905-09
Joint legislative council, see Legislative council
Jorgensen, Andy, representative . . . . . . . . . 45, 912‑25
Judges
appeals, court of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .579, 585-86
circuit courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529, 587-93
elections, see Election statistics
supreme court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8‑10, 578, 579,
583, 732-33
Judicial
administrative districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 248, 557-620 special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . 188
commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356, 580, 602-03
conduct advisory committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600
conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600-01
council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356, 580, 603
education committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580, 601
elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893-99
profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579‑82
Judicial selection, governor’s advisory council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343-44
Justice assistance office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356, 378
Justice department . . . . . . . . . . . . .324, 330, 454-59
Justice reinvestment initiative oversight, special committee on . . . . . . . . . . 291
Justices, supreme court, Wisconsin . . . . .8‑10, 578, 579,
583, 732-33, 893-94
list of, 1836 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732-33
Juvenile corrections division, corrections department . . . . . . . . . .416-17, 418
Juvenile justice commission, governor’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Juveniles, interstate commission for . . . . . . . . 569-70
K
Kagen, Steve, congressman . . . . . .16, 743, 745, 902-07
Kanavas, Theodore J., senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905-09
Kapanke, Daniel E., senator . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 908-11
Katen-Bahensky, Donna, CEO, University hospitals and clinics authority . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Kaufert, Dean R., representative . . . . . . . . 57, 912‑25
Kedzie, Neal J., senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905-09
Kennedy, Kevin J., director, government accountability board . . . . . . . . . 432
Kerkman, Samantha, representative . . . . . . 63, 912‑25
Kessler, Frederick p., representative . . . . . . 27, 912‑25
Kestell, Steve, representative . . . . . . . . . . 37, 912‑25
Kettle Moraine correctional institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415, 419, 831
Kickapoo reserve management board . . . . . 356, 512-14
Kiesow, Harlan p., chief executive officer, Fox river navigational system authority . . . . . 550
Kind, Ron, congressman . . . . . . . 14, 743, 745, 902-07
Kleefisch, Joel, representative . . . . . . . 45, 254, 912‑25
Knodl, Dan, representative . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 912-25
Kohl, Herbert H., U.S. senator . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 746
Kramer, Bill, representative . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 912‑25
Kreitlow, Pat, senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 64, 254 see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905‑09
Krusick, Peggy, representative . . . . . . . . . 25, 912‑25
L
Labor, see Employment relations commission; Office of state employment relations; Workforce development department
Labor and industry review commission . . . . 356, 548-49
Labor and management council . . . . . . . . . . 356, 547
Laboratories, state
agricultural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390, 392
crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456, 458
hygiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356, 471, 535
La Crosse campus, UW system . . . . . 527, 532, 667, 668
La Follette, Douglas J., secretary of state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7, 322, 503, 729
La Follette (Robert M.) institute of public affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Lake Michigan commercial fishing board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356, 477
Lake states wood utilization consortium . . . . . . . . 356
Lake Superior commercial fishing board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356, 477-78
Lakes, largest in Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
Lambeau field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325, 564
Land acquisition, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .656, 664
Land and inland lake areas, by county . . . . . . . . . 696
Land and water conservation board . . . . . . . . 356, 396
Land division, natural resources department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469, 472
Land surveyors examining board, see Architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyors examining board
Lands, commissioners of public . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Landscape architects examining board, see Architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyors examining board
Lang, Robert, director, legislative fiscal bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Lasee, Alan J., senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905‑09
Lassa, Julie M., senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 908-11
Law enforcement services division, justice department . . . . . . . . . . . . 456, 457-58
Law enforcement standards board . . . . . . . . .357, 459
Law library, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .580, 595-96
Law revision committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Lawyer regulation, office of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596-99
Lawton, Barbara, lieutenant governor . . . . . . 4, 7, 322,
366, 729
Lazich, Mary A., senator . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 908-11
Learning support: equity and advocacy division, public instruction department . . . . . . . . . .481-82, 483
Legal aid, criminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478-80
Legal services division, justice department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456, 458
Legislation, summary, 2007 session . . . . . . . . 306-20
Legislative audit, joint committee on . . . . . . . . 285-86
Legislative audit bureau . . . . . . . 285, 293, 294, 298-99
Legislative branch . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 247, 253-320
Legislative council, joint . . . . . . . . . . . .264, 286-93
committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287-93
Legislative district maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20‑98
Legislative fiscal bureau . . . . . . . . . . . 293, 294, 300
Legislative organization, joint committee on . . . . . . . . . 259, 287, 293-94
Legislative reference bureau . . . .261, 265, 266, 268 269,
293, 294, 301-03
Legislative technology services bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293, 294, 304
Legislature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 247, 253-320
biographies and photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20‑85
caucus chairpersons . . . . . . . . . 36, 60, 63, 65, 254
chief clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19, 86, 254,
259, 264, 265, 737-38
committees . . . . . . . . . . . . .255-56, 257, 262-64,
274-77, 279-98
elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256, 908-25
for 2006 state senate election, see 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905-09
employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256, 264
floor leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18‑19, 254
hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265-68
history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
how a bill becomes a law . . . . . . . . . . . . .265-69
internet information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254, 263
legislative service agencies, see also each agency . . . . . .264, 286-93, 298-304
majority leaders . . . . . . .18, 19, 23, 76, 254, 735-36
assistant majority leaders . . . . . 18, 19, 77, 78, 254
maps of districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20‑98
minority leaders . . . . . . .18, 19, 44, 45, 254, 735-36
assistant minority leaders . . . . . 18, 19, 58, 59, 254
news media correspondents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
officers . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19, 254, 256-59, 734-36
parliamentary procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266-67
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . 188
personal data on members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20‑86
political composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
president, senate . . . . . . 18, 70, 254, 256-59, 734-35
president pro tempore, senate . . . . . . . . 18, 64, 254,
256-59, 264, 734-35
profile of legislative branch . . . . . . . . . . . 255-64
publications . . . . . . . . . . . .261-62, 263, 270, 273
representatives to the assembly . . . . . .21‑85, 254-64
salaries of legislators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
senators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20‑84, 254-64
sergeants at arms . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 19, 86, 254,
259, 264, 737-38
service, legislative, how to order (bills, acts, journals, bulletins) . . . . . . . . . . 270
service agencies, see Legislative service agencies
sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255, 259-61, 739-42
speaker, assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 49, 254, 259,
262, 264, 734-35
speaker pro tempore, assembly . . . . . 19, 29, 254, 259
summary of 2007 legislation . . . . . . . . . . . 306-20
telephone numbers, legislators’ . . . . . . . . . . 20‑85
vetoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247, 255, 268-69,
271, 327, 739-42
Legislatures, 1848 – 2009
chief clerk, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737-38
majority and minority leaders, 1887 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735-36
officers, list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . 734-38
president, senate
1848 – 1979 (lieutenant governor) . . . . . . . . 734
1979 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734-35
president pro tempore, senate
1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734-35
sergeant at arms, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . 737-38
speaker of the assembly, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734-35
Lehman, John W., senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 254 see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905‑09
Leibham, Joseph K., senator . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 254 see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905‑09
Leinenkugel, Richard J., secretary, commerce department . . . . . . . . . . . . 351, 402
LeGrand, Roger, commissioner, tax appeals commission . . . . . . . . . . . 363, 385
LeMahieu, Daniel R., representative . . . . . . 59, 912‑25
Libertarian party, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864, 876-78
Libraries, public . . . . . . . . 482, 483-84, 487, 622, 683
Libraries, Wisconsin state depository . . . . . . . . . . 622
Libraries, technology and community learning division, public instruction department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482, 483-84
Library, historical . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444-45, 447-48
Library, legislative reference bureau . . . . . . . . 301-03
Library, state law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .580, 595-96
Library and archives division, state historical society . . . . . . . . . . . 444-45, 447-48
Library and network development, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357, 487
Licensed practical nurses examining council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496, 497
Licenses, drivers . . . . . . . .329, 516, 520, 854, 858-59
Licenses and permits, fish, game, boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470, 657
Licensing, trades and occupations . . . . . . .328, 491-98
Lieutenant governor . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 7, 322, 327, 366
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729
Life insurance fund, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Lincoln bicentennial commission, Wisconsin . . . . . . 344
Lincoln Hills school . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417, 419, 831
Linked deposit loan program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
Liquor and wine tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834, 842
Livestock facility siting review board . . . . . . . . 396-97
Lobbying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 331, 433-34
Local government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248-49
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
Local government finance . . . . . . . . 832, 833, 838-39,
841, 843, 844, 847-53
Local government pooled‑investment
fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Local government property insurance fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Local government statistics . . . . . . . . . . 747, 748-82
indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850-51
Local housing organization grant program . . . . . . . 406
Local law, significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313-14
Long term care division, health services department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436, 438
Lothian, Thomas A., representative . . . . . . . 41, 912‑25
Lottery division, revenue department . . . . . . . 499, 501
Lower fox river remediation authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325, 357, 552
Lower St. Croix management commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
Lower Wisconsin state riverway board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357, 514
M
Madison campus, UW system . . . . . . 525, 532, 667, 668
Madison cultural arts district board . . . . . . . . 357, 563
Magazines, Wisconsin, see Periodicals
Main street program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405, 409
council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357, 409
Majority leaders, legislative, see Legislature, majority leaders
assistant majority leaders, see Legislature, assistant majority leaders
Malpractice insurance, medical . . . . . . . . 450, 451-52
Managed forest land board . . . . . . . . . . . . .367, 475
Management services division, agriculture, trade and consumer protection department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390, 392
Manitowoc college – UW . . . . . . . . . . .531, 667, 668
Manufactured housing code council . . . . . . . . . . 409
Manufacturing statistics . . . . . . . . . . . 648, 651, 684,
685-89, 692-93
Maps
assembly districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20‑98
congressional districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
court of appeals districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
judicial administrative districts . . . . . . . . . . . .588
regional planning commission areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
state agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
state parks, forests, and trails . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658
state senate districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20‑84, 87
Marathon county college – UW . . . . . . . .531, 667, 668
Marchant, Robert J., senate chief clerk . . . . . . . 18, 86,
254, 738
Marinette college – UW . . . . . . . . . . . .531, 667, 668
Marriage and family therapy, professional counseling and social work examining board . . . . . . . . . 357, 495, 497
Marriage records, statistics . . . . . . . . . .805, 814, 816
Marshfield/Wood county college – UW . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531, 667, 668
Mason, Cory, representative . . . . . . . . . . .61, 912‑25
Mass transit statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854, 861
Massage therapy and bodywork council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358, 495, 497
McAdams, Thomas, commissioner tax appeals commission . . . . . . . . . . . 363, 385
Meat inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390, 392
Medal of honor, Wisconsin, see 1983‑1984 Blue Book, 338‑39, 550
Medical assistance (Medicaid) . . . . . 438, 439, 824, 829
Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. . . . 329, 336, 358, 671
Medical education review committee . . . . . . . . . . 358
Medical examiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249, 755
Medical examining board . . . . . . . . . . .358, 492, 497
Medical malpractice insurance . . . . . . . . 450, 451-52
Mendota juvenile treatment center . . . . . . . . .327, 831
Mendota mental health institute . . . . . 327, 437, 438, 831
Mental health, interstate compact on . . . . . . . . 575-76
Mental health and substance abuse services division, health services department . . . . . . . . . . . 436-37, 438
Mental health, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358, 441
Mental health institutions . . . 327, 330, 436-37, 438, 831
Merit award board (state employees), see State employees suggestion board
Merit recruitment and selection division, office of state employment relations . . . . . . . . . .358, 383, 384
Metallic mining council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Meyer, Dan, representative . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 912‑25
Meyer, Mark, commissioner, public service commission . . . . . . . . . .361, 488
Midwest interstate low‑level radioactive waste commission . . . . . . . .358, 571
Midwest interstate passenger rail commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358, 471-72
Midwestern higher education commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358, 472
Midwives advisory committee, licensed . . . . . .495, 497
Migrant labor, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358, 547
Military affairs department . . . . . . . .324, 330, 460-67
Military and state relations, council on . . . . 334-35, 358
Military and veterans statistics . . . . . . . . . . . 783-89
Milk production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .623, 624, 627
Miller, Mark, senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 908-11
Miller Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325, 564
Miller, Stephen R., chief, legislative reference bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Milroy, Nick, representative . . . . . . . . . . .69, 912‑25
Milwaukee campus, UW system . . . . . . . 525-26, 532,
667, 668
Milwaukee child welfare partnership council . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359, 402
Milwaukee parental choice program . . . . . . . . . . 483
Milwaukee river revitalization council . . . . . . 359, 475
Milwaukee secure detention facility . . . . . 415, 418, 831
Mineral, state (galena) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964
Minimum wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330, 545, 546
Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .470, 475, 502-03
Minority business development board . . . . .359, 411-12
Minority leaders, legislative, see Legislature, minority leaders
assistant minority leaders, see Legislature, assistant minority leaders
Mississippi river parkway commission . . . . 359, 472-74
Mississippi river regional planning commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
Molepske, Louis John, Jr., representative . . . . 67, 912‑25
Montgomery, Phil, representative . . . . . . . . 23, 912‑25
Moore, Gwendolynne S., congresswoman . . . . . . . . . . 14, 744, 745, 902-07
Morgan, Michael, secretary, administration department . . . . . . . . . .349, 367
Mortgage loan originator council . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Motor carriers regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519, 520
Motor fuel tax . . . . . . . . .648, 650, 834, 837, 838, 842
Motor vehicles
crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858-60
registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329, 520, 854, 857
Motor vehicles division, transportation department . . . . . . . . . . 516, 520
Motorcycle statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .857, 859
Motto, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962
Mueller, Janice L., state auditor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Multifamily dwelling code council . . . . . . 359, 409-10
Municipal boundary review program . . . . . . . 372, 373
Municipal courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580, 582, 594
Municipal pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Municipalities, see Cities, Towns, or Villages, respectively
Mursau, Jeffrey L., representative . . . . . . . 43, 912‑25
Murtha, John, representative . . . . . . . . . . 39, 912‑25
Museum, Wisconsin veterans . . . . . . . . . . . 539, 541
Museum division, state historical society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445-46, 448
Music, art and dance therapists,
registration of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
N
Nagy, William M., assembly sergeant at arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 86, 254, 738
Nass, Stephen L., representative . . . . . . . . 41, 912‑25
National and community service board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359, 379
National guard . . . . . . . . . . 330, 460-67, 783, 786-87
Natural areas preservation council . . . . . . . . . 475-76
Natural resources
air pollution . . . . . . . . . . .329, 467, 470, 535, 663
board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359, 467, 470, 473
department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324, 329, 467-78
fish, game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329, 469, 472, 473,
656, 657, 662, 664,665, 665
forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329, 469, 471-72, 473,
658-65
forestry, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354, 474-75
groundwater coordinating council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354, 476-77
groundwater protection . . . 329, 390, 391-92, 469, 472,
473, 476-77, 567
hearings and appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
law enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469, 470-71
outdoor recreation act program . . . . . . . . .473, 664
parks and forests, state . . . . . .329, 469, 471-72, 473,
656, 658-65
solid waste . . . . . . . . . 329, 467, 470, 473-74, 663
significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . 314-15
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656-65
trails, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472, 658-61
water pollution . . . . . . .329, 469, 472, 473, 535, 663
Nelson, Tom, representative . . . .19, 23, 254, 736, 912‑25
Nerison, Lee, representative . . . . . . . . . . 83, 912‑25
Neumann, Judith M., employment relations commission chair . . . . . . . . . 353, 426
New Lisbon correctional institution . . . . . .415, 419, 831
Newcomer, Scott, representative . . . . . . . . 41, 912‑25
News media statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790-804
Newspapers in Wisconsin, list of . . . . . . . . . . 790-93
Nilsestuen, Rodney J., secretary, agriculture, trade and consumer protection department . . . . . . . . . . . . 349, 388
Nines, Lawrence R., executive director, health and educational facilities authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
Nonpartisan elections, see Election statistics
Nonprofit corporations . . . . . . . . . . 325, 350, 557-58
North Central Wisconsin regional planning commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560-61
Northern Wisconsin center for developmentally disabled . . . . . . . .436, 438, 831
Northwest Wisconsin regional planning commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
Notaries public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Nurse licensure compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
Nurses
licensed practical nurses examining council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496, 497
registered nurses examining council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496, 497
Nursing board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360, 495-96, 497
Nursing home administrator examining board . . . . . . . . . . . . .360, 492, 497
Nygren, John, representative . . . . . . . . . . 79, 912‑25
O
Oakhill correctional institution . . . . . . . .415, 419, 831
Obey, David R., congressman . . . . .16, 744, 745, 902-07
Occupational regulation, significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Occupational therapists affiliated credentialing board . . . . . . . . . . . 360, 492, 497
Oil inspection, see Petroleum inspection
Olsen, Luther S., senator . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 908-11
Optometry examining board . . . . . . . . . 360, 495, 497
ORAP, see Outdoor recreation act program
Organization chart, state government . . . . . . . . 250-51
Organizations, statewide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633-47
Oshkosh campus, UW system . . . . . . 527, 533, 667, 668
Oshkosh correctional institution . . . . . . . 415, 419, 831
Ott, Alvin R., representative . . . . . . . . . . 21, 912‑25
Ott, Jim, representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 912‑25
Outdoor recreation act program . . . . . . . . . . 473, 664
p
Pardon advisory board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344-45
Pari‑mutuel wagering, see Gaming division, administration department
Parisi, Joseph T., representative . . . . . . . . . 51, 912‑25
Parks, state . . . . . . . . . 329, 469, 472-73, 656, 658-65
Parkside campus, UW system . . . . . . 528, 533, 667, 668
Parole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416, 417, 418, 575, 831
Parole commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360, 420
Party platforms, state, see Political party organizations
Pasch, Sandy, representative . . . . . . . . . . 35, 912‑25
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
Performance-based disease management programs for large populations, special committee on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Perfusionist examining council . . . . . . . . . . 492, 497
Periodicals, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .794-801
Petersen, Kevin David, representative . . . . . 47, 912‑25
Petri, Thomas E., congressman . . . . . . . . 15, 744, 745,
902-07
Petroleum
inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404, 405, 834
petroleum storage environmental cleanup fund awards (PECFA) . . . .404, 405, 407
use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649
Petrowski, Jerry, representative . . . . . . . . . 77, 912‑25
Pharmacist advisory council . . . . . . . . . . . .495, 497
Pharmacy examining board . . . . . . . . . .360, 495, 497
Physical disabilities, council on . . . . . . . . . . 360, 442
Physical fitness and health, governor’s council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Physical therapists affiliated credentialing board . . . . . . . . . . . 360, 492, 497
Physically handicapped education . . . . . . . . .483, 486
Physically handicapped employment . . . . . . . . . . 545
Physician assistants, council on . . . . . . . .360, 492, 497
Physicians’ licenses, see Medical examining board
Placement of children, interstate compact on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
Plale, Jeffrey T., senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905‑09
Planning
coastal management . . . . . . . . . . . . 339, 372, 373
emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464, 466
energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367, 370, 372
regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559-62
Planning and policy advisory committee (judicial agency) . . . . . . . . . . 601‑02
Plat review program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372, 373
Platforms, state political party, see Political party organizations
Platteville campus, UW system . . . . . 528, 533, 667, 668
Plumbers council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Pocan, Mark, representative . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 912‑25
Podiatrists affiliated credentialing board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360, 492, 497
Poet laureate commission, governor’s . . . . . . . 345-46
Political parties in Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . 256, 864-66
Political party organizations
Democratic party of Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . 867-71
Libertarian party of Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . 876-78
Republican party of Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . 879-82
Wisconsin Green party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872-75
Pollution
air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329, 467, 470, 536, 663
solid waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329, 467, 470, 663
water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329, 469, 472, 536, 663
Pope‑Roberts, Sondy, representative . . . . . . 73, 912‑25
Population and vital statistics . . . . . . . . . . . 372, 438,
805-10, 813-17
cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747, 757-60, 767, 770-82
congressional districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .747, 751, 770-82
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .747, 769, 770-82
villages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747, 761-66
Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854, 862
Post offices in Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818-23
Prairie du Chien correctional facility . . . . . . . . . . .415, 419, 831
Precipitation by month and region . . . . . . . . .695, 698
Pregnancy prevention and services . . . . . . . . . . . 438
President of senate . . . . . . . . . . 18, 70, 254, 256, 735
President pro tempore of senate . . . . . . . . .18, 64, 254,
259, 734-35
Presidential elections
2008 general election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932-60
2008 presidential preference vote . . . . . . . . 926-29
historical list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722-24
national convention delegates . . . . . . . . . . 930-31
Press corps, capitol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Prevention and service integration division, children and families department . . . . . . 397, 399
Pridemore, Don, representative . . . . . . . . . 85, 912‑25
Primary election, see Election statistics
Primary home loan program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
Prison industries board . . . . . . . . . . . . .360, 420-21
Prisons and prisoners, see Correctional institutions
Private detectives and detective agencies, licensing of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Private employer health care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . coverage board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361, 425
Private security persons, licensing of . . . . . . . . . . 493
Probation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416, 418, 419-20,
575, 831
Professional credential processing division, regulation and licensing department . . . . .492, 498
Professional football stadium district . . . . . . . . . . 564
Professional fund‑raisers, licensing of . . . . . . . . . 493
Professional standards council for teachers . . . . . 487-88
Property tax
administration, supervision . . . . . . . . . . . 499, 501
assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . 499, 502, 832, 852-53
relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .832, 841, 851-53
revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832, 841-43, 851-53
Prosser, David T., Jr., supreme court justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10, 578, 583, 733
Psychology examining board . . . . . . . . .361, 496, 697
Psychiatric research institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Public assistance
expenditures, recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825-29
family and economic security division, children and families department . . . . . . 397, 399
Public defender, state, see State public defender
Public defender board . . . . . . . . . . 324, 361, 478, 479
Public employees, labor relations . . . . . . . 353, 383-84
Public employees, state and local . . . 326, 383-84,747-49
Public health council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361, 441
Public health division, health services department . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437, 438
Public instruction, state superintendent of, see Superintendent of public instruction
Public instruction department . . . . 324, 327, 328, 481-88
Public lands commissioners board . . . . . . . . . 380-82
Public radio division, educational communications board . . . . . . . . . . . .421, 422
Public records board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361, 382
Public service commission . . . . . 324, 328, 361, 488-90
commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361, 488
Public television division, educational communications board . . . . . . . . . . . .421, 422
Public utilities
regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328, 489-90
significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . . 319
taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834
Public welfare statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824-29
Publications, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790-801
Purcell, Gene, executive director, educational communications board . . . . . . . . 421
Q-R
Qualification of educational personnel, interstate agreement on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
Quality assurance division, health services department . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437, 438
Racial disparities oversight commission . . . . . . . . 346
Racine correctional institution . . . . . . . . 415, 419, 831
Racine youthful offender correctional institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415, 831
Radcliffe, Mark A., representative . . . . . . . 81, 912‑25
Radio stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802-04
noncommercial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804
Raemisch, Rick., secretary, corrections department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351, 412
Railroads
mileage, usage and revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855
regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834, 838-39
Railroads commissioner, office of the . . . . . . . 361, 491
Rate regulation
insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328, 449-51
public utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328, 488-90
Reading and student achievement division, public instruction department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482, 485
Real estate
appraisers, licensing of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495, 497
appraisers board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361, 495, 497
board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361, 494, 497
curriculum and examinations, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361, 494, 497
significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . . 315
Recall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887
Recreation act program, outdoor . . . . . . . . . .473, 664
Recreation areas, state . . . . . . . . 472, 656, 658-61, 665
Recreation statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656-65
Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470, 662
Recycling, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361, 478
Redgranite correctional institution . . . . . . 415, 419, 831
Reentry task force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Reference and loan library, public instruction department . . . . . . . . . . . .482, 484
Reference bureau, legislative . . . . . . . . . 293, 301-03
Referenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241-42, 886-87
Regional planning commissions . . . . . . . . . . 559-62
Regional transit authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361, 563
Regional transportation authority, special committee on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Registered nurses, examining council on . . . . . 496, 497
Registers of deeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754
Regulation and enforcement division, commissioner of insurance . . . . . . . 449, 450-51
Regulation and licensing department . . . . 324, 328, 361,
491-98
Rehabilitation council, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346-47
Reilly, Kevin p., president, University of Wisconsin system . . . . . . . . . . 522
Reorganization of executive branch see 1968 Blue Book, 366‑78
Reporters, capitol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Representatives to the assembly, see Assembly
Representatives, U.S., from Wisconsin, see Congressional representatives from Wisconsin
Republican party, state . . . . . . . . . . 864, 865, 879-82
Research and policy division, revenue department . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499, 501
Respiratory care practitioners examining council . . . . . . . . . . . .362, 492, 497
Retirement
public employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295, 423-26
teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423‑26
Retirement board, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . 362, 425
Retirement services division, employee trust funds department . . . . . . . . . . . . 423, 424
Retirement systems, joint survey committee on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295, 362
Revenue department . . . . . . . . 324, 330, 362, 498-503
Revenue statistics, see State and local finance statistics
Rhoades, Kitty, representative . . . . . . . . . 39, 912‑25
Richards, Jon, representative . . . . . . . . . . 33, 912‑25
Richland college – UW . . . . . . . . . . . .531, 667, 668
Riley, Antonio R., executive director, Wisconsin housing and economic development authority . . . . . . . . . . . .355, 554
Ripp, Keith, representative . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 912‑25
Risser, Fred, senator . . . . . . . .18, 70, 254, 735, 908-11
River Falls campus, UW system . . . . 528, 533, 667, 668
Roads, see Highways
Robson, Judith Biros, senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905‑09
Rock, state (red granite) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964
Rock county college (Janesville) – UW . . . .531, 667, 668
Roggensack, Patience Drake, supreme court justice . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10, 578, 583, 733
Roth, Roger, representative . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 912‑25
Roys, Kelda Helen, representative . . . . . . . 73, 912‑25
Rural economic development board . . . . . . . .362, 412
Rural health development council . . . . . . . . .362, 410
Rustic roads board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521-22
Ryan, Paul, congressman . . . . . . . .13, 744-45, 902-07
S
Safety and buildings division, commerce department . . . . . . . . . . . . 404, 406
Safety and permanence division, children and families department . . . . . . . . . . . 397, 399
Salaries of state officers . . . . . . . . . . . .259, 322, 583
Sand Ridge secure treatment center . . . . . .437, 438, 831
Sass, Dawn Marie, state treasurer . . . . 6, 7, 322, 504 730
Savings institutions review board . . . . . . . . . 362, 431
Schneider, Marlin D., representative . . . .67, 254, 912‑25
Scholarships and loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
School district boundary appeal board . . . . . . . . . 488
School safety, special committee on . . . . . . . . . . 293
Schools
aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483, 673, 681
charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
comparative data, by state . . . . . . . . . 672, 677-81
completion rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
cooperative educational service agencies (CESA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328, 676
districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249, 673
enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666-71, 673-75
expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .673, 677-82
home-based . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682
private colleges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666, 671
public instruction department . . . . . . . . . . 480-86
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666-83
superintendent, state . . . . . . . . .6, 7, 322, 480, 731,
900-01
teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480, 482, 487, 677, 678
technical colleges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .670
University of Wisconsin . . . . . . . . .522-35, 667-69
Schultz, Dale W., senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905‑09
Scocos, John A., secretary, veterans affairs department . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
Seal, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 962
Secretary of state . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7, 322, 331, 503-04
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729
Securities division, financial institutions department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427, 429
Seidel, Donna J., representative . . . . 19, 77, 254, 912‑25
Self‑insurers council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
Senate, Wisconsin
caucus chairpersons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 60, 254
chief clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 86, 254, 737-38
committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262, 274-75
elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908-11
for 2006 election, see 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905-09
majority leader . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 76, 254, 735-36
assistant majority leader . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 78, 254
maps of districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20‑84, 87
members, biographies and photos . . . . . . . . .20‑84
members, list of, 1848 – 2007 see 2007-2008 Blue Book, 99-117
minority leader . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 44, 254, 735-36
assistant minority leader . . . . . . . . . 18, 58, 254
officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 254, 734-38
president . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 70, 254, 734-35
president pro tempore . . . . . . . .18, 64, 254, 734-35
sergeant at arms . . . . . . . . . . .18, 86, 254, 737-38
sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739-42
term of office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Senators, U.S., from Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . .11, 12
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746
Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr., congressman . . . . . . . . . . .15, 744, 745, 902-07
Sergeants at arms, legislature . . . . . . . . 18, 19, 86, 254
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737-38
Session laws (Wisconsin acts) . . . . . . . . . . .268, 273
Sexual assault victim services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Shared revenue, state . . . . . . . . . . 501, 832, 840, 841
Sheboygan college – UW . . . . . . . . . . .531, 667, 668
Sheridan, Michael J., representative . . . . . . 19, 49, 254,
735, 912-25
Sheriffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755
Sherman, Gary E., representative . . . . . . . . 69, 912‑25
Shilling, Jennifer, representative . . . . . . . . 83, 912‑25
Shoreland zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Significant events in Wisconsin history . . . . . . . 700-10
Sinicki, Christine, representative . . . . . . . . 33, 912‑25
Small business clean air assistance program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Small business environmental council . . . . .362, 410-11
Small business ombudsman program . . . . . . . . . . 405
Small business regulatory review board . . . . . .362, 412
Small business, veteran‑owned business and minority business opportunities, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Smith, Jeff, representative . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 912‑25
Snowmobile recreational council . . . . . . . . . 362, 476
Social services, see Children and families department
Social services statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833-47
Societies, statewide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633-47
Soil, state (Antigo silt loam) . . . . . . . . . . . . 964‑65
Soletski, Jim, representative . . . . . . . . . . 79, 912‑25
Solid waste management . . . . . . . . . . . 467, 470, 663
Song, state (“On, Wisconsin”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963
Southeast Wisconsin professional baseball park district board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362, 564
Southeastern Wisconsin regional planning commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
Southern Oaks girls school . . . . . . . . . .417, 419, 831
Southern Wisconsin center for developmentally disabled . . . . . . . . . . 436, 831
Southern Wisconsin veterans memorial cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
Southwestern Wisconsin regional planning commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561-62
Spanbauer, Richard J., representative . . . . . . 55, 912‑25
Speaker of assembly . . . . . . . . . 19, 49, 254, 734-35
Speaker pro tempore of assembly . . . . . . . . 19, 29, 254
Special education, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Speech‑language pathology and audiology, council on . . . . . . . . . .362, 495, 496
Sprite program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417, 831
Standards development council . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Stanley correctional institution . . . . . . . .415, 419, 831
Staskunas, Anthony J., representative . . . . . .19, 29, 254,
912‑25
State aids and shared taxes . . . . . . . 501, 840, 841, 852
State and local finance
comparative, by state . . . . . . . . . . . . 842-44, 849
conservation . . . . . . . . . . .662, 663, 834, 837, 844
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840, 841, 853
excise (cigarette, tobacco, alcohol) . . . . . . . . . 834
federal aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847-48
investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452-54
property taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . 840, 841, 851, 853
public debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849-51
sales tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834
school finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637, 679-80,
835, 841, 844
state aids and shared taxes . . . . . . . . .840, 841, 852
state and local finance statistics . . . . . . . . . 832-53
state budget . . . . . . . . . . . .247, 268, 283-84, 300,
332, 369, 371, 832-39
state expenditures . . . . . . . . . 832-33, 835-41, 844
state revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832, 834, 836-43
transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838, 839
utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834
State and local finance division, revenue department . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499, 501
State bar of Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605-06
State capitol and executive residence board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362, 382-83
State capitol, special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
State elected officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4‑10, 322
elections, see Election statistics
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728-31
State employees
benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326, 423-25
civil service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326, 383-84
collective bargaining . . . . . . . . . . . . 326, 383-84
composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747-49
insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423‑25
legislative employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256, 264
number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326, 747-49
retirement system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423-25
salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259, 282, 326,
383-84, 748-49
suggestion board . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362, 383, 385
State facilities division, administration department . . . . . . . . . .369, 372
State fair park board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363, 514-16
State finance, see State and local finance
State government
executive branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321, 576
framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246-49
judicial branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577‑620
legislative branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253-320
organization chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250-51
significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . 315-16
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
State law library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595-96
State parks, forests, trails, recreation areas . . . . . . . . . . . 469, 472, 656, 658, 659-61
attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .656, 659-61
State patrol division, transportation department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517-18, 520
State prison, see Correctional institutions
State public defender office . . . . . 324, 330, 361, 478-80
State recreational areas and trails . . . . . . . . . . 658-61
State soils and plant analysis laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
State superintendent of public instruction, see Superintendent of public instruction
State supported programs study and advisory committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
State symbols, see Symbols, state
see also front and back endpapers
State trails council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363, 476
State treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7, 322, 330, 504-05
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730
State‑Tribal relations, special committee on . . . . 287-88
Technical advisory committee . . . . . . . . . . 288-89
State use board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363, 385
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621-862
Statutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Steinbrink, John p., representative . . . . . . . 63, 912‑25
Stella, David A., secretary, employee trust funds department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Stevens Point campus, UW system . . . 529, 533, 667, 668
Stewardship program . . . . . . . . . . .472-73, 656, 664
Still, Tom, president, Wisconsin technology council (high‑technology business development corporation) . . . . . . . . 558
Stocks and bonds regulation . . . . . . . . 427-28, 429-30
Stone, Jeff, representative . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 912‑25
Stout campus, UW system . . . . . . . 529, 533, 667, 668
Strachota, Pat, representative . . . . . . . . . . 59, 912‑25
Strengthening Wisconsin families, special committee on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Student financial aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442-43
Sturtevant transitional facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831
Suder, Scott, representative . . . . . . . . 65, 254, 912‑25
Suggestion board, state employees . . . . . .362, 383, 385
Suggestion program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383, 385
Sullivan, Jim, senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905‑09
Superintendent of public instruction . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7, 322, 328, 900-01
list of, 1848 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731
Superior campus, UW system . . . . . . 529, 533, 667, 668
Supreme court . . . . . . . . . . . .8‑10, 578, 579, 583‑84
elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893-94
justices, list of, 1836 – 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . 732-33
Surveyors, county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756
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
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
peace symbol (mourning dove) . . . . . . . . . . . 964
rock (red granite) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964
seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503, 962
soil (Antigo silt loam) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964
song (“On, Wisconsin”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963
tartan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966
tree (sugar maple) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963
waltz (“The Wisconsin Waltz”) . . . . . . . . . . . 966
T
Tauchen, Gary, representative . . . . . . . 23, 254, 912‑25
Tax appeals commission . . . . . . . . . . . .363, 385-86
Tax exemptions, joint survey committee on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296, 363
Taxation and finance statistics, see State and local finance statistics
Taxation, significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . 316
Taycheedah correctional institution . . . . . .415, 419, 831
Taylor, Lena C., senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 908-11
Teachers’ certificates, licenses, standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .480, 482
Teachers retirement board, state . . . . . . . . . . 363, 425
Teaching and learning division, technical college system . . . . . . . . . . .505, 507
Technical college system
board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324, 328-29, 363, 505-08
districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507, 670
enrollment statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
Technology council, Wisconsin (High‑technology business development corporation) . . . . . . . . . . 325, 558
Technology services bureau, legislative . . . . . . 293, 304
Telecommunications division, public service commission . . . . . . . . . . . 488, 489-90
Telecommunications privacy council . . . . . . . . . . 490
Telecommunications relay service council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Television stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802
Temperature, by month and region . . . . . . . . 695, 698
Timberlake, Karen, secretary, health services department . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354, 434
Toles, Barbara L., representative . . . . . 31, 254, 912‑25
Tourism, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363, 510-11
Tourism department . . . . . . . . . 324, 328, 363, 509-16
Towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249, 747, 769
population, by county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770-82
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
Townsend, John F., representative . . . . . . . 55, 912‑25
Trade and consumer protection division, agriculture, trade and consumer protection department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390, 392
Trade practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390, 392
Trades and occupations, see Regulation and licensing department
Trails, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472, 656, 658-61
Transit systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861
Transportation aids, see State and local finance
Transportation department . . . . . 324, 329, 364, 516-21
Transportation investment management division, transportation department . . . 518, 520-21
Transportation projects commission . . . . . . . .296, 364
Transportation, significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316-17
Transportation statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854-62
Transportation system development division, transportation department . . . . . 518, 521
Trauma advisory council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Treasurer, state, see State treasurer
Treasurers, county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754
Tree, state (sugar maple) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963
Trial division, state public defender office . . . . . . . 479
Trucks, see Motor carriers
Trumble, Kelli A., secretary, tourism department . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363, 509
Trust lands and investment division, administration department . . . . . . . . . . 380-82
Turner, Robert L., representative . . . . . . . . 61, 912‑25
U
Unemployment
insurance division, workforce development department . . . . .544, 545
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .684-86, 690
Unemployment insurance, council on . . . . . . . . 547-48
Unemployment insurance division, workforce development department . . . . .544, 545
Uniform state laws, commission on . . . . . . 297-98, 364
Uniformity of traffic citations and complaints, council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
United Nations, governor’s commission on the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347-48
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
University of Wisconsin hospitals and clinics authority . . . . . . . . . . . . .325, 364, 552
University of Wisconsin system . . . . . .324, 329, 522-35
board of regents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364, 522, 533
enrollment statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667-68
extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530-31, 669
system administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Upper Mississippi river basin association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Urban education, institute for excellence in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Utilities, public, see Public utilities
Utility public benefits, council on . . . . . . . . . 364, 386
V
Van Akkeren, Terry, representative . . . . . . . 37, 912‑25
Van Hollen, J.B., attorney general . . . 6, 7, 322, 454, 730
Van Roy, Karl, representative . . . . . . . . . . 79, 912‑25
Veterans affairs department . . . . . . . .324, 330, 537-42
benefits, grants, loans . . . . . . . . . . . 330, 539-40,
783-85, 788-89
board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364, 537
memorial cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . .537, 539, 540
programs council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
services division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539, 541
statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783-85, 788-89
veterans homes . . . . . . . 327, 330, 537, 540-41, 788
Wisconsin veterans museum . . . . . . . . . . 539, 541
Veterans benefits division, veterans affairs department . . . . . . . . . . . . 537, 539-40
Veterans homes division, veterans affairs department . . . . . . . . . . . . 537, 540-41
Veterans services division, veterans affairs department . . . . . . . . . 539, 541
Veterans, significant legislation, 2007 session . . . . . 317
Veterinarian, state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Veterinary diagnostic laboratory board . . . . . . 364, 536
Veterinary examining board . . . . . . . . . .364, 495, 497
Veterinary medicine, school of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Vetoes, governor’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268, 271,
332-33, 739-42
constitutional amendment . . . . . . . . . 240, 309, 892
Victim/witness assistance program . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Victims’ rights
crime victims council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
crime victims’ rights board . . . . . . . . . . . 352, 459
Villages, incorporation year, number, population . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249, 747, 761-67
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
Vinehout, Kathleen, senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 254 see also 2007-2008 Blue Book, 905‑09
Vital statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805, 814-17
Vocational rehabilitation division, workforce development department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545, 546
Voelker, John, director of state courts . . . . . . . . . . 595
Volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician service award board . . . . . . . . . . . 364, 386-87
Vos, Robin J., representative . . . . . . . . . . 61, 912‑25
Voter registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887-88
Vruwink, Amy Sue, representative . . . . . . . 67, 912‑25
Vukmir, Leah, representative . . . . . . . . . . 29, 912‑25
W
W‑2, see Wisconsin Works
Waltz, state (“The Wisconsin Waltz”) . . . . . . . . . . 966
Wars, participants and fatalities . . . . . . . . . . . 783-84
Washington county college – UW . . . . . . 531, 667, 668
Waste facility siting board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364, 387
Water, compliance and consumer affairs division, public service commission . . . . .488, 490
Water area, Wisconsin counties . . . . . . . . . . 695, 696
Water division, natural resources department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469, 472
Water resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469, 472, 695, 696
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
Waterports, see Harbors
Waterways commission, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . 364, 478
Waukesha college – UW . . . . . . . . . . . 531, 667, 668
Waupun correctional institution . . . . . . . .413, 419, 831
Weatherization program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Welfare statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824-29
West Central Wisconsin regional planning commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
Whitewater campus, UW system . . . . 530, 533, 667, 668
Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469, 472
Wildlife violator compact administrators board, interstate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
Williams, Annette p., representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 912‑25
Williams, Mary, representative . . . . . . 77, 254, 912‑25
Winnebago mental health institute . . . . . . 437, 438, 831
Wirch, Robert W., senator . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 908-11
Wisconsin aerospace authority . . . . . . . . . . .325, 550
Wisconsin apprenticeship council . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
Wisconsin center district . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364, 565
Wisconsin center for the blind and visually impaired . . . . . . . . . . . . 481, 483
Wisconsin constitution, see Constitution, Wisconsin
Wisconsin consumer act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Wisconsin correctional center system . . . . . . . .415-16,
418, 831
Wisconsin covenant scholars program . . . . . . . . . 372
Wisconsin development fund . . . . . . . . . . . 328, 405
Wisconsin educational services program for the deaf and hard of hearing . . . . . . . 481, 483
WisconsinEye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Wisconsin great lakes commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354, 566-67
Wisconsin Green party . . . . . . . . . . . . .864, 872-75
Wisconsin health and educational facilities authority . . . . . . . . . . . . 354, 553-54
Wisconsin housing and economic development authority . . . . . . . . . .355, 554-56
Wisconsin resource center . . . . . . . . . . 437, 438, 831
Wisconsin retirement board . . . . . . . . . . 362, 425-26
Wisconsin secure program facility . . . . . . . . .413, 831
Wisconsin state prison, see Correctional institutions
Wisconsin veterans museum . . . . . . . . . . . .539, 541
Wisconsin Works (W‑2) . . . . . . . . . .330, 399, 824-27
Women’s council, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . 264, 387-88
Wood, Jeffrey, representative . . . . . . . . . . 65, 912‑25
Worker’s compensation
council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
division, workforce development department . 545, 546
rating committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . 188
Workforce development department . . . . . . . 324, 330,
365, 542-47
Workforce investment, governor’s council on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
World dairy center authority . . . . . . . . . . . .365, 556
Writers, Wisconsin, special articles in prior Blue Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
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Ylvisaker, Jeff, director, legislative
technology services bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Young, Leon D., representative . . . . . . . . . 31, 912‑25
Youth leadership training center . . . . . . . . . . . . 831
Z
Zepnick, Josh, representative . . . . . . . . . . 25, 912‑25
Ziegelbauer, Bob, representative . . . . . . . . 37, 912‑25
Ziegler, Annette K., supreme court justice . . . . . . 9, 10, 578, 583, 733
Zigmunt, Ted, representative . . . . . . . . . . 21, 912‑25
ZIP codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818-23
Zipperer, Rich, representative . . . . . . . . . . 85, 912‑25