All Superior Days issues must meet the following three criteria:                                                                                                                                                                                                   

1. Issues must have major impact or unique implications for Northwest Wisconsin.

2. Issues must have community wide consensus.

3. Resolution of the issue requires resources that exceed local capacity.

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Legislative Issues Packet 2010

Legislative Issues

• Recognition of 25 years of partnership
• Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Superior Research Institute
• Research Facility at the U.S. Geological Survey Vessel Dock
• Wisconsin Minnesota Tax Reciprocity
• Maintenance of Recreational Trails for Non-Motorized Use (SB 265)

Department of Administration

• Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Regional Juvenile Detention Center
• Research Facility at the U.S. Geological Survey Vessel Dock
• State job distribution in Northwest Wisconsin
• State Video Conferencing Rollout Program DOA
• Superior Research Institute
• Wisconsin Minnesota Tax Reciprocity

Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

• Agriculture and Energy Resource Center
• Local Food Distribution Infrastructure

 Department of Children and Families

• Reinstate Funding for Public Assistance Fraud Program
• State Video Conferencing Rollout Program DHS DCF

Department of Commerce

• Lake Superior Technology Park Development
• Local Food Distribution Infrastructure
• Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
• Research Facility at the U.S. Geological Survey Vessel Dock
• Superior Research Institute
• Training Requirements for Volunteer EMS and Firefighters

Department of Corrections   

• Career Education for Jail Inmates
• Regional Juvenile Detention Center
• State Prisoners in the Douglas and Bayfield County Jails

Department of Health Services

• Access to MN Birth Data for Public Health Nursing
• Increase the MA reimbursement rates for mental healthcare
• Funding Model for Aging and Disability Resource Center
• Reinstatement of the BadgerCare Plus Core Plan
• Training Requirements for Volunteer EMS and Firefighters
• State Video Conferencing Roll-out Program DOA

Department of Natural Resources

• Agriculture and Energy Resource Center
• Dam Removal & Abandonment Policy Revision
• Development of the North Country National Scenic Trail
• Flood Plain Ordinance Process and Development
• Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve
• LaPointe Harbor
• Reduce phosphorus levels in the St Croix River
• Research Facility at the U.S. Geological Survey Vessel Dock
• Superior Research Institute
• Terrestrial Invasive Species
• Wisconsin Point Preservation

Department of Tourism

• Development of the North Country National Scenic Trail
• Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Promoting History and the Arts
• Sustaining Northwest Wisconsin Tourism
• Wisconsin Point Preservation

Department of Transportation

• Continued widening of US Highway 2
• Highway13 passing lanes
• Highway 13 Paved Shoulders
• Hwy 2 and 63 Park and Ride
• Highway 53 intersection safety
• Increase DOT Driver License Testers
• LaPointe Harbor
• Maintenance of Recreational Trails for Non-Motorized Use (SB 265)
• Northern Lights Express High Speed Passenger Rail
• Rural Sign Standards

Department of Veterans Affairs

• NORTHWEST WI Veteran Fund
• NW WI Veteran Long Term Health Care
• Northwest Wisconsin Veteran’s Clinic

Department of Workforce Development

• Development of Renewable Energy Infrastructure

Public Service Commission  

• Cellular Tower Infrastructure Program
• Clean Energy Jobs Act

Wisconsin UW-Extension

• Agriculture and Energy Resource Center
• UWEX Criminal Justice Specialists

Wisconsin Arts Board & Wisconsin State Historical Society

• Promoting History and the Arts