Here & Now, Ep. 1122 (2012-12-14)

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Here & Now, This is State Supreme Court Candidate Vince Megna. He appears via Marquette University poly-com link. same day voter registration, Governor Scott Walker is backing away from a Republican proposal to do away with same-day voter registration in Wisconsin. But the Govenment Accountability Board released estimates that eliminating same-day registration would cost the state more than 5-million dollars up front...and up to two-million dollars every two years after that. Soundbites from Governor Walker and Kevin Kennedy, campaign fundraising, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Executive Director Mike McCabe is in the studio talking about the rate of money made by out of state organizations during the 2012 Wisconsin election cycle. sand mining for fracing purposes, Frederica’s in-depth report on the sand mining industry in Western Wisconsin. Demand for the special sandstone product has increased because the product is a perfect match for oil drilling procedures in North Dakota oil fields. That procedure is called “fracking, ” an abbreviation for the work known as fracturing bedrock to get drill bits to oil reserves. The sand mining industry is pitting the interests of jobs against th…

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Wisconsin Public Television

Subjects

public broadcasting, AAPB, Vince Megna, Scott Walker, Kevin Kennedy, Mike McCabe, Herb Kohl, Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, Menards, Marquette University, Wisconsin, North Dakota, voter registration, campaign finance, sand mining, hydraulic fracturing

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