Gov-elect Walker provides insight on the special session legislation he is working on:
At the Dairy Business Association  annual meeting on Wednesday, Governor-elect Scott Walker announced some of the provisions that will be included in legislation that he will call the Legislature into Special Session on January 3^rd, 2011 to consider.

• Reducing the regulatory burden on farmers
• Repealing the State Tax on Health Savings Accounts:  Representative Dean Kaufert (R-Neenah), authored legislation that would have accomplished this in the 2009-2010 Legislative session, and in previous sessions. Click here for a link to 2009 Assembly Bill 74.
   
• Cut taxes on businesses with 50 or fewer employees
• Fundamentally re-shape the Department of Commerce (similar to the Indiana Economic Development Corporation):  If you are interested in more information on the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, please follow the link to find a memo that Tony did originally for Competitive Wisconsin that details the history of the organization, and the changes that Indiana made to create their successful model.  IEDC Memo

Walker also shared some of his legislative priorities that he would like to enacted following the Legislature's work on the Special Session bill:

Keith Gilkes Appointed Chief of Staff:
On Wednesday, Governor-elect Walker appointed Keith Gilkes, his campaign manager since April 2009, as his Chief of Staff.  Before joining the Walker campaign, Gilkes ran the statewide efforts of the Committee to Elect a Republican Senate which coordinates resources for all State Senate Republican campaigns, and has previously worked for the Wisconsin State Legislature as a policy advisor in the State Senate. He is a native of Prairie du Chien and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.