http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/ Recent posts! en-us 11/23/2009 4:46:19 AM 20 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=111&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton began a four-city tour to push for passage of the Impartial Justice Bill, a measure that would begin the process of eliminating special interest money in Wisconsin Supreme Court elections by creating a system of public financing for justices’ campaigns.<BR><BR> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=109&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton delivered the keynote address at the 57th annual Racine NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet on Friday evening, noting that even though the NAACP had made substantial strides in securing equality for African Americans, the dream that Martin Luther King Jr. first articulated in 1963 remains far from full realization.<BR><BR> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=110&locid=126 At a venture capital forum for women entrepreneurs, Lt. Governor Lawton on Thursday welcomed venture capitalists and business CEOs with a vivid description of how Wisconsin positions itself to lead in the life sciences sector. She sketched out a statewide asset inventory that includes world-class research institutions, sophisticated technology transfer resources, a high-quality workforce, and a proud history of successful entrepreneurship and innovating across sectors. And she applauded the invaluable contribution of Springboard Enterprises to compounding entrepreneurial activity by bringing women into play.<BR><BR> Fri, 2 Oct 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=108&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton introduced the five lead researchers of the soon-to-be-completed Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery (WID) on Wednesday evening at the Mechanical Engineering Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.<BR><BR> Sat, 26 Sep 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=107&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton addressed members of the Wisconsin Counties Association (WCA) at the group’s 71st Annual Conference in La Crosse on Monday. <BR><BR> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=106&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton keynoted the inaugural Modine Manufacturing Energy Efficiency Symposium Tuesday in Racine. Modine Manufacturing, a $1.4 billion company headquartered in Racine, employs 425 workers locally and 7,000 workers across the globe. The company specializes in the production of energy efficient heating and cooling systems for use in vehicles, off-highway and industrial equipment and refrigeration systems. <BR><BR> Fri, 4 Sep 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=105&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton urges Door County health care advocates to push for comprehensive health insurance reform<BR><BR> Fri, 28 Aug 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=104&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton and the Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of new SBA tools to ease the credit crunch in Waukesha, Fort Atkinson and Watertown Wednesday. <BR><BR> Fri, 21 Aug 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=103&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton testified Thursday in support of an Independent DNR Secretary (Senate Bill 113) at the Senate Committee on Tourism, Transportation, Forestry and Natural Resources hearing.<BR><BR> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=102&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton traveled to Monroe and Beloit Wednesday to announce the availability of new SBA tools to help small businesses access capital and ease the credit crunch. <BR><BR> Fri, 7 Aug 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=100&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton was in Baltimore, Maryland this week to chair the 2009 National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) annual meeting. <BR><BR> Fri, 31 Jul 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=99&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton stopped in Manitowoc and Beaver Dam Thursday to announce the availability of new Small Business Administration (SBA) tools to help small businesses access capital. <BR><BR> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=101&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton traveled to FM Enterprises in Merrill Friday to announce the merger of FM Enterprises and Graham Architectural Products, a union that is expected to create at least 60 new jobs in the Merrill area over the next two years. <BR><BR> Fri, 17 Jul 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=97&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton welcomed a crowd of more than 200 people to the Milwaukee County Historical Society Tuesday for the red carpet advance screening of the movie Public Enemies. She celebrated the importance of the film and video game industry in creating jobs for Wisconsin. <BR><BR> Fri, 3 Jul 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=98&locid=126 Lawton visited Superior, Rhinelander, Ashland and Green Bay on Thu to announce the availability of new Small Business Administration (SBA) tools to ease the credit crunch for Northern Wisconsin small businesses and help them access capital. <BR><BR> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=96&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton and the Small Business Administration (SBA) visited Eau Claire and Madison businesses on Tuesday to announce the availability of new tools to ease the credit crunch and access capital. <BR><BR> Fri, 19 Jun 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=95&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton traveled to Green Bay’s Southwest High School Thursday to attend President Obama’s health care town hall meeting with 1600 Green Bay residents, elected officials and community leaders. <BR><BR> Fri, 12 Jun 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=93&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton joined presidents and chancellors of Wisconsin’s public and private colleges and universities Monday to discuss Wisconsin’s role as a pilot state for the Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) program. <BR><BR> Fri, 5 Jun 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=91&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton announced Thursday that she met her target of recruiting 100 school districts to participate in her Energy Star Schools Challenge within one year. Participating districts agree to improve their energy efficiency by 10 percent, develop a comprehensive plan for energy management, track their energy use with EPA software, and educate students and the community about their efforts. <BR><BR> Sat, 30 May 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=90&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton participated in the statewide launch of the Wisconsin Wetland Association’s Gem List Monday at the Cherokee Marsh in Madison where she discussed the economic and ecological importance of Wisconsin’s wetlands. She noted Wisconsin’s historic conservation ethic, one that includes the legacies of Gaylord Nelson and Aldo Leopold. <BR><BR> Fri, 29 May 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=92&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton arrived in Antigua, Guatemala to represent U.S. women elected officials, joining select global women leaders for “Women Redefining Democracy for Peace, Justice and Equality Conference.” The Nobel Women’s Initiative, founded by the six women Nobel Peace Laureates, hosted the conference. The founders are American Jody Williams, Irani Shirin Ebadi, Kenyan Wangari Maathai, Guatemalan Rigoberta Menchú Tum and, from Ireland, Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan Maguire. <BR><BR> Fri, 15 May 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=87&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton joined Kenosha Mayor Keith Bosman, County Executive Jim Kreuser and hundreds of community members and other elected officials in support of auto workers on Monday. United Auto Workers Local 72 called the rally to declare their intent to fight Chrysler’s surprise decision to close its Kenosha plant—the only remaining automobile manufacturing plant in Wisconsin. <BR><BR> Fri, 8 May 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=89&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton addressed over 200 union leaders at the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Legislative Conference on Wednesday, April 29 in Madison. She highlighted their top state and federal legislative priorities, including the Employee Free Choice Act, the prevailing wage provisions in Governor Doyle’s budget proposal, and AB 172, which requires the teaching of organized labor history in high school curriculum. <BR><BR> Thu, 30 Apr 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=86&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton wrapped up Kimberly Clark’s Sustainability Week at their corporate campus in Neenah. She also unveiled her new online resource, Barbara’s Guide for Green Living, which provides tips on ways individuals and families can reduce their carbon footprint while simultaneously saving money. <BR><BR> Fri, 24 Apr 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=85&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton headlined UW-Oshkosh’s Gender Equity Council's Ninth-Annual Celebration of Women, this year a centerpiece in the campus’s first UW-Oshkosh’s Social Justice week. Lt. Governor Lawton thanked Chancellor Rick Wells for his leadership in putting the issues that define the lives of women and their families front and center. <BR><BR> Fri, 3 Apr 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=84&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton launched her new initiative, Wisconsin Connects, at the Wisconsin Education Media and Technology Association (WEMTA) conference at Monona Terrace on Monday morning. With Wisconsin Connects, Lt. Governor Lawton partners with ePals, a global community of collaborative learners, teachers, and academic experts in over 200 countries and territories. <BR><BR> Fri, 27 Mar 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=83&locid=126 Lawton traveled to Washington D.C. to chair a series of high-level meetings with senior Obama Administration officials and the nation’s top economists at the NLGA winter meeting. Lawton led a meeting with the Economic Advisor to the Vice President on the Obama Administration’s Middle Class Economic Policy. The delegation of lieutenant governors met with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan. Lawton also received a briefing on the nation’s economy by the man the Wall Street Journal calls “the de facto chief economist to Congress,” chief economist and cofounder of Moody’s Economy.com Mark Zandi. <BR><BR> Fri, 13 Mar 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=82&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton met with the Wisconsin congressional delegation and environmental leaders in Washington D.C. Lawton visited congressional offices and met with fellow Sister on the Planet and California Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, who serves as chair of the House Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management. Freshly returned from Afghanistan, Congresswoman Eshoo reminded her fellow ambassadors about the pivotal role that climate change plays in maintaining our national security and defining our image as a world leader. <BR><BR> Fri, 6 Mar 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=81&locid=126 Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton gathered with a dozen business and technology leaders and energy consultants Wednesday at a Green Business Roundtable at Monona Terrace in Madison. The roundtable was designed for participants to form partnerships across green and technology industries and develop strategies to increase collaboration between the business and conservation communities.<BR><BR> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=80&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton celebrated the contributions of Wisconsin women business owners with the launch of Make Mine a Million $ Business Race at the Wisconsin Department of Commerce Monday. The event highlighted the significant contributions Wisconsin women have made to the state economy with growing revenues and job creation.<BR><BR> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=79&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton addressed over 200 county officials at the 2009 Wisconsin Counties Association Annual Legislative Exchange. She focused on the current status of the state’s economy, highlighting regional economic development successes and challenges. She also previewed the economic impact of the federal stimulus package on Wisconsin and encouraged county officials to submit “shovel ready” proposals to the Office of Recovery and Reinvestment. <BR><BR> Fri, 13 Feb 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=78&locid=126 Lawton gave the opening address at the 2009 Governor Conference on Economic Development Thursday, the annual conference sponsored by the Wisconsin Economic Development Association. Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton described a vulnerable national economy needing a jump-start with essential stimulus legislation falling prey to partisan bickering. She called on the state’s economic development experts to intervene and offer guidance to ensure federal dollars connect to new jobs here in Wisconsin.<BR><BR> Fri, 6 Feb 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=77&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton, Adjutant General Don Dunbar and other senior National Guard officials visited the Tomahawk- and Rhinelander-based 951st Sapper Company in Mississippi Thursday and wished the engineer unit well as it departed for Afghanistan for approximately 10 months in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. <BR><BR> Fri, 30 Jan 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=76&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton joined over two thousand people at the 29th Annual State of Wisconsin Tribute and Ceremony honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on January 19, 2009. At the event, she spoke about the extraordinary moment in history we live– the opportunity to realize Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream, to put civil rights and social justice at the center of our agenda with a new administration. Lt. Governor Lawton presented the State Proclamation on behalf of Governor Doyle. <BR><BR> Wed, 28 Jan 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=75&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton met with members of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce’s Minority Business Advisory Council in Madison on Tuesday. They invited the lieutenant governor to provide the group an update on the state certification process for minority businesses in Wisconsin, and to explore what remains to be done to connect more minority businesses to participation in state contracts and have MBE certification provide entry to greater opportunities statewide.<BR><BR> Fri, 16 Jan 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=74&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton and State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster welcomed internationally renowned expert Sir Ken Robinson to Monona Terrace in Madison on Friday for the first-ever Creative Wisconsin Summit. The event brought together hundreds of committed citizens from every corner of the state to hear Sir Ken and celebrate the release of the Wisconsin Task Force on Arts and Creativity in Education final report. <BR><BR> Fri, 9 Jan 2009 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=73&locid=126 More than two hundred local government, private industry, environmental and other leaders from over 70 Wisconsin communities gathered at the Wisconsin Climate Change Summit in Stevens Point to create a framework for regional and local responses to global climate change and energy independence. Participants signed a Climate Change Regional Action Resolution as climax to the event. <BR><BR> Wed, 17 Dec 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=72&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton traveled to Santa Fe, New Mexico to lead the Executive Committee Meeting of the National Lieutenant Governor’s Association, hosted by soon-to-be governor, New Mexico Lt. Governor Diane Denish. <BR><BR> Sun, 7 Dec 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=70&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton served as the Grand Marshall for the 12th Annual Jacksonport Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday. The parade started at the Jacksonport Firehouse and wound through the town and back. Volunteers collected money for an area family in need and for local charities from the crowd lining the main street of Jacksonport. <BR><BR> Fri, 28 Nov 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=71&locid=126 A group of thirty journalism students from the University of Wisconsin Intermediate Reporting class met in the Governors Conference Room in the Capitol to interview Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton. They sought her reaction to current events, and discussed women in politics and some of the many initiatives that she leads from the Office of the Lt. Governor, such as the Energy Star Schools Challenge and the Climate Change Summit.<BR><BR> Sun, 23 Nov 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=69&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton spoke at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Energy Hub Energy (eHub) Conference at the Fluno Executive Education Center about creating an efficient energy infrastructure in Wisconsin and throughout the nation. The eHub organization connects UW-Madison students to professionals and careers in the energy sector. “In Wisconsin we don’t wait for change, we author change,” Lawton said. “We aspire to lead as the clean renewable-energy state.”<BR><BR> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=68&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton was in Madison on Monday with State Public Defender Nick Chiarkas to announce their effort to create a Veterans Intervention Program (VIP) in Wisconsin. The VIP program would create special courts for veterans for non-violent offenders to implement strategies that address post traumatic stress disorder and common attendant drug and alcohol abuse. <BR><BR> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=67&locid=126 During a conference call with the Information Technology Association of Wisconsin (ITAWi) and reporters from around the state, Lt. Governor Lawton announced the launch of a new career and job “matching” service in an effort to promote Wisconsin job opportunities to young people and build the state’s information technology (IT) workforce. <BR><BR> Sat, 25 Oct 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=65&locid=126 Having just returned as Head of Mission for the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) mission to China, Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton announced agreements reached while on the mission.<BR><BR> Fri, 17 Oct 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=66&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton served as Head of Mission on a National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) overseas mission to China from October 4th through the 12th. The mission was a part of NLGA Chair Lawton’s focus on bringing jobs and strengthening economic development in the states by building opportunities with an expanded network of international relationships. During the eight-day trip, Lt. Governor Lawton traveled to Beijing, Chengdu, Mianyang and Shanghai.<BR><BR> Sun, 12 Oct 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=62&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton represented the public sector at Wingspread Leadership Forum on Citizen Diplomacy: Strengthening U.S. International Relationships on Thursday. The forum was held by the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy. The group worked to define a Presidential Initiative on Citizen Diplomacy for the new administration, and develop plans for a National Campaign on Global Engagement. <BR><BR> Fri, 3 Oct 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=64&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton spoke at Ashland and Superior High schools on Tuesday promoting the Wisconsin Covenant program. The program was established in early 2006, and has offered successful students the guarantee of securing a spot in a school in Wisconsin's higher education system. <BR><BR> Sat, 27 Sep 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=61&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton was in Platteville on Tuesday making an exciting announcement concerning her Green Economy Agenda. Platteville and Cuba City school districts joined the many Wisconsin school districts already participating in the Lt. Governor’s Energy Star School Challenge.<BR><BR> Thu, 25 Sep 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=60&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton headed to a Kwik Trip gas station in Onalaska Wednesday to announce the opening of her new website, Guide for Penny Pinchers. This website is a comprehensive resource to help Wisconsin consumers save money on gas, prescription drugs, home energy, health care and more. <BR><BR> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=59&locid=126 Electronic Theater Controls (ETC) hosted a public hearing for the Wisconsin Task Force on Arts and Creativity in Education at the company’s Middleton headquarters. Members of the Task Force heard input on strategies to build entrepreneurship and a creative, innovative workforce by infusing arts and creativity through the core curriculum in Wisconsin schools. <BR><BR> Fri, 5 Sep 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=58&locid=126 In front of an excited crowd of more than five hundred nostalgic fans lining the Milwaukee River, Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton helped unveil the “Bronze Fonz,” a likeness of the popular character from the 1970s sitcom Happy Days, which was set in Milwaukee. She shared the stage with several other elected officials, Happy Days creator Garry Marshall, cast members, and “The Fonz” himself, Henry Winkler. The Lt. Governor presented a proclamation naming August 19 “Henry Winkler Day” in Wisconsin.<BR><BR> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=57&locid=126 Thursday found the Lt. Governor on the road again, this time at Edison Elementary School in Appleton. She announced to district and community leaders that the Appleton Area School District had accepted her Energy Star School Challenge. Edison Elementary principal Jim Donnellan took an extra step to make the Lt. Governor feel welcome.<BR><BR> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=56&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton stopped by the Kohler School Library to announce that the district, just outside of Sheboygan, had accepted her Energy Star School Challenge and would work to reduce energy consumption by ten percent. The Challenge, which Lawton announced in April, seeks to enroll 100 of Wisconsin’s school districts as Energy Star Partners in the program administered by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. <BR><BR> Fri, 8 Aug 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=55&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton started her day addressing participants in the Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program. Attendees are hand-picked to be developed as leaders through intensive seminars, training and travel. Lt. Governor Lawton shared her personal experience and lent the state’s perspective to inform both the work they were doing in Madison and the continued work they will do as leaders in their communities.<BR><BR> Fri, 1 Aug 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=54&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton headed to Buffalo, New York, for the annual meeting of the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA). She followed up on her successful policy work at last year’s meeting with the “Better Health Care for All” resolution pledging the nation’s lieutenant governors to support legislation that will give all Americans access to quality, affordable health care through a variety of strategies. Lt. Governor Lawton authored the resolution, which she then sponsored, along with Lt. Governor James Aiona (R-Hawaii). More than half of the lieutenant governors signed on as co-sponsors, and the resolution passed. <BR><BR> Thu, 31 Jul 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=53&locid=126 As part of her Green Economy Agenda, Lt. Governor Lawton this week partnered with Wisconsin Farmers Union to boost awareness of the opportunities available to Wisconsin farmers in the carbon trading market.<BR><BR> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=52&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton visited Carolyn’s Coffee Connection in downtown Kenosha to announce a new online tool to empower consumers to drive increased renewable energy production. Her “Get Green!” program is designed to make it easy for Wisconsin residents to switch to renewable energy as a source of electric power for their homes and businesses<BR><BR> Fri, 27 Jun 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=51&locid=126 Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton left Madison at the crack of dawn to join Governor Doyle and the entire cabinet who moved the seat of state government to Kenosha for one very busy day. While in Kenosha, Lt. Governor Lawton held a creative economy roundtable with members of the Arts and Humanities Association (AHA!) of Kenosha, she met with business leaders and entrepreneurs at the Kemper Center, visited a farm that produces its own renewable energy (pictured above) and announced that the Kenosha Unified Number 1 School District joined her Energy Star Schools Challenge. She also appeared on the Lenny Palmer Show.<BR><BR> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=50&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton, on behalf of the Wisconsin Task Force on Arts and Creativity in Education, co-convened with State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster, welcomed public input at a public forum at Solon Springs School on Tuesday. Members of the Task Force heard input on strategies to build a creative, innovative workforce by infusing arts and creativity through the core curriculum in Wisconsin schools.<BR><BR> Fri, 6 Jun 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=49&locid=126 Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton visited the YWCA of Brown County in Green Bay to announce the release of a report that shows her economic development initiative Wisconsin Women = Prosperity has made significant strides to improve the status of women in the five years since it began.<BR><BR> Fri, 30 May 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=48&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton was at Wausau East High School – a “green” building built in 2003 – to announce Wausau’s leadership participation in the Energy Star School Challenge. She spoke before an audience that included school officials, school board members, student members of the Outdoors Club, and other area citizens about the district’s new role in the Challenge. <BR><BR> Fri, 23 May 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=47&locid=126 The Wisconsin Covenant provides a new rite of spring for Wisconsin’s eighth graders. Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton joined Governor and Mrs. Jim Doyle and other cabinet members who traveled the state to enroll eighth graders as Covenant Scholars, and invite them to begin designing their futures in college or university. <BR><BR> Fri, 16 May 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=46&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton welcomed both Eau Claire and La Crosse to the Energy Star School Challenge this week. She also flew to the nation's capital to join Nobel Peace Laureates in calling on the federal legislature to take real action on global climate change.<BR><BR> Thu, 8 May 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=45&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton and UW System President Kevin Reilly co-sponsored a conference at the Johnson Foundation’s Wingspread Conference Center in Racine on Tuesday and Wednesday. They brought together business and education leaders from every part of Wisconsin to design Wisconsin’s blueprint for the Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) program.<BR><BR> Fri, 2 May 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=42&locid=126 As part of her celebration of Earth Week, Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton announced new online tools to shrink Wisconsin’s carbon footprint. The first, her “Get Green!” program, is designed to help Wisconsin residents switch to renewable energy as a source of electric power for their homes and businesses. She also visited the set of "Public Enemies" in Oshkosh.<BR><BR> Fri, 25 Apr 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=43&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton announced the Doyle-Lawton Administration’s “Clean Energy Wisconsin” plan to strengthen Wisconsin’s energy future in visits to UW-Superior and Paragon Lighting in Hudson. “Clean Energy Wisconsin” promotes developing new renewable energy sources, creating new jobs, increasing energy security and efficiency and improving the environment.<BR><BR> Fri, 4 Apr 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=41&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton traveled to Columbus to visit the set of Public Enemies, the Michael Mann-directed film brought to Wisconsin with enactment of the tax incentives Lt. Governor Lawton championed. Columbus Mayor Nancy Osterhaus hosted her tour.<BR><BR> Tue, 1 Apr 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=44&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Elizabeth Burmaster launched their Wisconsin Task Force on Arts and Creativity in Education with. The co-chairs made the announcement at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. <BR><BR> Fri, 28 Mar 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=40&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton met in Washington, D.C. with her colleagues at the National Lieutenant Governors Association Winter Meeting. Lt. Governor Lawton authored and introduced a resolution in support of the Great Lakes Compact, an agreement between the eight states and two Canadian provinces bordering the world’s largest body of fresh water to protect and conserve the lakes. <BR><BR> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=39&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton's busy week included events stressing the economic importance of the arts and two days pushing the administration's legislative priorities -- namely the Great Lakes Compact and a statewide ban on smoking in public places.<BR><BR> Fri, 7 Mar 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=38&locid=126 Lt Governor Lawton welcomed nearly 600 advocates to Madison for Mental Health Parity Action Day, to let their elected representatives know how important access to mental health care is to Wisconsin’s economy, businesses and families. <BR><BR> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=37&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton pushed economic development through both the green and creative economy sectors in addresses to the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Governor's Conference on Economic Development.<BR><BR> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=36&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton visited the Chambers of Commerce in Beloit, Kenosha and Racine to discuss Governor Doyle’s Grow Wisconsin initiative. <BR><BR> Mon, 4 Feb 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=35&locid=126 When the state’s #2 elected official joined Film Wisconsin Executive Director Scott Robbe at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah to introduce the film industry to Wisconsin’s newly enacted industry incentives, the buzz started. <BR><BR> Mon, 21 Jan 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=34&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton traveled just a few miles from the Capitol to Brothers Main Appliance on Madison's east side to introduce her Energy Star Tax Holiday Bill, a bill that would designate one week each year, anchored by Earth Day, during which people could buy any Energy Star certified product priced at $1,500 or less without paying sales tax. <BR><BR> Mon, 14 Jan 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=32&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton then made her way to the south side of Milwaukee, where Third Coast Studios has opened its doors to the film industry and the producers already exploring Wisconsin to take advantage of the state's new film incentives.<BR><BR> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=31&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton welcomed municipal and environmental leaders from across the state for the second in a series of meetings to plan a leadership summit on climate change slated to take place in December of 2008.<BR><BR> Wed, 2 Jan 2008 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=30&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton, along with former First Lady and founder/President of the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation, Sue Ann Thompson, made a two-day, four city tour of Wisconsin with the End Cervical Cancer in Our Lifetime campaign. Cervical cancer is the second most common form of cancer found in women worldwide. About 11,000 American women are expected to develop cervical cancer in 2007 and about 3,600 will die from it this year. The tour aimed to increase awareness about cervical cancer, its prevention now with a vaccine for the human papilloma virus (HPV), its screening with pap smears and its treatment – all part of a multi-state education campaign launched by the National Lieutenant Governors Association. <BR><BR> Mon, 10 Dec 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=29&locid=126 The Lt. Governor traveled to New York for the weekend to join 75 world leaders at the 2nd annual International Women Leaders Global Security Summit. During the three-day event, Lt. Governor Lawton met with current and former heads of state and government, high-level government officials and representatives from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations from around the world to discuss policy strategies to increase human and state security with a balanced agenda for a more secure and just world.<BR><BR> Fri, 7 Dec 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=28&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton met with UW-Madison faculty leaders of Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI) to discuss the new report from the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering and Institute of Medicine, Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering. They agreed to work together to improve participation of and opportunities for women in sciences, technology, engineering and math disciplines in the UW System at all levels.<BR><BR> Mon, 29 Oct 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=25&locid=126 As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, Lt. Governor Lawton led Wisconsin’s largest-ever observance of National Depression Screening Day, hosting events in Madison and Green Bay. It's estimated that as many as one million people in Wisconsin live with depression. National Depression Screening Day is designed to identify mental health concerns in the workplace in an effort to improve employee productivity, build a healthier workforce for Wisconsin and improve access to treatment for all.<BR><BR> Thu, 18 Oct 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=26&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton headed to Utah to join approximately 35 others for the second annual National Arts Policy Roundtable, a forum of national leaders who serve at the highest levels of business, government, philanthropy, and education, who gather to shape and recommend policies critical to the advancement of American culture. This event is considered the pinnacle arts policy convening in the United States, called by some “the Davos for the arts.” 2007 focus: “Thinking Creatively and Acting Globally – The Role of the Arts in Building the 21st Century American Workforce.”<BR><BR> Fri, 5 Oct 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=24&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton drew on her experience and expertise on the issues surrounding climate change and energy independence in testimony before the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. And, as chair of the Wisconsin Arts Board, lead Board members on a Discovery Tour of northwestern Wisconsin’s creative economy venues in Hayward, Wisconsin, and travel to many communities throughout the region. The tour was planned by seven area arts organizations, with scheduled stops at performance and studio sites, theaters and galleries. <BR><BR> Fri, 28 Sep 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=23&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton joined State Senator Fred Risser, philanthropist Jack Lussier, many community leaders and children on a damp morning to break ground for the new Lussier Community Education Center on Madison’s far west side. Later, she touted Wisconsin's role as an environmental leader to several hundred green building professionals at the Greening the Heartland Conference at Monona Terrace.<BR><BR> Thu, 20 Sep 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=22&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton welcomed an overflow crowd of student veterans at the Vets for Vets kickoff meeting in Madison on Wednesday, thanking them for their service and applauding their courage in making the often difficult transition from military careers to student and civilian life. She let them know that this state supports their ambitions for success.<BR><BR> Mon, 10 Sep 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=21&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton envisioned a promising future for the film, television and video production industry in Wisconsin with Hollywood actors Lou Diamond Phillips and Billy Burke and Emmy Award-winning director Charles McDougall in Milwaukee on Monday. <BR><BR> Thu, 30 Aug 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=20&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton traveled to Beloit to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Wisconsin Fresh Start program and announce $1.2 million in awards on its behalf. Later in the day, she went to Milwaukee to lend support for Sen. Lena Taylor's Cervival Cancer Education and Prevention Bill.<BR><BR> Tue, 28 Aug 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=19&locid=126 This week was the 5th Annual “Up North” tour for the Doyle-Lawton Administration. During the seven-day tour through the Northwoods, Governor Doyle, Lt. Governor Lawton, and members of the Governor’s Cabinet promote Wisconsin tourism, outline state initiatives to grow the economy, and bring state government directly to the people. <BR><BR> Thu, 16 Aug 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=18&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton traveled to Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to give a proper send off to approximately 180 soldiers of Troop E of the Wisconsin National Guard’s 105th Cavalry of the Berlin-based Rear Operations Center. When the call was made to Wisconsin, these soldiers volunteered for this one-year mission to Iraq, some for a second time. <BR><BR> Mon, 13 Aug 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=16&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton and Rod Nilsestuen, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), got a close look at how some Wisconsin entrepreneurs’ innovations address environmental and energy challenges and stand to spur economic growth.<BR><BR> Fri, 3 Aug 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=17&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton traveled with husband Cal to Virginia for the summer meeting of the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) and the 400th anniversary celebration of the founding of Jamestown. Lt. Governor Lawton, joined by a record-setting number of colleagues from around the country, took on issues ranging from energy independence to the National Guard to transportation to the future of higher education. <BR><BR> Wed, 1 Aug 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=14&locid=126 Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton brought her entire family to enjoy the Live Earth concert staged in Door County. Singer/songwriter Jeannie Kuhns was both the organizing force behind the event at the Woodwalk Gallery and Art Barn in Egg Harbor and a performer on a perfect summer afternoon. <BR><BR> Sat, 14 Jul 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=13&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton celebrated “Stewardship Day” at Mead Wildlife Area. Lawton Announced 10,000 more acres placed in public trust <BR><BR> Fri, 6 Jul 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=12&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton brought together scholars and environmental leaders from Bavaria and China this week for an international exchange on environmental stewardship, renewable energy, and economic growth.<BR><BR> Mon, 25 Jun 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=94&locid=126 Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton called on Legionnaires to join in the campaign remind legislators to support Wisconsin veterans by funding the Wisconsin GI Bill in the budget during her address to more than 600 veterans at the American Legion State Conference today. <BR><BR> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=11&locid=126 After touring storm-ravaged areas, Lt. Governor Lawton called on local and state emergency management officials to respond to tornado damage in several Wisconsin Counties. <BR><BR> Mon, 18 Jun 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=9&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton spent a day touring Milwaukee, urging eighth graders to make the commitment to the Wisconsin Covenant.<BR><BR> Mon, 4 Jun 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=10&locid=126 Hollywood leged Robert Redford was in town to check out his first cinema, Sundace Cinema 608, at Hilldale Mall, and invited a few of the people who helped make it happen to a small reception.<BR><BR> Fri, 1 Jun 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=8&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton started with week at Make Mine a Million, and then headed to Manitowoc with the rest of the Administration.<BR><BR> Thu, 31 May 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=7&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton spoke with seniors in Green Bay on Thursday this week.<BR><BR> Fri, 18 May 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=6&locid=126 Lt. Governor Lawton proclaimed Asthma Awareness Day in Milwaukee and celebrated Covenant Day in Superior, Rhinelander and La Crosse this week.<BR><BR> Thu, 17 May 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=3&locid=126 Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton traveled to Managua, Nicaragua with a delegation from Wisconsin's National Guard last week as part of an ongoing state partnership between Wisconsin and Nicaragua. <BR><BR> Tue, 8 May 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=4&locid=126 Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton was the guest speaker for the Commencement and Academic Awards Ceremony at UW-Marathon County in Wausau last Sunday, May 6, 2007. It was to be the last graduation ceremony led by retiring Dean Jim Veninga, and Lawton paid tribute to his leadership style, inspiring students to achieve high goals and engaging the entire community in exploring together the thorniest issues of the day.<BR><BR> Sun, 6 May 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=1&locid=126 Lt. Governor visits Holmen and Eau Claire to discuss Wisconsin Covenant<BR><BR> Fri, 20 Apr 2007 0:0:0 http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/travels_details.asp?travelid=2&locid=126 Lt. Governor looks to boost funding for Youth Apprenticeship and Workforce Advancement Training programs<BR><BR> Thu, 22 Mar 2007 0:0:0