Once again, in keeping with timehonored tradition, i have come to report to you on the state of the union and i am pleased to report that america is much improved and there is good reason to believe that improvement will continue. My duty tonight is to report on the state of the union, not the state of our government, but our american community. And, to set forth our responsibilities, in the world and words of our founder, to form a more perfect union. The state of the union is strong. As we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our economy is in recession and the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers, yet the state of our union has never been stronger. [applause] it is because about our people that our future is hopeful, our journey goes forward and the state of our union is strong. Next tuesday, president obama tuesday, president obama delivers his state of the union address, followed by the gop response and your reaction. The state of the union, tuesday night on cspan, cspan r
Out of the street. Reporter they serve 240,000 households and businesses in the south bay. Its the largest water retailer in santa clara county. Because of the drought, theyre asking customers to cut backwater use by 20 and notify them they should not let water run down the street. So elizabeth wonders why the same company did nothing while waters been pouring out onto her street for three weeks. We cant wastewater, but they can waste water. I dont think thats fair. Reporter crews try to repair the biggest leaks first. We would love to have them all fixed instantly, but we would have to have a much larger workforce that wouldnt be affordable to our customers. So we prioritize them. Reporter crews also came out to repair a leak on rosewood avenue, it was so big that it transformed hard asphalt into a spongy surface. Residents were still in disbelief that so much water went down the drain in a drought. Another man reported a major water leak in his neighborhood, and that was back on marc
A b process systems in stratford hired 50 more people over the past year and greenheck in schofield added 209 jobs since 2011. These are just the employers i visited in the past few days. Throughout the past year, we helped amazon. Com expand and create up to 1,250 jobs here in wisconsin. Emco chemical distributors moved up from illinois with about 187 jobs. Hanna cylinders announced the same thing and brought 105 jobs to our state. All three of these companies moved into kenosha county. [ applause ] these are just a small sample of the many good news stories showing wisconsin is going back to work. [ applause ] this is a stark contrast to the negative job outlook of the past. During my predecessors last term, wisconsin lost more than 133,000 jobs and lost more than 27,000 businesses. In 2009, the Unemployment Rate peaked at 9. 2 . During that same year, wisconsins ranking in chief executive magazines best and worst states for business was 43rd. In 2009, a survey of employers by the ch
Speaker vos, speaker pro tem august, president ellis, majority leader fitzgerald, minority leader larson, minority leader barca, members of the wisconsin supreme court, constitutional officers, tribal leaders, members of the cabinet, distinguished guests, members of the legislature, most importantly, fellow citizens of the great state of wisconsin, it is an honor to appear before you tonight. Before we get started, i would like to introduce the first lady of wisconsin, my wife, tonette. [ applause ] also in the gallery are our sons, matt and alex, and my family; my parents, llew and pat, my brother, david, my sisterinlaw, maria, and my nieces, isabella and eva. [ applause ] next to my wife is Major General don dunbar, our adjutant general. I want to thank him and the more than 10,000 members of the Wisconsin National guard. Thank you for being here. [ applause ] the state of our state is strong and improving every day. The economy is dramatically better and our finances are in great sh
Hardworking taxpayers all across the state through tax cuts and withholding changes. Once passed, the total tax relief provided since i took office will be roughly 2 billion. [applause] first, we will reduce property taxes by 406 million. [applause] this is more than four times larger than the Property Tax Relief we passed last year, and it is vitally important to protect working families, senior citizens, farmers, and small businesses. The typical homeowner will see an actual reduction of 101 dollars on their next property tax bill. [applause] second, we will reduce income taxes by 98. 6 million. To to ensure we dont leave anyone behind in our economic recovery, we will target this tax relief to the lowest income tax bracket. If youre a family of four making 40,000, your savings will be 58. No one will get a bigger savings than that. Third, earlier today, i directed revenue secretary Rick Chandler to adjust withholding for state income taxes by 322. 6 million, so you can keep more of