Jim Doyle, a Democrat, is the former governor of Wisconsin. He was elected to the post in 2002, after serving as the state's attorney general, and was re-elected in 2006. He did not seek a third term in 2010 and went to work for a Milwaukee-based law firm.
Jim DoyleSays he "had to impose tougher cost controls on state employees than" any previous Wisconsin governor.
"It’s illegal for a state to say we’re simply going to cut off (union contract) negotiations. There’s a legal requirement that you are involved in…
Wisconsin’s projected state budget shortfall is now as low as $1.5 billion
About 1 in 10 public school teachers in Wisconsin would have been laid off without federal stimulus funds.