Michael Smith Named Top Chef At Cooking Channel Oct 27, 2009
Smith is a regular speaker for groups such as the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) and the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC). "The explosion of interest in food and cooking has been amazing, and we are perfectly positioned to build on our category dominance with the introduction of the new Cooking Channel," Smith said in the release. (Multichannel News)
A Woman of Influence Oct 26, 2009
And as chief of the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing since 1992, she has helped prepare the industry for competition with coordinated marketing efforts and programs like the Movers Program, which allows consumers to sign up for cable service before they settle into a new home that individual companies wouldnt be able to pull off on their own. Beales understands the industry and how it works, said Louise Mooney, principal of public relations firm JLM Partners and... (Multichannel News)
CTAM Summit 2009: Beales Says Face-to-Face Meetings Drive Success Oct 26, 2009
While this weeks Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing Summit features one of our strongest lineups of educational panels focused on issues impacting your business, its those personal connections meeting between sessions with longtime colleagues and making new connections in the industry that will create even more value from your trip to Denver ... Char Beales is president and CEO of the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing. (Multichannel News)
A Cable Original Oct 26, 2009
The Cable Centers Hall of Fame award isnt Blanks first accolade: Hes won three National Cable & Telecommunications Association Vanguard Awards, the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketings Grand Tam Award and Cable Positives Joel A. Berger Award. Blank was also inducted into Broadcasting & Cables Hall of Fame. (Multichannel News)
Alarm bells on used mobiles Oct 26, 2009
Aside from those phones that are traded in, figures from the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association show almost 3200 mobile phones are reported lost or stolen each week. Australians' exposure to identity fraud through mobile phones is growing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
The Cable Industrys Mr. Fix-It Oct 26, 2009
Ive never had a bad year or even a bad week, Rutledge said when he received the Grand Tam award from the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing last year ... Rutledge is chairman of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and serves on the boards of CableLabs, C-SPAN and the CTAM Educational Foundation. (Multichannel News)
FCC Vote To Consider New Codified Net Neutrality Rules Prompts Comments, Advice Oct 23, 2009
Sharing the Republican minority's skepticism was National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow. While joining the chorus of praise for an open and transparent process, he advised the commission to employ a "healthy skepticism of hypothetical harms" and a realization of what the unintended consequences of its actions could be, including to "investment, job creation, and the continued expansion and improvement of next generation networks.". (Multichannel News)
NAMIC Announces Sunny Anderson, Host of Food Network's 'Cooking for Real' as Featured Guest for the 2009 L. Patrick Mellon Mentorship Program Luncheon Oct 23, 2009
Additional sponsors of the 23rd Annual NAMIC Conference include, Scripps Networks, ESPN Deportes, Starz Entertainment, WE tv, A&E Television Networks, BET Networks, Carlsen Resources, Inc., Rainbow Media LLC, TuTV, Univision, Comcast Networks, TV One, Motorola, Comcast Spotlight, Cox Communications, Food Network, NAMIC-Denver, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, CNN, NAMIC ELDP Class IV, Suddenlink Communications, QVC, CoLours TV, Retirement Living TV and Wow. Media Partners... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Wis. Senate passes texting ban for all drivers Oct 21, 2009
This year's bill has broad support including the Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association, which represents some wireless networks in the state, AAA Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Insurance Alliance and the Wisconsin Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs Association. No one was registered in opposition. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Smartphones costing a bundle Oct 21, 2009
According to the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA), the number of mobile broadband subscriptions more than doubled in the past financial year to 2. 2 million. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Where Are They Now? Oct 18, 2009
Known for his strong independent streak, he refused to join the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and fought the passage of the 1984 Cable Act. He also bought Citizens Utilities, a Connecticut-based gas, water, electricity and telephone company. (Multichannel News)
Mixed Bag For Cable Connection Oct 18, 2009
Cable Connection-Fall kicks off Oct. 25 with the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing Summit, which continues through Oct. 27. CTAM president Char Beales said registrations have already outpaced expectations. (Multichannel News)
Time Warner Cable's Britt, Showtime's Blank To Co-Chair Cable Show 2010 Oct 15, 2009
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association said Wednesday that its Cable Show 2010 will be held from May 11-13 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and the adjacent Nokia Theater. 2010 Cable Show Hollywood logoThe cable group said this will mark the first time the show, its 59th annual convention, has been held in Los Angeles since 1996. (Multichannel News)
NCTA On Pole Attachments: The Price Is Right Oct 10, 2009
In reply comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association reiterated its arguments for not only not raising cable's pole attachment fee, but for lowering everybody else's to cable's rate to help boost the broadband rollout. NCTA was responding to a pitch by a quartet of utility companies, who want the FCC to issue a declaratory ruling applying the higher telecom rate to cable because cable provides VoIP phone service. (Multichannel News)
ACC Shines Golden Beacon Nominations On Lifetime, MTV, Nick Oct 9, 2009
"For more than 20 years, the cable industry has been committed to improving the communities it serves at a global, national and local level," said Janice Caluda, 2009 Beacon Awards chair and vice president, operations, Florida Cable Telecommunications Association, in a statement. "Lifetime Networks' Every Woman Counts, MTV's GYT: Get Yourself Tested, and Nickelodeon's The Big Green Help exemplify the best of these efforts over the past year as they have encouraged women to become politically... (Multichannel News)
WICT Gala Honors 2009 LEAs Oct 5, 2009
Schoens work on behalf of industry organizations includes serving on Cable Positives board of directors and several Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing committees. Not only do I take great satisfaction in being an advocate for diversity, but most important, Ive spent my career developing teams which are mainly recognized for their talent, ingenuity, passion and dedication, Schoen said. (Multichannel News)
2009 CTAM Summit Oct 2, 2009
When: 10/25/2009 - 10/27/2009. Location: Denver Convention Center Denver, Colo. (Multichannel News)
Radiation report: how safe is your mobile phone? Oct 1, 2009
"All Motorola mobile phones comply with national and international safety guidelines for radio-frequency energy exposure. These standards provide wide margins of protection for users and the general public. "Although SAR values for products vary, all SAR values for Motorola products are within safe exposure limits and all products are considered equally safe," the company said. The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association said there was a large body of research endorsed by public health... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Top 10 Operators Have Deployed 16.7M CableCard Boxes: NCTA Sep 30, 2009
7 million set-top boxes with CableCards to date, compared with 443,000 standalone CableCards for use in retail devices, according to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. The Federal Communications Commission requires cable operators to use CableCards, which provide conditional access and decryption functions, in digital set-top boxes they lease to consumers. (Multichannel News)
CTAM Summit Eyes 1,600 Sep 30, 2009
The Oct. 25-27 gathering of Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing members would be down about 25% from , at that level, according to CTAM president Char Beales. But that's to be expected with companies holding down travel budgets, she said. (Multichannel News)
Fox Cable Networks Exec Will Flannery Dies, 38 Sep 24, 2009
He was very active in industry organizations including the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing's Advanced Cable Solutions Consortium. According to published biographies, he also served as a business development executive at DirecTV and came to News Corp.-owned Fox Cable Networks initially from Sony Pictures Entertainment. (Multichannel News)
NAMIC Previews Speaker Line-Up For 23rd Annual Conference Sep 24, 2009
Sponsors of the 23rd Annual NAMIC Conference include The Walter Kaitz Foundation, Scripps Networks, ESPN Deportes, Starz Entertainment, WE tv, A&E Television Networks, BET Networks, Carlsen Reources, Inc., Rainbow Media LLC, TuTV, Univision, Comcast Networks, TV One, Motorola, Comcast Spotlight, Cox Communications, Food Network, NAMIC-Denver, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, CNN, NAMIC ELDP Class IV, Suddenlink Communications, QVC, CoLours TV, Retirement Living TV and Wow.... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Industry Groups Question Need For FCC To Expand Internet Openness Principles Sep 22, 2009
National Cable & Telecommunications Association President Kyle McSlarrow applauded the chairman's vision of "preserving an open Internet," but said the cable trade group "may have a different view about the state of competition and choices and benefits that flow to consumers from that competition." The FCC chairman had suggested that one of the reasons new regulations were needed was that there was insufficient competition among ISPs. "We will continue to present facts and data to the Commission... (Multichannel News)
I would like to see the text of the current act.. I am trying to find the text... Sep 17, 2009
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association praised the introduction of the Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act (SHVURA), the to reauthorize the copyright license allowing satellite to retransmit TV station signals. NCTA president Kyle McSlarrow said Wednesday that his organization "strongly supports" retaining the current compulsory license. (Multichannel News)
Hog Roast in the Heartland Sep 17, 2009
When: 09/21/2009 - 09/22/2009. Location: 135 W Market 3B Indianapolis, IN, United States of America. (Multichannel News)
Senate Bill Would Fix Short Markets Sep 16, 2009
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association has said that phantom payment sometimes can result in a several-hundred-percent increase in payments for adjacent cable systems that come under common ownership. The original draft of the House Judiciary version of the bill would also have allowed TV stations to opt out of the compulsory license process if it obtained a single-source license covering rights to all its shows. (Multichannel News)
Target: Program Access Sep 13, 2009
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association, in a filing on video competition back in May, called program-access rules, and several other cable related regulations, relics of a bygone era. . (Multichannel News)
Court Rejects 30% Cap Sep 6, 2009
In fact, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association amended its filing in the FCC's video competition report proceeding to essentially lead off with language from the appeals court decision. The NCTA quoted the court's finding that the record is replete with evidence of ever increasing competition among video providers: Satellite and fiber optic video providers have entered the market and grown in market share since the Congress passed the 1992 Act, and particularly in recent years. (Multichannel News)
Studios Want Decision From FCC On Cable Waiver For HD Movies Sep 3, 2009
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association, which supported the FCC ban on selectable output controls, also supports the waiver. The trade group has pointed out that the FCC itself predicted that banning the select control of digital-content output might need to be waived for new services that would benefit the public. (Multichannel News)
Free Press Offers FCC Input On Defining Broadband Sep 2, 2009
That puts it 180 degrees from the recommendations of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. Both weighed in Monday at the FCC with comments on a definition for broadband service. (Multichannel News)
Comcast and Verizon wage war with TV ads Sep 1, 2009
Comcast is firing back, said Steve Effros, an adviser to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association in Washington, D.C. They can t afford to go into price wars. It costs too much. (Boston Globe)
People on the Move: Aug. 31 Sep 1, 2009
Rick Chessen, a veteran senior attorney and manager at the Federal Communications Commission and telecommunications attorney and litigator, has been named senior vice president, law and regulatory policy, for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association in D.C. Chessen first joined the FCC in 1994 as a senior attorney in the cable services bureau. He rose to become acting chief of staff of the commission earlier this year during the acting chairmanship of Commissioner Michael Copps. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
D.C. Circuit Tosses FCC Rule Capping Cable Subscribers Aug 29, 2009
Jenner & Block partner Mark Schneider, who argued on behalf of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association in support of Comcast, was not immediately reached. "We are pleased the D.C. Circuit has vindicated our position," Comcast spokeswoman Sena Fitzmaurice said in a statement. (Law.com)
NCTA Confirms Hire Of FCC's Chessen Aug 28, 2009
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association announced it has named Rick Chessen, a veteran telecommunications attorney and top aide at the Federal Communications Commission, as senior vice president of law and regulatory policy. Chessen, who has been a top aide to FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, r, who recently left the NCTA to join the law firm of Hogan & Hartson as partner. (Multichannel News)
Multichannel Newswire Aug 27, 2009
The Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing has announced 220 Mark Awards finalists -- and this year there will be even more winners called out, as CTAM has added a third-place bronze award to go with the existing gold and silver laurels. Don Imus will part ways with RFD-TV. The news, while not unexpected, clears the way for the radio star to proceed with a deal to have his Citadel radio show simulcast on Fox Business Network. (Multichannel News)
Wheeler: Government Needs To Lean On Broadband Demand Side Aug 27, 2009
That was the bottom line from venture capitalist and former National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Tom Wheeler, speaking at a Federal Communications Commission broadband workshop on the economic impact of broadband. Wheeler helped write the tech policy platform for then-presidential candidate Barack Obama. (Multichannel News)
Utilities Seek Pole-Rate Parity Aug 22, 2009
In fact, the cable industry has argued for lowering the rate for everyone to that paid by cable, with the National Cable & Telecommunications Association saying that "adopting a broadband attachment rate for all similarly situated broadband providers that is based on the cable rate formula is the surest way to promote continued deployment and investment in rural areas.". By contrast, said the NCTA: "[R]aising attachment rates for cable operators would raise prices and discourage broadband... (Multichannel News)
McSlarrow, Sapan On Way to ACC Forum Aug 19, 2009
National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow and Rainbow Media Holdings president Josh Sapan will be among the headliners at the Association of Cable Communicators Forum 2009, set for Oct. 26 to 28 in Denver. Also on the agenda are Starz chairman Robert Clasen, Suddenlink Communications chairman Jerald Kent, CableLabs president Paul Liao and Vail Resorts CEO Robert Katz. (Multichannel News)
NCTA Taps Associate General Counsel Aug 19, 2009
WASHINGTON The National Cable & Telecommunications Association has named Stephanie Podey associate general counsel. She comes to the cable trade association from law firm Wilkie, Farr & Gallagher, where she was an associate. (Multichannel News)
K Street Files: Meet Fred Wertheimer 2.0 Aug 13, 2009
H. Russell Frisby Jr., former CEO of the Competitive Telecommunications Association, is joining Stinson Morrison Hecker as a partner in the firm s Washington, D.C., office. He will focus on communications, energy and technology areas. (Roll Call)
NTIA Corrects Broadband Mapping Funds Aug 8, 2009
The heads of the major trade associations, including the American Cable Association and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, wrote a letter to NTIA head Larry Strickling dated Aug. 6 outlining the changes that "would help to cement an effective public-private partnership between NTIA, state awardees, and broadband providers that would speed cooperation and progress in compiling and reporting the requested data in a timely fashion.". But there had already been industry meetings... (Multichannel News)
TW chief heads upstairs Aug 1, 2009
Ed Kozelek, executive vice president of the Ohio Cable Telecommunications Association, agreed. "When Ameritech first launched their cable venture six or seven years ago, nobody really knew what kind of impact it would have on Time Warner," Kozelek said. (Columbus Business First, OH)
Advice Helpful Or Not Comes To FCC Jul 26, 2009
In comments filed last week in a notice of inquiry, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association said that the FCC wont be able to get broadband to every American, or meet any of Congress other goals, if its grand broadband plan discourages investment. It also should not get bogged down in the debate over an open Internet, the NCTA said. (Multichannel News)
Heavy Rainfall Leads to State of Emergency in Many Areas (2) Jul 26, 2009
Phil Montgomery (R-Ashwaubenon) received the Excellence in Leadership Awards for the 2007-08 Biennial Legislative Session from the Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association. They were the lead authors of the telecommunications bill that has now become law. (Agri-View, WI)
Goldstein Via Skype: An Oregon Solution Jul 26, 2009
That was the stress-bomb lobbed at the Oregon State Cable Association in Salem last week, when a scheduled representative from the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Lon Goldstein, had to cancel his participation because of work stuff. No worries, though: OCTA officials Skyped him in on a Webcam, linked the Webcam to a big screen, and let the talk proceed, complete with audience Q&A. Goldstein missed his shot at the golden goose, though - a two-week, all expenses paid trip to... (Multichannel News)
NCTA Offers Comments On Broadband Plan Jul 22, 2009
That was the message from the National Cable & Telecommunications Association in the second round of comments on that plan, which were due to the FCC by Tuesday night. The bottom lines for the cable group were deployment and adoption, and beyond that, the FCC should get out of the way and let the industry continue writing its broadband success story. (Multichannel News)
Golf Channel's Botelho To Be Honored At NECTA Convention Jul 16, 2009
Golf Channel senior director of engineering Ken Botelho will be acknowledged by the New England Cable & Telecommunications Association during its annual convention on July 16. Botelho, who has more than 35 years of industry experience, will receive NECTA's chairman's award for Lifetime Achievement of Excellence in Television Production at the organization's gala event in Newport, R.I. on July 16. (Multichannel News)
Health Care Bill Won't End Tax Deductions For Prescription Drug Ads Jul 15, 2009
The major networks, ad associations, and others including the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, joined in a full-court press in the past few weeks against the provision, sending Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-Va. in particular, and his colleagues, a number of letters detailing the impact on their business of eliminating the deduction on the multi-billion ad category. (Multichannel News)
Q&A: McSlarrow Says Let Market Rule Jul 13, 2009
Kyle McSlarrow, president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, weighed in last week with his side of the ongoing discussion involving Ion Media Networks request for the Federal Communications Commission to endorse digital multicast carriage of Ions proposed urban programming service. Ion executive vice president John Lawson had made a further pitch for the proposal in the pages of Multichannel News on July 6. (Multichannel News)
Cablevision Hit On 'Exclusives Jul 12, 2009
Kyle McSlarrow, president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (which supports the existing law), weighed in against the Verizon complaint last week. It is a remarkable intrusion into the marketplace for the government with the program access rules to determine who can sell what to whom, McSlarrow said. (Multichannel News)
Broadcasters, Advertisers Urge House To Reject Effort to Eliminate Tax Deduction For Prescription Drug Ads Jul 11, 2009
On Wednesday, NBC and CBS joined with the American Association of Advertising Agencies, National Cable & Telecommunications Association and others in a letter to the president warning against targeting one form of advertising. "We urge you to reject any proposal to tax advertising. The potential for short term revenues would be far outweighed by the adverse precedent it would establish and the repercussions for the treatment of all forms of advertising, particularly during these challenging... (Multichannel News)
Rural telephone battlefield: David vs. Goliath Jul 11, 2009
Traffic pumping is part of a larger debate over the future of access fees tied to traditional phone lines as more communication moves onto broadband networks, said Rich Coit, executive director of the South Dakota Telecommunications Association. The disputes over the practice began two years ago and have landed in federal court in Sioux Falls, as well as in other rural states such as Iowa. (Sioux City Journal)
Google, Verizon, Others in New Child Safety Push Jul 10, 2009
The task force, which was spearheaded by the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA), drew on a diverse group of participants, including Yahoo, Symantec and the National Parent Teacher Association. "The Internet is such a complex space, the fact that the group was able to stay together from beginning to end, tackle some tough issues and overcome some tough issues really speaks to the importance of this work," Torie Clarke, Comcast's senior adviser for communications and... (SmallBusinessComputing)
NCTA: No Time For FCC To Change Low-Cost, Set-Top Waivers Jul 10, 2009
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association reminded the FCC Thursday that it has "long recognized" that waivers for low-cost, limited function set-tops were in the public interest and this is no time to change that policy. That came in a filing supporting a recent three-year waiver of the FCC's integrated set-top ban for Evolution Broadband and opposing an effort by a half-dozen groups to try and block the waiver. (Multichannel News)
Disappearing pay phones Jul 8, 2009
Bruce Renard, executive director of the Florida Public Telecommunications Association, has more than 20 years of experience in the pay phone industry, and said the decline in pay phones and phone booths affects many groups of people. They are an important public service for the poor, elderly, tourists and most importantly, for us in times of emergency. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Pact with Verizon could bring cable price wars Jul 7, 2009
"The cost of programming keeps going up," said Steve Effros, a consultant to the cable industry and former president of the Cable Telecommunications Association. "So long as we're paying multimillion-dollar salaries to baseball players, and as long as the cost of original product out of Hollywood keeps going up, the cable operators have to pay for it. "You won't see price wars," he predicted. One area where Pittsburghers might see some price reductions is in bundling. Verizon's arrival as a... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
And you belived them? Since when has Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cox... Jul 2, 2009
"I'm pleased that we've reached a point where instead of firing bullets at each other, we've got our business and technical people talking to each other now instead of us lawyers," said National Cable & Telecommunications Association general counsel Neil Goldberg. The agreements reached among the MSOs and CE companies don't include specific penalties for missing the deadline, according to Goldberg. (Multichannel News)
Operators To Miss Tru2way Deadline Jul 1, 2009
"I'm pleased that we've reached a point where instead of firing bullets at each other, we've got our business and technical people talking to each other now instead of us lawyers," said National Cable & Telecommunications Association general counsel Neil Goldberg. While Comcast won't make the July 1 deadline, "the primary thing that has happened is, we've moved from opposite sides of the table to the same side of the table with the CE companies," said Comcast senior vice president of strategic... (Multichannel News)
NCTA: FCC Needs To Be Careful About Data For ILEC Inquiry Jul 1, 2009
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association told the Federal Communications Commission June 30 that it has to be very careful about how it collects data for its inquiry into special access services. That is the access to businesses provided by incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECS) who dominate the existing last mile to the business market. (Multichannel News)
Operators Top 14 Million Set-Tops With CableCards Jun 27, 2009
By comparison, as of June 2009, those same 10 MSOs have supplied 437,800 CableCards to customers for use in TiVo DVRs and other compatible third-party electronics devices, according to a report from the National Cable & Telecommunications Association filed Friday with the FCC.. "Therefore, in less than 24 months, cable operators have deployed more than 32 times as many CableCard-enabled devices than the total number of CableCards requested by customers for use in retail devices in the last five... (Multichannel News)
White House Nominates Baker to FCC Jun 26, 2009
"We congratulate Meredith Atwell Baker on this well-deserved nomination and look forward to working with her and the entire Commission on the critical issues that will shape the future of telecommunications in the U.S.," said National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow. " Meredith brings outstanding experience and an important understanding of how telecommunications and broadband can play an important role in the nation's economic recovery. She will be a great... (Multichannel News)
FCC Extends RCN's Set-Top Waiver To December 2009 Jun 24, 2009
35 million CableCard-based boxes to comply with the rule, according to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. More recently, the FCC approved the use of two low-cost, limited-function digital terminal adapters from Evolution Broadband that include integrated security functions. (Multichannel News)
NCTA: No Need For Government To Spur Video Competition Jun 24, 2009
Reiterating that the video marketplace is "diverse, dynamic, and fiercely competitive," the National Cable & Telecommunications Association told the Federal Communications Commission again that the government has no need to step in to further spur video competition or give cable's satellite and telco competition an "unfair regulatory advantage.". That came in reply comments to the FCC's "annual" video competition report. (Multichannel News)
Meetings of the Minds Jun 22, 2009
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (then known as the National Cable Television Association) was more geared to higher-level executives. We felt like the technical issues were pushed to the side while they argued over congressional policies, Karnes said. (Multichannel News)
911 calls a foul on funding Jun 19, 2009
The Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association applauded the Senate s vote Wednesday to support creating a new 911 grant program that could be established in July 2011 as part of the 2009-11 budget. The Wisconsin State Journal contributed to this report. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
