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Walker vetoes bail bondsmen budget provision
A last-minute veto from Gov. Scott Walker means Wisconsin will not be returning to the days of state-regulated bail bondsmen. Walker vetoed the state budget provision Sunday morning, before signing the budget later that day. The proposal, which would have revived state licensing of bail bondsmen for the first time in almost 32 years, was […]
Governor makes 50 vetoes in state budget (UPDATE)
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker left the state budget largely intact, using his powerful veto pen to issue only 50 changes before signing it into law Sunday. The lack of changes — Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle made 81 vetoes in the 2009-11 budget — indicate Republicans who […]
Walker signs balanced budget
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker signed his first budget Sunday, a plan that plugs the state’s $3 billion shortfall but also slashes money for public schools and the University of Wisconsin System. Walker signed the two-year $66 billion budget at a private ceremony at a Green Bay area […]
Walker was to sign budget at company led by felon
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The chief executive officer at the Green Bay company where Gov. Scott Walker originally planned to sign the budget on Sunday spent three months behind bars for six felony counts of income tax evasion in the 1990s. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Friday that Badger Sheet Metal Works executive Gregory A. […]
Walker to sign budget bill into law this weekend
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker plans to sign his budget bill into law this weekend in Green Bay. His office said Thursday the signing will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday at Badger Sheet Metal Works. The event is open only to the press. The $66 billion two-year spending plan reshapes nearly every […]
Walker promises swift action on budget
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker promises swift action on his budget now that it’s passed the Republican-controlled Legislature without a single Democratic vote. Walker said in a statement after the budget passed the Senate on Thursday night that he would act within days on signing and issuing vetoes, […]
Racine school district to discuss legal action
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — The Racine School Board is expected to talk about the possibility of legal action over cuts in money for schools. The board has added the issue to its agenda for Monday night’s meeting. The state budget passed Thursday night by the Republican-controlled Legislature cuts money for public education by $800 million […]
Senate passes state budget, headed to Walker
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate has passed the $66 billion state budget, sending it to Gov. Scott Walker who promises swift action. The Senate passed it Thursday night on a party line 19-14 vote. Walker said in a statement that he will sign the bill before the […]
Walker’s budget headed for approval in Legislature (UPDATE)
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker’s first budget, which Democrats attacked with fierce rhetoric but didn’t have the votes to stop, moved close to passage Thursday as the Senate prepared to approve the same version the Assembly cleared on a pre-dawn party line vote. Republicans are moving quickly to […]
Protesters disrupt Senate budget debate
Minutes after starting the Senate’s budget hearing, members broke into recess after a group of shouting protesters halted any chance for debate. State troopers arrested more than a half-dozen protesters, a few of whom had locked themselves to portions of the gallery without a key. Members of the Senate tried to push through the protests […]
Senate begins debating Walker’s budget bill
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Wisconsin Senate has begun debating a state budget bill that already passed in the Assembly by a party-line vote. The Republican-led Senate began a session early Thursday afternoon that was expected to last through the evening. Senate Democrats are expected to introduce a number of […]
Assembly passes budget on party line vote
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled state Assembly passed Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget early Thursday over objections from Democrats who derided it as an assault on the middle class that will hurt public education, weaken programs for the poor and make it harder to get health care services. Republicans […]
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