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Jun 10, 2011

Panel approves training, permits for concealed-carry bill (UPDATE)

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — People looking to carry concealed guns in Wisconsin would need a license and proof they can handle a firearm under revisions made Thursday to a bill to lift the state’s ban on hidden weapons. The changes the Legislature’s budget committee approved would require applicants to pay […]

Jun 9, 2011

Lawmakers to ponder training in weapons bill

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature’s budget committee is set to consider adding mandatory permits and training requirements to a bill that would lift Wisconsin’s ban on concealed weapons. Republicans have been considering several bills that would allow concealed carry. The leading version in the state Assembly would require permits. A Senate version would make […]

May 26, 2011

Bill to buy down Wis. debt clears committee

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A proposal backed by Gov. Scott Walker to buy down some of Wisconsin’s debt has passed the Legislature’s budget committee. Walker and Republican lawmakers want to tap some of the $636 million expected to come into the state through tax collections above earlier projections. Democrats and supporters of public schools and […]

May 25, 2011

With union bill tied up in courts, Walker not counting on savings this year

By 
SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker no longer expects to see the savings from forcing state workers to pay more for their health insurance and pension benefits before the start of the next budget year in July. Walker is supporting a bill circulated Tuesday in the Legislature by Republican […]

May 11, 2011

Cold shoulder at the Capitol

April Southwick is staring down the possibility of unemployment with the eyes of someone who’s seen a lot worse.

May 4, 2011

Union vote could come in committee (UPDATE)

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders said Wednesday that if the courts have not ruled on the legality of the collective bargaining bill passed earlier this year by early June, it will be added into the state budget by the Joint Finance Committee. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and […]

Apr 26, 2011

Budget panel votes to eliminate judicial position, office (UPDATE)

The Legislature's budget-writing committee has voted to eliminate the only staff position that coordinates activity of the Judicial Council.

Apr 21, 2011

Former lawmaker sues over legislative job

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former state lawmaker has filed a lawsuit claiming she wasn’t hired for a legislative job because she’s a Republican. Sheryl Albers says Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan decided to hire a younger man for a non-partisan job as clerk of the Joint Finance Committee in 2009. The 55-year-old Albers filed an […]

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