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Walker reinstated DOJ bonuses despite shortfall
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker quietly reinstated a program to give merit raises and bonuses to some state workers even as he preached cost-cutting and pushed through a law reducing most public workers' pay and eliminating their union rights.
St. John’s year in the spotlight
Garden-variety Wisconsin Supreme Court arguments involve two parties, arguing for a half hour.
Legal issues surround collective bargaining case
Many legal issues were discussed during the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s 5-hour-plus oral argument Monday. At issue is Dane County Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi’s enjoining the collective bargaining law from taking effect. But the justices repeatedly returned the focus of the argument to one issue: Was there a constitutional violation in how the law was […]
Republicans ask justices to act in union case
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys for Republican lawmakers asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday to overturn a judge’s order blocking the state’s polarizing union rights law, while Democrats urged the justices to uphold the ruling or make the GOP go through the usual — and slow — appeals process. […]
DOJ asks court to lift ban on union law
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State attorneys asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to immediately vacate a Madison judge’s decision striking down Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s contentious collective bargaining law. Judge Maryann Sumi invalidated the law on Thursday after finding Republican legislators violated Wisconsin’s open records law during[...]
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