Gov. Tony Evers, a former teacher and state superintendent of schools, assigned "homework" to the Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday, calling on them to spend more money on combating homelessness, restrict the use of water-polluting chemicals and close a loophole that lowers property taxes for large retail stores.

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Wisconsin Republicans who control the state Legislature were expected to dodge the Democratic governor's call to pass a pair of gun-control bills during a special session Thursday, even as advocates planned to place additional pressure on them by holding a rally and flooding the galleries.

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The Wisconsin Assembly plans to attempt its first veto overrides in 11 years, targeting three partial budget vetoes by Gov. Tony Evers.

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The Republican-controlled Senate fired the state agriculture secretary on Tuesday, and the Democratic governor who appointed him watched quietly a row behind lawmakers before using profanity to blast the process.

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The Republican leader of the Wisconsin state Senate said Tuesday he plans to convene and then immediately adjourn a special session Gov. Tony Evers called on a pair of gun-control proposals, without debating or voting on them.

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Gov. Tony Evers on Monday called the Legislature into a special session next month to take up a pair of gun-control proposals that Republican leaders have been unwilling to debate, accusing them of telling those who support the legislatin to "go to hell."

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Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate are preparing to vote on a resolution supporting a plan to bring F-35 fighter jets to an Air National Guard base in Madison.

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Gov. Tony Evers and Republican legislative leaders who have shown little interest in a pair of gun control measures touted by the governor are planning to meet next week to discuss the proposals, Evers' spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

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The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate isn't saying whether he will consider gun control measures that Gov. Tony Evers is calling on the Legislature to take up in the wake of recent mass shootings.

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Wisconsin Republican state lawmakers sued the Democratic attorney general Thursday, arguing that he's not complying with laws passed during a lame-duck legislative session in December that limited his and the incoming governor's powers shortly before they took office.

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Republican legislators in Wisconsin racked up $1.5 million in legal bills over the first five months of the year as they relied on outside counsel to represent them in lawsuits over the lame-duck session, abortion restrictions and the environment.

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press A Republican state senator vowed on Wednesday to vote against the state budget in its current form, leaving the GOP with room to lose only one more vote in the Senate and still have enough ...

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The new Wisconsin governor and the Republicans who control the Legislature are having such a hard time getting along that even the signing of a seemingly innocuous, unanimously approved bill turned into a partisan fight.

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A Wisconsin appeals court on Wednesday reinstated laws Republicans passed during a lame-duck session to weaken the Democratic governor and attorney general, but the statutes remain blocked because of a ruling in a separate case.

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The Wisconsin Assembly overwhelmingly approved a bill on Tuesday that would force health insurers to cover pre-existing conditions should Republicans succeed in achieving their long-held goal to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, heading off likely criticism of GOP legislators on the 2020 campaign trail.

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The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate says a lame-duck session to pass a series of GOP priorities before Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers takes office could start as soon as Tuesday.

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The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate said on Wednesday that the state's juvenile prison has "been a mess for some time" and that Gov. Scott Walker's administration should have done more to deal with such concerns earlier.

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Wisconsin lawmakers were scheduled to take public comments on Wednesday on a bill that would eliminate requirements that the governor promptly call special elections to fill legislative vacancies.

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Wisconsin Senate Republicans broke with the state Assembly over a plan to overhaul the state's juvenile-justice system, pursuing a scaled-back proposal on Wednesday that would still close the Lincoln Hills prison by 2021 but would pull back on a proposed $80 million reorganization.

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The Republican leader of the state Senate said Wednesday that changes will be needed to an $80 million juvenile justice overhaul plan that the Assembly passed unanimously and that is a top priority of Gov. Scott Walker.

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Wisconsin sheriffs have joined counties and others in support of a juvenile-justice plan that would close the Lincoln Hills youth prison by 2021.

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Wisconsin Republicans are making another run at toughening the state's alcohol regulations, with the top official in the state Senate contending on Tuesday that the current laws governing brewers, distillers, distributors and retailers "are not being enforced, period."

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The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate has asked Attorney General Brad Schimel to re-open an investigation into how a former state agency handled John Doe investigations involving Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans.

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Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald promised "some type of limitation" Monday on how much it will cost taxpayers for GOP state lawmakers to hire one of the nation's top attorneys to file a legal brief in Wisconsin's ongoing fight over redistricting.

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Republican legislative leaders filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking changes to the newly redesigned ballot for the November election, claiming the one drafted by the nonpartisan elections agency unfairly benefits Democrats.

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There is not enough time for the Legislature to convene in special session and pass a voter identification law that can be in effect for the November election, Republican state Senate leaders said in the wake of a federal court ruling striking down the law.

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Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday he would call legislators into special session to modify Wisconsin's stalled voter photo identification requirements to conform with pending court rulings and reinstate the mandate ahead of the November elections.

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The leader of the Wisconsin Senate said votes are unlikely next year on two anti-abortion bills that were originally scheduled to be taken up in November but hastily pulled after a Democratic senator promised "all out hell" if they were debated.

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Bills designed to toughen Wisconsin's notoriously weak drunken driving laws that passed the state Assembly with bipartisan support may be going nowhere in the Senate.

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The latest proposal to require Wisconsin voters to show photo identification at the polls is moving forward in the state Assembly.

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