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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 […]
Man arrested for punching pro-union demonstrator
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An altercation involving a pro-union demonstrator resulted in an arrest and citations at the state Capitol. State officials say two men draped a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag over the heads of some pro-union demonstrators participating in a sing-a-long in the Capitol rotunda Tuesday. One of the singers grabbed the flag […]
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 […]
New lawsuit filed against collective bargaining law
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state employees will start paying more for their health care and pension benefits in late August, state officials said Wednesday as a coalition of unions filed a new lawsuit against the GOP-supported plan that strips away collective bargaining rights from most public workers. The announcement […]
Collective bargaining law to take effect June 29
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette says he will publish the law taking away most collective bargaining rights from public workers on June 28. That means the law will take effect June 29. La Follette’s decision announced Wednesday comes after the state Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a lower […]
Assembly delays budget debate to Wednesday
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The debate over Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s budget plan, which Democrats decry as an attack on the middle class, was delayed Tuesday night while both parties waited for a host of changes to be drafted to the $66 billion spending plan. Assembly Republican leaders announced shortly […]
Supreme Court affirms Goodland in collective bargaining ruling
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has vacated the order of Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi, enjoining publication of the collective bargaining bill. In an unauthored opinion, the court affirmed that Goodland v. Zimmerman, 243 Wis. 459, 10 N.W.2d 180 (1943), remains valid law in Wisconsin, notwithstanding the enactment of the Open Meetings Law and its application […]
Absent court ruling, Assembly to vote on collective bargaining law
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald says Republicans will vote on Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal limiting collective bargaining rights this week if the state Supreme Court hasn’t ruled in the case. Fitzgerald said Monday that the changes Walker is seeking will be added to the state budget as an amendment either […]
Wisconsin budget debate begins Tuesday
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Debate of Gov. Scott Walker’s two-year budget begins on Tuesday in the state Capitol under increased security. Police are preparing for large crowds, similar to what was seen in February and March when the Legislature took up Walker’s proposal taking away collective bargaining rights from most public workers. That bill remains […]
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. […]
5 arrests in Capitol on day of court arguments
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Five people have been arrested at the state Capitol as the Supreme Court hears arguments over whether a bill taking away collective bargaining rights legally passed the Legislature. Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs said four people were arrested for disorderly conduct after they tried to enter the building without stopping for […]
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