Wisconsin
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Wisconsin anti-union law to take effect March 26Mar 13, 2011 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin's Secretary of State tells The Associated Press that he has decided not to publish a bill taking away public workers' collective bargaining ri...
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Sinkhole swallows 2 cars in Milwaukee; no injuriesMar 13, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — City crews are working to ensure that a sinkhole that swallowed two cars in Milwaukee does not widen. The 10-foot deep, 625-square-foot hole near the Humbold...
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On the road: Learning about skyscrapersMar 11, 2011 10:00 pm - Chicago Towers of strength Families with young children may want to head to the Chicago Architecture Foundation for Busy Buildings, a free workshop that allows...
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Anger brews over government workers’ benefitsMar 11, 2011 7:00 am - When Erin McFarlane looks at public workers, she sees lucrative pension benefits she doesn’t ever expect to get. And it makes her mad. “I don’t think that a federal empl...
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New Wis. fishing, hunting licenses to go on saleMar 09, 2011 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin's next round of hunting, fishing and trapping licenses are now for sale. Licenses for 2010-2011 will expire on March 31. The new year's annual...
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Wisc. defeat could rally unions in 2012Mar 08, 2011 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — With the labor movement suffering an epic defeat in Wisconsin and perhaps other states, union leaders plan to use the setback to fire up their members n...
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Anger brews over government workers' benefitsMar 07, 2011 10:00 pm - When Erin McFarlane looks at public workers, she sees lucrative pension benefits she doesn't ever expect to get. And it makes her mad. "I don't think that a federal empl...
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Wis. gov. proposes union compromise in e-mailsMar 07, 2011 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has offered to keep certain collective bargaining rights in place for state workers in a proposed compromise aimed at ending...
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Hutchinson Technology moves jobs to WisconsinMar 07, 2011 10:00 pm - HUTCHINSON, Minn. — Hutchinson Technology Inc. is consolidating operations and cutting hundreds of jobs. The company said Tuesday it will move its component manufacturi...
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Man pleads guilty in La Crosse toddler's deathMar 07, 2011 10:00 pm - LA CROSSE, Wis. — A mother's boyfriend has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a 2-year-old La Crosse area girl. Thirty-year-old Justin Lake of Cannon Falls,...