Wisconsin
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Wisconsin maneuvers to push union law into effectMar 25, 2011 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin officials couldn't agree Friday about whether an explosive law taking away nearly all public worker collective bargaining rights was about to t...
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Oshkosh allows urban chickensMar 22, 2011 11:00 pm - OSHKOSH, Wis. — City folks can raise chickens in Oshkosh — with their neighbors' permission. The city council has voted to allow residents of single-family homes and du...
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E-mails show steps considered to punish DemocratsMar 22, 2011 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Everything from taking away computers to denying a year of service in the state retirement system was considered to punish the 14 Wisconsin Senate Democ...
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E-mail to Wis. gov. initially favored union rightsMar 21, 2011 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Seeking a way to counter a growing protest movement, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker cited his e-mail, confidently declaring that most people writing his off...
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Wis. group acquires 25 rare Wright house photo proofsMar 16, 2011 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Historical Society has purchased 25 rare photographic proofs of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin home near Spring Green. Some photos show Tal...
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Wis. Senate Dems, Republicans begin reconcilingMar 14, 2011 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin state senators started to take steps toward reconciliation Tuesday following the Democrats' decision to flee the state for three weeks to bloc...
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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...