Wisconsin
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Wisconsin lawmakers take up bill to cripple unionsFeb 21, 2011 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — With their Senate colleagues still in hiding, Democrats in the Wisconsin Assembly began introducing a barrage of 100 amendments Tuesday to try to stymie...
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Neither side budging in Wisconsin union fightFeb 20, 2011 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — No resolution appeared imminent Monday to the stalemate over union rights in Wisconsin, leaving Senate Republicans resigned to forge ahead with less-con...
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Upper Midwest faces dismal commute with stormFeb 20, 2011 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — A winter storm that blew through the upper Midwest over the long Presidents Day weekend coated roads with ice and snow and led airlines to cancel hundreds...
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Man killed by tire that dislodged from busFeb 19, 2011 10:00 pm - RACINE, Wis. — Racine County authorities say two tires dislodged from a moving school bus and flew into oncoming traffic, where one struck a pickup truck and killed its ...
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Wis. GOP ups pressure on Dems to return and voteFeb 18, 2011 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans on Sunday upped the pressure on Democrats who fled to Illinois to return home and vote on an anti-union bill, with the governor cal...
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Thousands of protesters surround Wisconsin CapitolFeb 18, 2011 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — A state Capitol thrown into chaos swelled for a fifth day with thousands of protesters, as supporters of Republican efforts to scrap the union rights of...
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Wisconsin Democrats, Walker don't meetFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Assembly Democrats are getting plenty of love from protesters, but it doesn't look like they're going to sit down with Gov. Scott Walker soon....
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Wisconsin man convicted of killing 7 womenFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee man was convicted Friday in the deaths of seven women killed over 21 years after he unexpectedly entered no contest pleas during a court hearing...
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Wisconsin Dems could stay in hidingFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Madison, Wis. — Democrats on the run in Wisconsin avoided state troopers Friday and threatened to stay in hiding for weeks, potentially paralyzing a state government the...
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Wis. lawmakers flee state to block anti-union billFeb 16, 2011 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Faced with a near-certain Republican victory that would end a half-century of collective bargaining for public workers, Wisconsin Democrats retaliated w...