Articles filed under Wisconsin
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Membership in Wis. credit unions is increasingJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — Membership in Wisconsin's credit unions is increasing. According to the state Department of Financial Institutions, there were almost 2.2 million members of ...
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Wis. worker groups file suit to block budget billJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — A coalition of Wisconsin worker rights groups is going to court to block Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill. The groups are filing a federal lawsuit ...
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Gov. Walker signs bill reworking state's financesJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that reworks the state's finances to account for delays in savings from his union law. The Republican gover...
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Wis. Assembly begins debate of Walker's budgetJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — A protester has interrupted the first Republican speech in defense of Gov. Scott Walker's two-year state budget during debate in the state Assembly. As s...
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Motorcyclist killed in crash with tractorJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - LANCASTER, Wis. — A motorcyclist was killed in Grant County when he collided with a tractor pulling a haybine. Sheriff's officials say 33-year-old Justin Lickel of Bagl...
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New lawsuit filed against Wisconsin union lawJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin state employees will start paying more for their health care and pension benefits in late August, state officials said Wednesday as a coalition...
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Chicago hospital on endangered building listJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Jazz musician John Coltrane's home on Long Island, N.Y., a cloverleaf-shaped Chicago hospital building and a Pillsbury plant in Minneapolis that once was t...
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Wisconsin Assembly to begin state budget debateJun 13, 2011 11:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Assembly is set to begin debating the state's two-year budget under heightened security in the Capitol. The Republican-controlled Assembly ...
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Milwaukee police bust dog-fighting operationJun 13, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police say they have broken up a dog-fighting ring at a house on the city's north side. WTMJ-TV reports police seized six pit bulls from the house....
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20-year-old gets prison in Kenosha killingJun 13, 2011 11:00 pm - KENOSHA, Wis. — A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for a drug-related killing in Kenosha. Prosecutor Robert Zapf says Teddy Bieker and two other men ...