Articles filed under Wisconsin
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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...
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Wisconsin Senate to vote on anti-union billFeb 16, 2011 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Protesters clogged the hallways of the Wisconsin state Capitol on Thursday as the Senate prepared to pass a momentous bill that would strip government wo...
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Thousands protest anti-union bill in WisconsinFeb 15, 2011 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Thousands of people descended on the Wisconsin state Capitol again Wednesday to protest a bill that would strip most public employees of their collectiv...
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Public hearing in Milwaukee about Asian carpFeb 14, 2011 10:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — The White House's point man in the fight to prevent Asian carp from gaining a foothold in the Great Lakes will be in Milwaukee Tuesday. John Goss of the Whi...
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Unions fighting back against Wisc. gov.Feb 13, 2011 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Labor leaders said Monday that Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to end collective bargaining rights for the vast majority of public employees amounted to a ...