Articles filed under Wisconsin
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Walker proposes eliminating cap on voucher programFeb 02, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - State Superintendent Tony Evers says Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to not increase funding for public schools while expanding the private school vouc...
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Walker budget would cut $5 million from public broadcastingFeb 02, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Republican Gov. Scott Walker's budget plan would slash $5 million from the board that operates public broadcasting over the next two years. Walker s...
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Wisconsin children's therapist pleads guilty in abuse caseFeb 02, 2015 10:00 pm - WATERFORD, Wis. (AP) - A children's therapist in suburban Milwaukee accused of physically abusing an autistic boy has pleaded guilty. Twenty-eight-year-old Stephen T. Ja...
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Walker proposes removing funding for Common Core testsFeb 02, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Scott Walker is proposing removing state funding for tests tied to Common Core academic standards. Walker proposed Tuesday that the state no lo...
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Hortonville makes significant school safety changesFeb 02, 2015 10:00 pm - HORTONVILLE, Wis. (AP) - The Hortonville Area School District has overhauled security at its buildings. A year ago, most of the doors to Hortonville schools would be ope...
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Walker budget would cut spending first year, raise it secondFeb 02, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Scott Walker's budget would cut state general fund spending in the first year but raise it in the second to help plug a projected shortfall. Th...
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Minnesota snowmobiler dies in northwestern WisconsinFeb 02, 2015 10:00 pm - GORDON, Wis. (AP) - A 70-year-old Minnesota man has died following a snowmobile accident in northwestern Wisconsin. According to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Rob...
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Walker proposes grades, but no sanctions, for public schoolsFeb 02, 2015 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Scott Walker is proposing that all schools receiving public money also be graded on a variety of performance measures. But unlike Assembly Repu...
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Carbon monoxide leak sickens movie goersFeb 02, 2015 10:00 pm - PARK FALLS, Wis. (AP) - Authorities say 30 people were checked or treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after a leak occurred at a movie theater in Price County Park Fal...
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Authorities say salon employee stabbed 3 co-workersFeb 02, 2015 10:00 pm - RIB MOUNTAIN, Wis. (AP) - Four people are recovering from injuries after a stabbing attack at a nail salon in the Wausau area. Marathon County sheriff's officials say a ...