Walker survives recall
June 5, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker beat back a recall challenge Tuesday, winning both the right to finish his term and a voter endorsement of his strategy to curb state spending, which included the explosive measure that eliminated union rights for most public workers. Continue Reading
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker beat back a recall challenge Tuesday, winning both the right to finish his term and a voter endorsement of his strategy to curb state spending, which included the explosive measure that eliminated union rights for most public workers.
HUDSON, Wis. Wisconsin has paid off a nearly $60 million debt to Minnesota, opening the door for a new agreement allowing residents of one state who work in the other to just file one state income tax form.
Almost five months after the election some Republican voters in Wisconsin are having doubts about voting for Republican Scott Walker for governor. They consider themselves fiscal conservatives, but many voters who put Walker and other GOP leaders into office are now regretting their votes, largely because the cuts they are seeking could put the quality of local schools at risk.
A Wisconsin judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday blocking the state’s new and contentious collective bargaining law from taking effect, a measure that drew tens of thousands of protesters to the state Capitol and sent some Democrats fleeing to Illinois in an attempt to block a vote on it. 
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