Published: February 28, 2011
Tags: budget repair bill, Scott Walker, unions
Walker turns blind eye to Assembly shenanigans After the state Assembly pulled several all-night legislative sessions last April, a prominent Wisconsin politician decried the practice. He proposed that the Legislature be prohibited from voting after 10 p.m. or before 9 a.m. so the public would have a better chance of following the process and providing [...]
Published: February 26, 2011
Tags: budget repair bill, Bureau of Labor Statistics, collective bargaining, Scott Walker, unions, Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance
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PATRICK CONDON and
SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Facts are in short supply at the Wisconsin Capitol, where protesters and politicians have been engaged in a tense standoff over the governor’s proposal to strip most public employees of their collective-bargaining rights. Gov. Scott Walker insists the state is broke and must make [...]
Published: February 25, 2011
Tags: budget repair bill, collective bargaining, Department of Transportation, Findorff & Sons, Goodwiler, Jen Bauer, jobs, Klipstein, Miron Construction, Recob, Robert Patterson, Scott Walker, unions
By James Briggs Both sides of the budget-repair bill debate during the last two weeks have, at times, focused on the differences between folks who show up for work and those who don’t. Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans repeatedly criticized Wisconsin’s 14 Senate Democrats for fleeing to Illinois to avoid a vote on Walker’s bill, [...]
Published: February 23, 2011
Tags: budget repair bill, collective bargaining, Jennifer Shilling, Michael May, Molepske, Peter Barca, Robin Vos, Scott Walker, Tony Hutchens, transit, U.S. Department of Transportation, unions
By James Briggs For the second time since Gov. Scott Walker was elected in November, Democratic lawmakers say he is gambling with federal transportation money. The first time was when Walker turned away more than $800 million that would have paid for a high-speed rail line to be built between Milwaukee and Madison. Now, Democrats [...]
