Splits bubble up at state Capitol
Published: December 23, 2010
Tags: Assembly, Chvala, collective bargaining, Doyle, Jeff Plale, Legislature, Pommer, Russ Decker, Scott Walker, Senate
By Matt Pommer Old divisions among Democratic legislators bubbled up during the recent votes on new labor contracts for more than 35,000 unionized state workers. The Democratic-controlled Assembly narrowly approved the agreements, but the contract measures failed in the state Senate on tie votes. Democrats had an 18-15 margin in the now lame-duck Senate. The [...]