The odor wouldn’t have been out of place at a Grateful Dead concert but did seem a little incongruous inside the state Capitol.

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Wisconsin’s Senate Democrats used their final amendment to the 2011-13 budget bill to resume the months-long debate over collective bargaining rights for state workers. Like the previous seven, this amendment failed, but it also allowed Democrats to debate collective bargaining ...

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It’s a good thing the Wisconsin Legislature is set to hammer out the state budget. These lawmakers must get away from one another. The sooner the Legislature puts the finishing touches on the budget, the sooner Senate and Assembly members ...

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Sen. Robert Jauch, D-Poplar, gave an impassioned speech to the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee on Monday, during which a Republican senator stepped in and warned his comments were bordering on inappropriate. Jauch was one of just two Democratic lawmakers present ...

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Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, was upset Monday that Joint Finance Committee co-chairs Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, had decided to stop public testimony for a budget hearing at State Fair Park in West Allis. Taylor ...

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Wisconsin Republicans and Democrats continue to have differences over legislative process, the latest example coming during the Joint Committee on Finance budget briefings. Some Democrats complained Tuesday they weren’t given enough time by co-chairs Rep. Robin Vos, R-Burlington, and Sen. ...

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