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State Sen. Alberta Darling announced Wednesday she will retire after a 32-year career in the Wisconsin Legislature.
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Read More »Longtime GOP Sen. Alberta Darling says she’ll step down
Bill would give Wisconsin housing authorities power to develop mixed-use projects
State lawmakers heard a bill on Wednesday that would give housing authorities in Wisconsin authority to build mixed-use projects blending affordable units with commercial space.
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Read More »Finance committee, Kaul to discuss 3 possible settlements
Republican lawmakers and Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul are scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss settling three lawsuits after the defendants in those cases agreed to make the terms of the deals public.
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Read More »Republicans stand by rejection of federal Medicaid money
The Wisconsin Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee voted Tuesday to stand by its decision to reject Gov. Tony Evers' plan to accept federal money for Medicaid, turning down more than $1 billion from the federal government and $324 million wort of state savings.
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Read More »GOP lawmaker: Support ‘unanimous’ for pre-existing coverage
A Republican leader in the Wisconsin Senate says support is "unanimous" among GOP senators for guaranteeing that people with pre-existing health conditions have access to health insurance.
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Read More »Wisconsin GOP leader: Not enough votes now for plant bill
A Republican leader in the state Senate says there aren't enough votes yet to pass a tax break bill designed to keep open a pair of Kimberly-Clark Corp. plants in northeast Wisconsin.
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Read More »Wisconsin Republicans reduce I-94 funding amid criticism (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee took a detour on Thursday from Gov. Scott Walker's road-funding plan, directing more money toward local road projects amid criticism from Democrats who argued against spending anything more on a stretch of Interstate 94 running near the massive Foxconn Technology Group project.
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Read More »Republican senators say bill to benefit mining company dead (UPDATE)
Two influential Republican senators on Wednesday were pronouncing dead a proposal the Assembly passed quickly to allow a Georgia mining company to destroy wetlands containing rare hardwoods in western Wisconsin.
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Read More »State lawmakers introduce bill to put I-94 east-west expansion back on track (UPDATE)
Republican lawmakers on Thursday introduced a plan to put the Interstate 94 east-west expansion project in Milwaukee back on track.
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Read More »VIEW FROM AROUND THE STATE: Republicans backtrack on commitment to clean state budget
Back in April, we congratulated the Legislature’s finance committee for responsibly purging all non-fiscal policy from Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget request. Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and other members of the Republican-controlled committee removed 83 ...
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