Wisconsin's fall legislative session will get off to a slow start, with Republicans in control of both the Senate and Assembly still searching for consensus on major issues such as toughening drunken driving laws and imposing new reporting requirements on public and choice schools.

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A state Assembly committee will take public testimony Wednesday on a bill that would prevent contractors from paying sales and use taxes on materials bought for nonprofit organizations’ projects.

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature returned to work Tuesday to a light agenda and a new makeup, with two Democrats who defeated Republican incumbents in recall elections this summer taking their seats. They eased ...

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Hope everyone enjoyed their summer vacations because the state Assembly gets back to work Tuesday. The 100th regular session kicks off (hey, it’s football season) at 11 a.m. at the state Capitol with the state Department of Natural Resources a ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of enterprise zones designed to foster business development and growth in targeted areas across the state would increase under a bill passed by the state Assembly. The bill passed on a bipartisan 79-12 vote ...

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By ?SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers have voted to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from the state’s public workers in one of the strongest blows to the power of unions in years. The state’s ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald says a bill taking away collective bargaining rights from public workers will pass the Assembly on Thursday. Fitzgerald said he believes Republicans are doing what they said they would do on ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly has voted down the first of dozens of proposed Democratic amendments to a bill that would cut collective bargaining rights for most public employees. Debate on the amendments started Tuesday afternoon and was ...

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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 ...

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Dejected Democrats quietly ended a messy lame-duck session to approve state contracts Thursday, hours after one of their key leaders unexpectedly turned on them and voted the deals down. Senate President ...

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