By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State attorneys asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to immediately vacate a Madison judge’s decision striking down Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s contentious collective bargaining law. Judge Maryann Sumi invalidated the ...

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By Marie Rohde The city of Milwaukee will have to return more than $530,000 in taxes and interest to an oil company, according to an appellate court decision released Tuesday that found the company was taxed differently than similar businesses. ...

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By Marie Rohde The lead investor in a Wauwatosa company that had been negotiating to open a Hofbrauhaus Brewery and Restaurant on the former Pabst Brewery site in Milwaukee is being sued by a fellow investor who claims financial mismanagement. ...

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By Sean Ryan Two Brookfield homeowners are exchanging privacy for leverage in an eminent domain lawsuit after a court ruled their shared driveway is a public road. Brookfield in 2008 took land from properties owned by the Husar family and ...

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By Sean Ryan American Sewer Services Inc. is facing the loss of a fifth contract to Milwaukee’s local business preference. American Sewer, Rubicon, on Wednesday morning submitted a low bid of $600,880 for a Milwaukee water main contract. But the ...

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By Sean Ryan Two contractors are taking their fight against Milwaukee’s local preference law to a state agency after a judge Thursday rejected their arguments. Underground Pipeline Construction Inc., New Berlin, and American Sewer Services Inc., Rubicon, sued Milwaukee over ...

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