MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Rebecca Kleefisch, the wife of state Rep. Joel Kleefisch, is running for lieutenant governor. Kleefisch announced her candidacy on Tuesday. She joins three other Republicans who previously announced, including state Rep. Brett Davis of Oregon, ...

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By Andrew Taylor AP Writer Washington — The Senate is where legislation often goes to die, and it’s looking like that’s the fate awaiting a new jobs bill wanted by President Barack Obama. The deficit-financed jobs bill limped out of ...

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By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senators on Friday offered yet another approach to tackling climate change, proposing the government sell pollution allowances to industry to cut greenhouse gas emissions and then use most of ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Lake Geneva businessman says he will run for lieutenant governor. Republican Ben Collins says he has founded a defense technology company called Aptus Technologies, Inc., in Lake Geneva. He says he served three tours in ...

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By Paul Snyder [email protected] Wisconsin will let school districts spend more on energy-efficiency projects, but the money might not make it to the construction industry unless someone forces the issue. “The problem right now is that the big incentive for ...

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