By Paul Wiseman AP Economics Writer Washington — The Republicans’ sweeping gains in Tuesday’s elections hardly guarantee they can enact their own prescriptions for the ailing economy. Despite their capture of the House and near-takeover of the Senate, Republicans will ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jobs and the economy. That’s what Democrats who control the Legislature promised they would focus on this year as Wisconsin deals with high unemployment and a general malaise about the ...

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By Ryan J. Foley AP Writer Madison (AP) — Democrats who control the Legislature pushed Wednesday for an election-year package of tax credits for economic development projects and key Wisconsin industries including dairy farming and food processing. The Legislature’s budget ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats in the Wisconsin state Assembly say a pair of bills slated to pass on Thursday will help bolster the state’s economy. One proposal would require state agencies to work more closely with small businesses to ...

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Washington (AP) — President Barack Obama hailed Wednesday’s one-year-old economic stimulus law as an accomplishment that staved off another Great Depression and kept up to 2 million people on the job. Still, with millions still out of work and losing ...

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By Andrew Taylor AP Writer Washington — Last year’s $787 billion economic stimulus bill is going to be even more expensive — $75 billion more. The new Congressional Budget Office estimate provides more ammunition for Republicans who say the stimulus ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The chairman of Wisconsin’s Republican Party says Democrats should be worried following Tuesday’s Massachusetts Senate election in which a Republican won the seat held by Sen. Ted Kennedy for 46 years. Reince Priebus said Wednesday that ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats who control the Wisconsin state Senate have unveiled a proposal they say will help create and retain jobs and businesses and improve worker education and training. Democrats released the plan Monday at a Middleton business ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats in the state Senate are dropping plans to increase the liquor tax in order to pay for toughening drunken driving laws. Carrie Lynch, the spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, said Thursday that Democrats ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Distrust between Democrats and Republicans in the state Capitol is fueling competing bills that would loosen the rules governing nuclear plant construction in Wisconsin. “I have no confidence whatsoever in the Democrats’ bill and no reason to ...

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