By Paul Snyder The owners of a Madison bar Tuesday dropped a lawsuit filed against the state for using eminent domain to acquire their property for a construction project. The trial was scheduled to begin Wednesday in Dane County Circuit ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A union and some Democratic lawmakers are asking the University of Wisconsin System to sign a legal agreement that could make it easier for faculty and staff to organize unions. AFT-Wisconsin wants the UW to sign ...

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By Paul Snyder Energy efficiency is a threatened ideal as bare-bones UW System school budgets force a face-off between building upgrades and new construction. “It most definitely is a problem, and it’s a gut-wrenching one,” said Terry Classen, director of ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A spokesman says the University of Wisconsin System will ask an agency to dismiss a union’s request to move 130 academic staff members into collective bargaining units. Three unions affiliated with AFT-Wisconsin asked the Wisconsin Employment ...

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