Union officials say the equipment-rental firm Sunbelt Rentals has laid off workers at its office in Franksville in a "reorganization" aimed at frustrating attempts to unionize the shop.

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The Wisconsin attorney general says he most likely would defend in court the state law that effectively stripped public employees of collectively bargaining rights.

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Republican leadership in the state Legislature plan to intervene in a legal challenge of the state's well-known Act 10 law to contest arguments made by two labor unions that argue the law curtailing collective bargaining also limits their free-speech rights.

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Two Wisconsin operators unions have filed suit over Wisconsin's well-known Act 10 law, arguing aspects of the legislation curtailing unions' bargaining powers deprive them of free-speech rights.

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Gov. Tony Evers, in his first State of the State speech Tuesday, called on the Republican-controlled Legislature to scale back a corporate-tax credit to pay for reducing income taxes, make sacrifices to find a bipartisan transportation plan and work together to bolster spending for schools.

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New Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is preparing to deliver his first State of the State speech to the Republican-controlled Legislature.

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Seven-figure donations from some of the most prominent Republican families in Wisconsin and throughout the country poured into Wisconsin in the final weeks of the state's governor's race, in which Gov. Scott Walker is battling for a third term.

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A union-led advertising campaign lampooning Gov. Scott Walker over road funding is expanding amid a close governor's race in which transportation has become a big topic of debate.

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Embattled Wisconsin labor unions think they would see an end to union-busting policies if Wisconsin were governed by the Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tony Evers, who is challenging Gov. Scott Walker this fall — and are spending big to help him get there.

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The labor union AFSCME Wisconsin announced on Tuesday that it will back the Democrat Tony Evers in his race against Gov. Scott Walker this fall.

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