Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit Monday against a milling company for multiple violations at a plant that was the scene of a fatal explosion five years ago.
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Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit Monday against a milling company for multiple violations at a plant that was the scene of a fatal explosion five years ago.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Tomah-area cranberry growing operation has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a complaint he dammed a stream and filled in wetlands without a permit. According to the state Justice Department, Ducklow Cranberry Co. wanted to ...
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By DANIEL WAGNER AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $211 million after admitting one of its divisions rigged dozens of bidding competitions to win business from state and local governments. J.P. Morgan ...
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two unions representing about 2,700 public workers in Madison and Dane County have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s new law restricting collective bargaining rights. The lawsuit, filed ...
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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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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State attorneys have asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker’s contentious collective bargaining law. Democratic Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne alleges Republican lawmakers violated Wisconsin’s open meetings law during debate on ...
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court said Wednesday it would hear arguments in June over whether a judge had the authority to block implementation of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal taking away collective bargaining ...
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By ?MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Switzerland’s biggest bank, UBS AG, has agreed to pay $160 million to settle charges that it rigged the bidding process for investment contracts with cities and towns in 24 states, including ...
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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Madison, Wis. (AP) — Having declared that Wisconsin’s divisive union law isn’t really a law yet, a judge was set to return to one of the underlying questions dogging the measure — whether Republicans violated ...
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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge weighed arguments Tuesday about whether an order she issued intended to temporarily block the state’s divisive new collective bargaining law was still in place, or whether Republican leaders ...
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