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The Wisconsin Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee signed off on four more legal settlements under the state's lame-duck laws in a whirlwind meeting on Tuesday.
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Read More »Lawmakers approve 3 legal settlements under lame-duck laws
The Legislature's budget committee approved three legal settlements Wednesday under Wisconsin's new lame-duck laws.
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Read More »Finance committee, Kaul to discuss 3 possible settlements
Republican lawmakers and Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul are scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss settling three lawsuits after the defendants in those cases agreed to make the terms of the deals public.
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Read More »GOP starts push to curb Wisconsin governor’s veto powers
Wisconsin Republicans continued their push on Tuesday to weaken Gov. Tony Evers' powers, holding a hearing on a constitutional amendment prohibiting him from using his veto pen to increase spending.
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Read More »Wisconsin federal judge tosses Democrats’ lame-duck lawsuit
Wisconsin Democrats trying to undo laws that Republicans passed just before Gov. Scott Walker left office suffered another setback in court when a judge threw out their federal lawsuit.
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Read More »Kaul: Hundreds of millions could be at stake in settlements
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul says hundreds of millions of dollars could be at stake in lawsuit settlements that can't be approved without the state Legislature's assent.
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Read More »Cases worth millions in limbo due to lame-duck law
Nearly a dozen lawsuits that could net the state millions of dollars are in limbo thanks to a dispute between Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul and Republicans who passed a lame-duck law giving them final say over settlements.
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Read More »Wisconsin Republicans sue Democratic attorney general
Wisconsin Republican state lawmakers sued the Democratic attorney general Thursday, arguing that he’s not complying with laws passed during a lame-duck legislative session in December that limited his and the incoming governor’s powers shortly before they took office.
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Read More »Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds GOP’s lame-duck laws
Wisconsin's conservative-controlled Supreme Court on Friday upheld lame-duck laws limiting the powers of Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul, handing Republican lawmakers a resounding victory.
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Read More »Wisconsin justices to hand down lame-duck ruling
The state Supreme Court is ready to hand down a ruling in a lawsuit challenging Republican’s lame-duck laws limiting Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ and Attorney General Josh Kaul’s powers.
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