Perhaps more so than any other year in recent memory, 2018 was momentous for the construction industry in Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin Republicans, just weeks away from losing control of both the governor's and attorney general's offices, planned to take big lame-duck votes Tuesday on a sweeping attempt to limit the powers of incoming Democrats, a step that opponents decried as a last-gasp power grab and attempt to invalidate the election.

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Nothing has been ruled out for consideration during a lame duck legislative session next month before Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers takes office, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said on Monday.

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It was 10:30 p.m. on June 3, 2011, the last day of deliberations on Wisconsin's state budget.

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With Nov. 6 less than two weeks away, many Wisconsinites have their attention firmly fixed on the general election.

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When Scott Suder talks about his career choices, he returns repeatedly to one word: Service.

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Madison — A group of Wisconsin lawmakers blocked passage of a sweeping anti-union bill Thursday by ignoring orders to attend a vote and instead left the state to force Republicans to negotiate over the proposal.

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Madison — Minimum levels of car insurance that were increased two years ago would drop back down again under a bill up for a vote in the state Senate.

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By James Briggs The state Legislature is moving at a brisk pace this week, pushing pieces of Gov. Scott Walker’s special session agenda closer to his desk. Walker on Monday signed his first bill, which will make contributions to health ...

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By ?SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Legislature passed another tax cut on Tuesday, a day after Gov. Scott Walker warned that the state’s budget is in such bad shape that emergency cuts may be needed ...

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