The longtime Republican state lawmaker Luther Olsen, a moderate in the Republican majority who survived a 2011 recall attempt and served as head of the Senate's Education Committee, announced Monday that he will not seek re-election.

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Personality clashes and policy differences among the Republicans who control the Legislature are putting Gov. Scott Walker's priorities in peril with the session scheduled to end next week.

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The Republican leader of the state Senate said Wednesday that changes will be needed to an $80 million overhaul of the state's juvenile-justice system, which the Assembly had passed unanimously and which is a top priority of Gov. Scott Walker's.

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Details of an agreement on major budget issues reached by Republicans on Tuesday include prevailing wage and a new Bucks arena.

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Republican legislative leaders met again Tuesday with a goal of finishing the state budget before the new fiscal year begins on July 1, saying they were making progress without being specific about what had actually been decided.

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Months after Republican lawmakers called into question Wisconsin’s construction borrowing, members of their own party want to take on more debt for a project at a state veterans home.

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Most of those who shared the stage with Gov. Scott Walker as he delivered as State of the State address Wednesday wore the typical suit and tie, but there was at least one hardhat and pair of work gloves.

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Wisconsin lawmakers are debating how to use $35 million in surplus economic development-related funds.

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Tiffany Staffert says it happens every time there is a big hail storm: “Fly-by-night” roofing contractors blow into Wisconsin, undercutting bids from her employer and other local companies and making groundless promises.

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By Scott Bauer Associated Press Madison — A stand by Wisconsin Republicans against a massive effort to oust them from power could reverberate across the country as the battle over union rights and the conservative revolution heads toward the 2012 ...

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