By Adam Wise Minutes after the state Senate’s budget hearing started Thursday, a group of protesters disrupted the proceedings with shouting. State troopers detained more than a half-dozen protesters, a few of whom locked themselves to portions of the gallery. ...

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By ?JASON SMATHERS and ?TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Thousands of protesters pushed past security, climbed through windows and flooded the Wisconsin Capitol on Wednesday night after Senate Republicans pushed through a plan to strip most public ...

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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge ordered the removal Thursday night of pro-union protesters who have camped out in the state Capitol for more than two weeks, but he also ruled that the ...

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge weighing whether state officials overstepped their bounds by restricting protesters’ access to the state Capitol nearly ordered all the demonstrators out on moments’ notice Wednesday evening before state and ...

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