Former state Sen. Randy Hopper has resigned as head of the Sheboygan County Economic Development Corp.

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature returned to work Tuesday to a light agenda and a new makeup, with two Democrats who defeated Republican incumbents in recall elections this summer taking their seats. They eased ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Control of the Wisconsin state Senate rested with one Milwaukee-area race that was too close to call Tuesday, as Republicans tried to beat back Democrats stoking a backlash against Republicans and ...

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By ?SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The final push was on across Wisconsin Monday in advance of recall elections that have shattered spending records, served as a referendum on Gov. Scott Walker’s Republican revolution and previewed the ...

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By ?SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One TV ad criticizes a Democratic candidate’s driving record ending with dash-cam video of him running a red light and striking a bicyclist. Another says a GOP senator favors and end ...

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By ?TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans on the Legislature’s finance committee moved Thursday to slow unemployment payouts, adding a measure to the state budget that would set up a waiting period and bar drug users from ...

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker convened the first meeting of his newly reorganized Commerce Department’s board Wednesday, introducing members with Republican and business ties. The GOP governor signed a bill earlier this year ...

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A Republican state senator will challenge signatures collected in an attempt to recall him.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Capital gains taxes would be eliminated in Wisconsin by 2014 under a bill being circulated for co-sponsors by Republican state Sen. Randy Hopper of Fond du Lac. His proposal e-mailed Monday to fellow lawmakers would repeal ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Randy Hopper is putting his muscle behind new wind farm legislation, but the state senator says Wisconsin will never meet its renewable energy goals if it does not embrace other options. “We have to get pretty aggressive ...

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