State Fair Park officials have kept shoddy contract records and have no plan for the underused Milwaukee Mile race track, according to an audit released Friday.

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Amid concerns that the state is relying too much on debt for perhaps unnecessary projects, an odd alliance is forming between Republican lawmakers and various groups that are often more likely to be found embracing leftist causes.

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Wisconsin's semi-private job creation agency lacked supporting documentation justifying spending on expenses and grants during the first two years of its existence, according to a report released Friday.

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Milwaukee County’s four-year effort to levy a 1 percent sales tax still has a few friends in the Legislature, but even they have doubts about the tax becoming a reality.

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin unions were mobilizing Monday to fight Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to remove nearly all collective bargaining rights for public employees. They don’t have much time. The Legislature is moving quickly ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A special commission created by Gov. Scott Walker to find $300 million a year in government waste is scheduled to meet for the first time on Tuesday. Walker wants the group to make its first recommendations ...

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