The Republican-controlled Senate fired the state agriculture secretary on Tuesday, and the Democratic governor who appointed him watched quietly a row behind lawmakers before using profanity to blast the process.

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State lawmakers unanimously confirmed five of Gov. Tony Evers' Cabinet secretaries on Tuesday but took no action on Evers' choice for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

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Wisconsin legislators expect to begin voting next week on Gov. Scott Walker's $3 billion incentives bill for the Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn.

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Wisconsin's fall legislative session will get off to a slow start, with Republicans in control of both the Senate and Assembly still searching for consensus on major issues such as toughening drunken driving laws and imposing new reporting requirements on public and choice schools.

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The quarrelsome House couldn't even agree on whether to formally adjourn, but that didn't stop Congress from taking five weeks off.

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Democrats officially took control of the state Senate on Tuesday, electing Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, president.

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Republicans in the state Senate won't force state regulators to develop new siting rules for wind farms.

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former two-term Republican congressman Mark Neumann announced Monday that he will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Wisconsin Democrat Herb Kohl. Neumann is the first to officially ...

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Authorities have identified the pair of individuals who chained themselves to portions of the state Senate gallery, disrupting debate on the proposed 2011-13 budget by two hours. Christopher W. French, 20, and Bridgett A. O’Brien, 23, were arrested by state ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s 14 Senate Democrats remain on the run. The Senate met on Friday for the fourth time without any of the Democrats who skipped town 10 days ago present. The Democrats left to avoid the Senate ...

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