Gov. Tony Evers called on the Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday to spend $250 million from a state budget surplus on public schools, roughly half of which would go toward lowering property taxes.

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By James Briggs The state Legislature is moving at a brisk pace this week, pushing pieces of Gov. Scott Walker’s special session agenda closer to his desk. Walker on Monday signed his first bill, which will make contributions to health ...

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By James Briggs As Gov. Scott Walker began his new job Monday at the Capitol, hundreds of people rallied outside in the cold, demanding work for themselves and their neighbors. Walker, who defeated Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to become Wisconsin’s ...

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140 Frontier Airlines employees leaving Denver DENVER (AP) — About 140 more Frontier Airlines employees in Denver will be moving to Indianapolis by the first half of next year. Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings, which acquired Frontier on Oct. 1, said ...

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Greg Bluestein AP Writer Atlanta — States are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece on special legislative sessions whose chief purpose, ironically, is to trim more funding from their eroding budgets. Analysts expect the number of special sessions, a ...

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