Wisconsin's largest business association has launched a television ad attacking a Democratic state Senate candidate for proposing a gas tax increase even though the group has supported raising the tax for months.

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Shoreline property owners would have more leeway to dredge and build structures on bodies of water under legislation the Wisconsin Assembly advanced Tuesday despite concerns from minority Democrats that the proposals would harm the state's waters.

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Wisconsin's most powerful business lobbying group is calling on the Legislature to pass a right-to-work law, something Republican Gov. Scott Walker has repeatedly said distracts from his agenda.

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With the November election six weeks away, neither Republican Gov. Scott Walker nor Democratic challenger Mary Burke has put forward any grand strategies for new environmental or outdoors policies.

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State sticks with tax brackets to balance company payments A proposed state unemployment fund surtax has died from lack of support and fear that road builders and other seasonal employers would have shouldered most of the cost. The surtax proposal ...

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Buffeted on one side by objections from medical professionals and on the other by concerns raised by a business group, proposed changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system likely will go nowhere this year.

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Wisconsin manufacturing and retail workers could volunteer to work seven days straight without a day off under a bill two Republican lawmakers are circulating on behalf of the state's largest business group.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he will focus on ways to bridge the gap between jobs that are available in the state and getting workers trained to take those jobs. Walker told the state’s business leaders at ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is being reorganized in a way that Gov. Scott Walker’s administration says will increase its responsiveness to the public but not weaken environmental regulations. Walker’s administration announced Thursday that the ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker on Monday signed into law proposals repealing a clean water testing requirement and giving his office more power in the crafting of state agency rules. One bill Walker ...

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