Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson may be in similar political situations.

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By ?SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A Republican-controlled legislative committee on Thursday approved the first Wisconsin state employee pay plan created under a new law that takes away nearly all collective bargaining rights for public workers, despite ...

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By Scott Bauer Associated Press Madison — Wisconsin state workers will not receive salary increases during the next two years under the first pay plan put forward by Gov. Scott Walker’s administration under a law that no longer requires the ...

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By ?SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin will no longer be obligated to bargain with its largest public employee unions after the weakened labor groups decided Thursday against seeking recertification votes in the state that was the ...

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By James Briggs The State Engineering Association is the third union group to file an unfair labor complaint against the state of Wisconsin. The complaint alleges Gov. Scott Walker and the state failed to bargain in good faith, as state ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s largest public employees union has filed a complaint alleging Gov. Scott Walker is engaging in unfair labor practices by refusing to negotiate with it. The complaint filed Monday by the Wisconsin State Employees Union asks ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The leader of the state’s largest public employee union says the workers are willing to make financial concessions to Gov. Scott Walker but will not give up their collective bargaining rights. Thousands of people have descended ...

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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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By ?SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker promised to target public employee benefits and Medicaid programs in order to deal with Wisconsin’s budget shortfall, but offered few details in his first State of the State ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Forcing concessions from state employees is a popular talking point for Gov. Scott Walker and one that likely will find a central place in his first State of the State speech ...

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