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  1. UW-Madison seeks exemption from open-records law

    The University of Wisconsin-Madison is asking state lawmakers for an exemption from the state's open-records law that would allow it to keep research data private until the information is published or patented.

    • May 24, 2013
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    Ex-Walker aide behind bars for 2nd OWI

    Gov. Scott Walker's former campaign spokeswoman is serving 20 days in jail for her second drunken driving conviction.

    • May 23, 2013
  2. Budget gap delays roadwork: committee cuts projects to help trim deficit

    The Legislature's budget-writing committee voted unanimously Thursday to delay some freeway projects and cut funding for others, as part of an effort to close a $54 million deficit in Wisconsin's roads fund that was prompted by a drop in gas-tax revenue.

    • May 23, 2013
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    House works to head off costly loans: Student rates will double if Congress doesn't act

    Seven million college students are on track to see their federal loan rates double this year unless Congress acts ahead of a July 1 deadline when subsidized Stafford loan rates will increase from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.

    • May 22, 2013
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    Divergent opinions offered on education standards

    Education standards adopted in Wisconsin and 44 other states are either a rigorous benchmark that will improve student performance, or they're a dangerous intrusion on local control masterminded by the federal government, speakers said at a joint legislat

    • May 22, 2013
  3. Gov. Scott Walker will give the keynote speech at a fundraiser hosted by Iowa's largest GOP committee, the Republican Party of Polk County, on Thursday. Walker's trip increases his profile in the state that will host the first major electoral event of the presidential nominating process in 2016. Associated Press

    Presidential speculation heats up; Walker heads to Iowa to speak to GOP faithful

    Gov. Scott Walker will head to the heart of Iowa — where the 2016 presidential race likely will begin — and take center stage before that key state's Republican party faithful.

    • May 22, 2013
  4. State politics roundup: Budget committee approves $50 tobacco use fee

    State workers who smoke would have to pay $50 more per month for health insurance under a Gov. Scott Walker proposal that has won approval by the Legislature's budget committee.

    • May 21, 2013
  5. GOP move gives state more control on construction

    Democrats said a move to standardize erosion control rules for commercial construction sites is another effort by Republicans to take power away from local authorities.

    • May 20, 2013
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    Some states have laws requiring health care workers to be immunized for the flu. A Wisconsin Legislature has a bill pending that would require workers to no longer get flu shots. Associated Press

    State bill would ban mandatory flu shots

    Wisconsin employers, including hospitals, nursing homes and other health care agencies, could no longer require workers to get flu shots under a bill pending in the Legislature.

    • May 19, 2013
  6. Walker

    Walker signs layoff alternative bill

    Gov. Scott Walker on Friday signed into law a bill creating a program that gives employers an alternative to laying off employees when work slows.

    • May 17, 2013
  7. Bipartisan bill requires annual WEDC audit

    A bill introduced by a bipartisan group of lawmakers would require annual audits at Gov. Scott Walker's troubled quasi-public jobs agency, as well as put limits on terms that board members appointed by the governor serve.

    • May 17, 2013
  8. Cost of Walker's Medicaid plan increases

    The cost of Gov. Scott Walker's plan to reject federally funded Medicaid expansion and instead tighten income eligibility for the program has gone up.

    • May 17, 2013
  9. Gov. Scott Walker's administration is reporting that Wisconsin added more than 32,000 private sector jobs last year.

    Walker reports state added 32,000 jobs in 2012

    Gov. Scott Walker's administration is reporting that Wisconsin added more than 32,000 private sector jobs last year.

    • May 16, 2013
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    Redistricting case settled, no malicious intent

    A group of Democrats and an immigration rights organization which sued the state over redistricting have dropped their efforts to determine why Republicans failed to turn over records in the case.

    • May 16, 2013
  10. Wisconsin adds 62,000 jobs over past 2 years

    Gov. Scott Walker's administration reported Thursday that Wisconsin added more than 62,000 private sector jobs over the first two years of his term, less than a quarter of the 250,000 he promised to create by 2015.

    • May 16, 2013

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