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1 hr ago | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Milwaukee still slugging away on residency

With time running out, Mayor Tom Barrett and city lobbyists continue to work to convince state legislators to leave the city's 75-year-old residency rule alone.

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Related Topix: Milwaukee, WI, US Governors

6 hrs ago | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

2-year tuition freeze would be first for 4-year UW System campuses

Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to freeze student tuition at University of Wisconsin System campuses for the next two years would mark the first two-year tuition freeze for the four-year campuses in the 42-year history of the UW System.

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Related Topix: US Governors, University of Wisconsin Madison, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

10 hrs ago | TwinCities

Wisconsin tea party group says IRS asked about Walker recall

A Texas tea party group said the Internal Revenue Service asked about its involvement in verifying signatures provided in the effort to recall Republican Gov.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Governors, US News, Tea Party

Fri May 17, 2013

Washington Times

China has Harley Davidson fever, thanks to Gov. Scott Walker

A noisy cultural moment, and a lucrative one: China has embraced Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

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Related Topix: Motorcycles, Harley-Davidson Motorcycle, Harley Davidson, Automakers, US Governors, Milwaukee, WI, Offbeat

Milwaukee Courier Online

Capitol Report - A mutiny in the ranks?

Back in February, Governor Scott Walker announced that he was rejecting Medicaid expansion under the federal health care law.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Healthcare Law, Law, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government

The Nation

Washington Misses the Point on the Tea Party and the IRS

Many of the groups who helped Scott Walker win the Wisconsin recall were 501 Tea Party groups that worked in close tandem with his campaign despite their non-political tax designation.

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Related Topix: Tea Party, US News, Tax, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government, US Governors

WEAU-TV Eau Claire

Planned Parenthood in Chippewa Falls officially closes

Planned Parenthood gets hit with budget cuts and on Thursday, one of four branches closed its doors to people in the Chippewa Valley.

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Related Topix: Chippewa Falls, WI, Eau Claire, WI, US Governors, Abortion, Medicine, Nursing

NBC26

UW System Tuition Freeze

Governor Scott Walker has revised his budget for Wisconsin, freezing tuition for the University of Wisconsin System for the next 2 years.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Green Bay, WI, University of Wisconsin Green Bay

Today's TMJ4

Rep. Moore talks Paul Ryan, Scott Walker and more on Colbert Report

See videos of Rep. Gwen Moore's visit on the Colbert Report, including topics like Rep.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Gwen Moore, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Thu May 16, 2013

WUWM

Joint Finance Cuts Back Stewardship Funding

A party-line vote cut funding to Wisconsin's Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program by $63.5 million dollars over the next seven years.

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Related Topix: US News, US Governors

KSTP

Wis. DNR Confirms Logging Started Wildfire

Bob Gotelaere thought he could outrace the wildfire bearing down on his northwestern Wisconsin home.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Wisconsin, Marinette County, WI, US Governors, Bayfield County, WI

Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

Gov. Scott Walker reports Wisconsin added 32,000 jobs in 2012

Cher Yang of Fond du Lac, talks with Brittany Junck, a job recruiter for Aerotek of Appleton, during a job fair in Fond du Lac in December.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government, Appleton, WI

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Scott Walker proposes UW tuition freeze, much smaller funding increase

Following a furor among lawmakers over the University of Wisconsin System's sizable financial reserves, Gov.

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Salem-News.com

Walker, Jindal in Letter to Obama Call IRS Scandal 'Big Brother Come to Life'

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal have written a letter to President Obama asking for a special prosecutor into the Internal Revenue Service scandal involving the targeting of conservative organizations.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Governors

WOZZ-FM Appleton

Northwest Wisconsin forest fire mostly contained, ...

Fire crews worked through the night completing fire lines and putting out hot spots, but the worst is over at the Germann Road Fire.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, US Governors

Waterford Post

Vos takes listening session questions in stride

At Burlington High School May 6 to honor three individual state champions, Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said that particular duty was one of his more pleasurable ones.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, US Governors, Burlington, WI

Wed May 15, 2013

WMTV Madison

Wis. Dems Delay Vote On Injunction Bill

Minority Democrats in the state Assembly have delayed a final vote on a Republican bill that would allow attorneys to nullify injunctions blocking state laws.

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Related Topix: US News, US Governors

WSAW

Budget Cmte. Considers Private Deer Hunt, Reducing Wolf Hunting Fees, Importing Elk

Gov. Scott Walker included a proposal in his executive budget that would reduce state residents' fee from $100 to $47 and non-residents' fee from $500 to $249. Walker's administration hopes the lower fees would encourage more people to purchase licenses.

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WAOW

Poll: 51 percent approve of Gov. Walker's job

A Merrill man stabbed his wife seven times, tried to strangle her and then hid her body in some woods near Medford following a discussion about the couple getting divorced, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Merrill, WI, Marathon County, WI, Vilas County, WI

Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

Legislature passes tax break for military families

This January, 2011, photo provided by Andrew Johnson shows his son David Johnson, center, with David's brother Matthew and sister Emily at Fort Benning, Ga.

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Related Topix: Mayville, WI, US Governors