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Residency rule based on distance approved by Joint Finance Committee
Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe Republican-dominated Joint Finance Committee tweaked Gov. Scott Walker's plan to end residency rules statewide on Thursday, opting for a distance-based rule governing police officers, firefighters or other emergency personnel. A motion by Rep....Tags: Mary Lazich, Labor Legislation, Scott Walker, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Penzeys Spices owner to buy Northridge
Milwaukee Journal SentinelPenzeys Spices owner William Penzey has reached an out-of-court settlement to buy most of the former Northridge Mall and hopes to begin moving some of his company's operations to the long-empty property by 2014. Penzey said Wednesday he's agreed to...Tags: Walmart, Trials, Finance, Arbitration, Economy, Business and Finance
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GOP lawmakers offer plan to kill Milwaukee's streetcar project
Milwaukee Journal SentinelRepublicans on the Legislature's budget committee intend to approve a measure Thursday that would bar utility ratepayers from having to bear any costs for a proposed streetcar in Milwaukee -- a provision that likely would kill the project. The move...Tags: Scott Walker, Science and Technology, Politics, Finance, Government
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GOP leaders would set distance limit for workers who move after residency rules dropped
Milwaukee Journal SentinelAssembly Republican leaders want to give cops and other public workers some flexibility from local residency requirements, but at the cost of some of their compensation if they move out of their communities. In a news conference, Assembly Speaker...Tags: Regional Authority, Budgets and Budgeting, Scott Walker, Politics, Finance
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Local officials rally at Capitol to oppose the lifting of residency requirements
Milwaukee Journal SentinelBanning local residency requirements on municipal workers would slow responses to crime, fires, snowstorms and busted water mains and make it more costly and difficult to keep communities safe, mayors and city managers said at the Capitol Wednesday. The...Tags: Labor Legislation, Regional Authority, Scott Walker, Politics, Government
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Palermo Villa didn't violate labor laws with immigration check, NLRB rules
Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe Washington office of the National Labor Relations Board on Monday upheld a regional decision that Palermo Villa Inc. did not violate labor relations laws when it fired 75 workers last year as part of an immigration audit, and did not use the audit...Tags: Work Relations, Labor Legislation, Immigration, Migration, Politics
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Assembly committee advances Milwaukee residency bill
Milwaukee Journal SentinelA state bill that would lift Milwaukee's residency requirement for police officers and firefighters squeaked out of committee Wednesday. An Assembly committee voted 5-4 to advance the bill introduced by suburban Republican lawmakers, which would allow...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Scott Walker, Justice System, Finance, Politics
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International commission wants to look at engineering fix to boost Huron, Michigan levels
Milwaukee Journal SentinelWith Lakes Michigan and Huron now having gone more than 14 straight years with below-average water levels, the International Joint Commission is recommending that the U.S. and Canadian governments explore some sort of engineering fix on the St. Clair...Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Lakes and Ponds, Stephen Harper, Science and Technology, Barack Obama
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Joint Finance: Residency issue, rent-to-own, other policies remain in Walker's budget
Milwaukee Journal SentinelFrom a repeal of residency rules for local police to softening regulation of rent-to-own stores in Wisconsin, key GOP lawmakers for now are keeping dozens of items in the state budget that don't belong there, according to their nonpartisan budget office....Tags: Regional Authority, Budgets and Budgeting, Scott Walker, Justice System, Politics
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Joint Finance: residency issue, rent-to-own, other policies remain in Walker's budget
Milwaukee Journal SentinelFrom a repeal of residency rules for local police to softening regulation of rent-to-own stores in Wisconsin, GOP lawmakers for now are keeping dozens of items in the state budget that don't belong there, according to their nonpartisan budget office. In...Tags: Regional Authority, Budgets and Budgeting, Scott Walker, Justice System, Finance
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Republicans eye new election laws, Democrats question proposed changes
BOSTON (AP) — After back-to-back presidential losses, Republicans in key states want to change the rules to make it easier for them to win. From Wisconsin to Pennsylvania, GOP officials who control legislatures in states that supported President...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Reince Priebus, Regional Authority, Barack Obama, Scott Walker
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Ash-dumping Lake Michigan ferry may stay afloat
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Lake Michigan ferry that travels between Wisconsin and Michigan would be allowed to stay afloat even though it dumps 500 tons of coal ash into the lake each season, under a special provision added to a bill pending in Congress....
Tags: Environmental Issues, Bill Huizenga, Lake Michigan, Coal, U.S. Coast Guard
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