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Selling of state property given green light

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:15:22 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - A broad array of state properties, including prisons, university dormitories, power plants and highways, could be sold to private buyers without going through a public bidding process, under a provision approved by the Legislature's budget committee on Tuesday.

Walker signs layoff alternative bill

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:25:48 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - 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.

Budget committee OKs work searches for unemployed

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:51:40 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - Unemployed people in Wisconsin would have to double the number of searches they make for a job from two to four a week, one of the toughest requirements in the country, under a proposal approved by the Legislature's budget committee on Monday.

Correction: Wisconsin Budget-Circus World story

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:31:35 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - In a story April 30 about the Circus World Museum's finances, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a Legislative Fiscal Bureau analysis found the museum's 2013 operating budget assumes expenses will outpace revenues by $975,000. The budget assumes expenses will outpace revenues by $97,500.