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Judge Rules Wisconsin’s Collective Bargaining Law Unconstitutional

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Joe O'Connell

Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge Juan Colas on Friday ruled 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 unconstitutional as it pertains to collective bargaining rights for public employees. Judge Colas ruled that the law violates those employees’ rights to freedom of speech and association under … Continue reading →

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A Guide to Summer Reading for Incoming Students

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Phil Sletten

As you (incoming student) prepare yourself to enter your fall semester at The La Follette School of Public Affairs, probably nothing can beat reading a few good policy books and keeping up with the news. However, you may also find … Continue reading →

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Busy Wisconsin

Posted on April 2, 2012 by H.J. Waukau

Wisconsin politics is in quite a busy stretch. In the span of little more than five days the Government Accountability Board finalized the verification of the recall signatures, a Federal judge dismissed parts of Act 10, otherwise known as the … Continue reading →

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WI State Senate Recall Elections Held Today

Posted on August 9, 2011 by H.J. Waukau

Unprecedented in the State’s or the Nation’s history, Wisconsin voters will go the polls today to determine the political fates of 6 state Senators up for recall. Prior to the 6 recall elections on Tuesday (9 overall), the United States … Continue reading →

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Osama Bin Laden Dead

Posted on May 1, 2011 by H.J. Waukau

For those of you who might not have stayed up late, or did not hear, Osama bin Laden is dead and his body is in U.S. custody. He was killed at a compound outside of Islamabad, Pakistan on Sunday according … Continue reading →

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Continued Fallout from Collective Bargaining

Posted on April 21, 2011 by H.J. Waukau

In the never-ending fallout, controversy, twists, turns, and theatrics that have become synonymous with Gov. Walker’s collective bargaining and budget bills new developments have recently occured. After the final votes were officially tallied and canvassed in the closely contested Supreme … Continue reading →

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Missing Votes Swing Election to Prosser

Posted on April 8, 2011 by H.J. Waukau

In what has amounted to an electoral mishap not seen since the Florida recount of 2000, 14,315 votes that were not counted in the unofficial vote tallies released to the press on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning were found to … Continue reading →

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Kloppenburg Wins, Recount Expected

Posted on April 6, 2011 by H.J. Waukau

As of this afternoon it looks as if JoAnne Kloppenburg has unseated incumbent Supreme Court judge David Prosser by the thinnest of margins. 204 votes to be exact. Because of the razor-close vote it appears as if there is going … Continue reading →

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Legislative Reference Bureau Publishes Collective Bargaining Law

Posted on March 25, 2011 by H.J. Waukau

The path and state of the collective bargaining bill took another turn today when the Legislative Reference Bureau published the contentious bill on its website. The bill was published by the LRB, and not the Secretary of State Doug La … Continue reading →

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Obama, UN Give Libya Ultimatum

Posted on March 18, 2011 by H.J. Waukau

President Obama addressed the nation this afternoon declaring to Muammar Qaddafi and pro government forces in Libya that all fighting and attacks on civilians must stop immediately and pull back from all besieged cities, or the Libyan government will face … Continue reading →

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