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GOP Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker talks up ties to Iowa during a visit to 2016 caucus state
Associated PressWEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Scott Walker tried to introduce himself to Iowa Republicans Thursday as so many would-be presidential candidates often do — one of their own. After all, the Wisconsin governor weighing a 2016 bid for president...Tags: Government, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Chuck Grassley, Parties and Movements, Elections
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel No Quarter column
Milwaukee Journal SentinelIf you thought Summerfest CEO Don Smiley was already being paid like a rock star, wait until you see the latest set of numbers. Officials with Milwaukee World Festival just released data for 2012, and Smiley's total package climbed to $886,185 -- an...Tags: Summerfest, Common, Arts and Culture, Elections, CEO Pay
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Cost minimized to move utilities for streetcar, Milwaukee city engineer says
Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe city's chief engineer says design consultants have been able to minimize the impact relocating utility lines would have on a proposed Milwaukee streetcar project. In an affidavit filed with the Public Service Commission this week, city engineer Jeff...Tags: Science and Technology
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Milwaukee still slugging away on residency
Milwaukee Journal SentinelWith 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. After last week's move by the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee to end residency rules...Tags: Government, Unions, Scott Walker, Public Officials, Arbitration
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Is the Wisconsin state Legislature at war with Milwaukee?
Milwaukee Journal SentinelEven before such hot topics as residency and a proposed streetcar came before the Republican-dominated Legislature's Joint Finance Committee last week, one City Hall partisan was preparing for the worst. "We're calling it Screw Milwaukee Day," the...Tags: Government, Unions, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Business
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State budget panel OKs residency rule based on distance
Milwaukee Journal SentinelSweeping aside a 75-year-old City of Milwaukee residency ordinance and others like it, Republicans on the Legislature's budget committee voted Thursday to allow police and firefighters to live at least 15 miles outside of any community in the state and...Tags: Government, State Budgets, Alberta Darling, Economy, Business and Finance, New York City
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Lawmakers working on compromise to residency proposal
The Wisconsin State JournalLawmakers were working Wednesday on a compromise deal to Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal aimed at eliminating any requirements that Wisconsin's municipal workers live in the cities where they work. Local workers would likely be allowed to live...Tags: Government, Scott Walker, Local Government, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Finance
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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: Government, Labor Legislation, Jon Richards, Glenn Grothman, Scott Walker
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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: Property, Walmart, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Trials
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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: Government, Public Officials, Delta Air Lines, Alberta Darling, Bradley Center
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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: Government, Alberta Darling, Economy, Business and Finance, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace
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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: Government, Labor Legislation, Scott Walker, Local Government, Regional Authority
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