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Tougher
safety belt enforcement pending in Wis.
MADISON
— Wisconsin drivers and passengers should buckle up or they will
have a better chance to get a ticket under a new statewide
crackdown.
Survey:
Bat disease hasn't reached Wisconsin
MADISON
— Wisconsin wildlife officials say a third survey has turned up no
signs a deadly bat disease has reached the state.
Wis.
court official pleads no contest in tax case
MADISON
— A Milwaukee County court commissioner has pleaded no contest to
filing false tax documents.
Guard
refueling plane lands safely
MILWAUKEE
— A Wisconsin National Guard refueling plane landed safely at
Mitchell International Airport after reporting mechanical problems.
Wife
rescues husband from black bear attack
SILVER
CLIFF — A man is recovering from injuries suffered when he was
attacked by a black bear in Marinette County.
Ho-Chunk
leader vows to keep poker room open
MADISON
— The Ho-Chunk Nation leader says he'll fight the state's efforts
to close the poker room at the tribe's Madison casino.
Wis.
committee bans night wolf hunting
MADISON
— The Legislature's finance committee has quietly left a provision
that would ban night wolf hunting in Gov. Scott Walker's budget.
Packers
to visit Wisconsin academy cadets
MADISON
— A group of current and former Green Bay Packers is set to visit
cadets at the Wisconsin National Guard's Challenge Academy.
Wis.
farmer says soil quality is problem in cities
MILWAUKEE
— Urban farmer Will Allen says one major challenge city residents
face in growing their own food is the poor quality of their soil.
Wis.
congressmen propose crop insurance changes
MILWAUKEE
— Wisconsin Reps. Ron Kind and Tom Petri put forward a crop
insurance reform plan Wednesday that they say will save the federal
government $11 billion over the next 10 years.
Officer
shot 12 times at Wis. Sikh temple retires
OAK
CREEK — The first officer to respond to the fatal rampage at the
Sikh temple in Wisconsin last year says he is retiring from the
police force.
Wis.
budget committee OKs elk importation
MADISON
— The Legislature's finance committee has approved a plan in Gov.
Scott Walker's budget that would relax Wisconsin's chronic wasting
disease testing protocols and allow elk importation.
Wis.
committee approves money for mini-deer hunts
MADISON
— The Legislature's budget committee has approved spending nearly
$2 million in federal money to set up private deer hunts.
Wis.
budget committee reduces wolf license fees
MADISON
— The Legislature's budget committee has approved reducing wolf
hunt license fees.
Activists
set up training for Wis. mine protest
MADISON
— Activists are planning a training session on how to stop a giant
iron mine in far northwestern Wisconsin.
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MADISON, Wis. - Gov. Scott Walker's
administration reported Thursday that Wisconsin added more than
62,000 private sector jobs over the first two years of his term,
less than a quarter of the 250,000 he promised to create by
2015.
The Department of Workforce Development released the new
figures, which can't be compared to other states until next
month. Walker released the figures before they are published
officially on June 27 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Critics have said the state's performance can't be adequately
measured until the yearly numbers can be compared with other
states.
TOWN
OF GORDON, Wis. — Investigators
say a large wildfire caused by logging operations in
northwestern Wisconsin wasn't intentionally set and criminal
charges aren't expected. The Department of Natural Resources
said Thursday that negligence wasn't involved in the blaze,
which destroyed 17 homes and forced dozens of people to
evacuate before it was contained Wednesday night. 
PITTSBURGH
—
Travis Snider homered for the first time in nine months and
drove in three runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates past the
reeling Milwaukee Brewers 7-1 on Thursday night.
Snider finished 3 for 5, including a 458-foot
blast off Hiram Burgos (1-2) in the sixth inning that gave the
Pirates the lead. The home run sailed over bushes in
right-center field at PNC Park, bounced on a sidewalk outside
the stadium and landed in the Allegheny River.
MADISON,
Wis. - The cost of Gov. Scott Walker's plan to reject
federally funded Medicaid expansion and instead tighten
income eligibility for the program has gone up. A new
estimate from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau says
the cost of Walker's proposal is $73.5 million more than
when he released it in February. Of that, $52 million is
directly related to the changes Walker is proposing.
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