WMTV - State Headlines http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines RSS Feed for WMTV - State News - Headlines en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 18:46:37 GMT 2013-05-21T18:46:37Z en-us UPDATE: Proposal would require state offer HSAs http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Proposal-would-require-state-offer-HSAs-208332521.html Government workers in Wisconsin would have to be offered a high-deductible health insurance plan with a health savings account under a proposal to be voted on Tuesday. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:46:37 GMT http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Proposal-would-require-state-offer-HSAs-208332521.html 2013-05-21T18:46:37Z UPDATE: Budget committee approves $50 tobacco use fee http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/State-Workers-Who-Smoke-Would-Pay-50-Fee-208183781.html UPDATE: State workers who smoke would have to pay $50 more per month for health insurance under a Gov. Scott Walker proposal that has won approval by the Legislature's budget committee. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:42:12 GMT http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/State-Workers-Who-Smoke-Would-Pay-50-Fee-208183781.html 2013-05-21T18:42:12Z Budget panel votes to clamp down on retirees http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Budget-Panel-Votes-to-Clamp-Down-on-Retirees-208356651.html Government workers who are collecting retirement benefits would have to wait longer before getting rehired under a proposal approved by the Legislature's budget committee. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:39:05 GMT http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Budget-Panel-Votes-to-Clamp-Down-on-Retirees-208356651.html 2013-05-21T18:39:05Z UPDATE: Wis. panel considers bill limiting local recalls http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Assembly_To_Consider_Limiting_Reasons_For_Recalls_141557583.html UPDATE: A group of Wisconsin town officials say the state should raise its bar for recalling local officials. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:22:38 GMT http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Assembly_To_Consider_Limiting_Reasons_For_Recalls_141557583.html 2013-05-21T18:22:38Z Wis. GAB seeks absentee voting rule changes http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Wis-GAB-seeks-absentee-voting-rule-changes-208337891.html Wisconsin election officials have decided to ask the Legislature to make a number of changes to Wisconsin's absentee voting regulations. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:36:01 GMT http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Wis-GAB-seeks-absentee-voting-rule-changes-208337891.html 2013-05-21T16:36:01Z Housing rebound continues in Wisconsin http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Housing-rebound-continues-in-Wisconsin-208337201.html Housing sales in Wisconsin continue to rebound. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:31:55 GMT http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Housing-rebound-continues-in-Wisconsin-208337201.html 2013-05-21T16:31:55Z UPDATE: Proposal to sell state properties up for vote http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Budget-Proposal-Broadens-Power-to-Sell-Property-198789191.html A wide-reaching change that would allow the state to sell off properties ranging from prisons and power plants to University of Wisconsin dormitories and state highways is up for approval before the Legislature's budget committee. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:07:13 GMT http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Budget-Proposal-Broadens-Power-to-Sell-Property-198789191.html 2013-05-21T16:07:13Z Second restaurant named for Rodgers, Braun to open http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Second-restaurant-named-for-Rodgers-Braun-to-open-208331001.html A Brookfield restaurant named for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun is opening a second location. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:56:59 GMT http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Second-restaurant-named-for-Rodgers-Braun-to-open-208331001.html 2013-05-21T15:56:59Z Kohler ordered to pay $9.6 million in patent suit http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Kohler-ordered-to-pay-96-million-in-patent-suit-208329681.html The Kohler Co. has been ordered to pay $9.6 million to a marine engine and generator manufacturer in Massachusetts for infringing on two of its patents. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:47:18 GMT http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Kohler-ordered-to-pay-96-million-in-patent-suit-208329681.html 2013-05-21T15:47:18Z UPDATE: US DOJ to review flawed Milwaukee ATF sting http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/ATFs-Flawed-Sting-Efforts-in-Milwaukee-Draw-Ire-189239271.html UPDATE: The U.S. Department of Justice is looking into a flawed Milwaukee sting as part of a larger review into how agents handle certain sensitive cases. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:43:05 GMT http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/ATFs-Flawed-Sting-Efforts-in-Milwaukee-Draw-Ire-189239271.html 2013-05-21T15:43:05Z