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New venture capital bill takes away WEDC authority

Posted: 6:23 PM A bipartisan group of lawmakers have changed their original proposal for a venture capital fund for Wisconsin startups to remove oversight from Gov. Scott Walker's troubled job-creation agency.

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Budget committee delivers victory for Skyward

Posted: 5:50 PM Supporters of Stevens Point-based Skyward are celebrating a vote by the Legislature's budget committee that would benefit the information system company.

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UPDATE: Public hearings, studies called on standards

Updated: 5:47 PM UPDATE: More studies and public hearings would be required before Wisconsin could take any further action to implement academic standards under action taken by the Legislature's budget committee.

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Proposal would cut benefits to unemployed

Updated: 1:44 PM UPDATE: Benefits paid to unemployed people in Wisconsin would be reduced by $37 million over the next two years under a Republican-backed plan approved by the Legislature's budget-writing committee.

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Creating charter school board hits roadblock

Posted: 11:46 AM Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to create a new statewide board to authorize those creating charter schools has hit a major roadblock in the state Legislature.

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Budget committee tweaks retiree proposal

Posted: 11:29 AM The Legislature's budget-writing committee has toughened the requirements affecting teachers and university faculty who retire and then want to go back to work.

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Assisted living company to give up 10 facilities

Posted: 10:47 AM An assisted living company is giving up control of most of its properties after racking up $100,000 in state fines related to deaths and injuries of residents.

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UPDATE: Wis. Assembly passes veterans registration bill

Updated: 5:56 PM UPDATE: The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a bipartisan bill that would give veterans priority over other students when they register for University of Wisconsin System and state technical college classes.

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Wis. health insurers wary about new exchanges

Posted: 10:40 AM At least one Wisconsin health insurance company says it won't participate in the new federal insurance exchanges in development as part of the Affordable Care Act, and others are keeping their plans quiet.

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Pedestrian killed on Interstate 43

Posted: 5:36 PM The Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 43 and killed.

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UPDATE: No civil rights charges in Wis. squad car death

Posted: 11:47 AM UPDATE: Federal agents have closed their investigation and no federal civil rights charges will be filed in the case of a Milwaukee man who died while gasping for air in the back of a police car.

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Odor complaints persist at Howard plant

Posted: 10:59 AM New complaints about the odor coming from a Green Bay area plant that processes animal fats and food waste has some Brown County supervisors pushing harder to punish the owners if the matter isn't addressed soon.

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State support of K-12 would drop under plan

Posted: 10:55 AM A new analysis of Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal shows that state support for public K-12 education would drop slightly as a percentage of their overall budget over the next two years.

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