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2011 Wisconsin Act 10, also known as the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill or the Wisconsin Budget Adjustment Act, [1] [2] is a controversial law enacted by the 100th Wisconsin Legislature which significantly limited the rights and compensation of state and local government employees in Wisconsin.
The amended bill was then sent to the Assembly. On Thursday, March 10, the Wisconsin Assembly passed the amended collective bargaining bill with a vote of 53–42. [96] [97] Protesters and Assembly Democrats shouted "shame!" as the Republicans quickly filed out of the building. [98]
The 29th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. [1] Located in western Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Buffalo and Pepin counties, along with most of Pierce County , and much of Trempealeau County .
The legislature is a bicameral body composed of the upper house, Wisconsin State Senate, and the lower Wisconsin State Assembly, both of which have had Republican majorities since January 2011. With both houses combined, the legislature has 132 members representing an equal number of constituent districts.
Wisconsin became a U.S. state on May 29, 1848, and special elections were held to fill the first session of the State Assembly; at the time, the body consisted of 66 members. [2] The Assembly was expanded to 82 seats in 1852, and then to 97 seats in 1856, then to 100 seats in 1861, which is the maximum allowed in the Constitution of Wisconsin ...
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s state general fund balance was $4.5 billion as expected, according to the recently released state Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The rainy-day fund ...
The state General Assembly passed a bipartisan bill to end the practice last month. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to sign into law House Bill 29. The bill would, among other provisions ...
The Eighty-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1979, in regular session, and also convened in four special sessions. [1]This legislative session saw a dramatic overhaul of the Wisconsin judicial system as voters approved a series of amendments to the Constitution of Wisconsin which established the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and collapsed the county courts ...