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Assembly Passes State Budget: UPDATED
Assembly Passes State Budget: UPDATED
The State Assembly today passed the $70 billion budget bill.The vote was 55-42.The bill now heads to the Wisconsin Senate for debate.Democrats had said they were planning to introduce 211 amendments, butMore >>
The Wisconsin Assembly passed the budget bill 55-42. The Senate takes it up at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Democrats explain why they introduced no amendments.
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Boy testifies in slaying of great-grandmother

A boy who has pleaded no contest in the bludgeoning death of his great-grandmother has testified that his friend used a hammer to repeatedly strike the woman at her Sheboygan Falls home. More>>

Fire Damages Hobart Home

A home in Hobart sustained smoke damage following a fire Wednesday morning. More>>

UPDATE: Suamico Garage Destroyed in Morning Fire

A garage with living space above it is being called a total loss following an early morning fire in Suamico. More>>

Foster Care Agency in Need of More Foster Homes

A local non-profit foster care agency is trying to recruit more foster parents. The agency is trying to get more kids in foster homes and out of residential facilities. Judy Hopman has been a foster More>>

FBI hunt for ex-Teamster boss Hoffa's remains ends

The excavation of a field in suburban Detroit has failed to turn up the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, the FBI announced Wednesday, adding another unsuccessful chapter to a nearly 40-year-old mystery. More>>

Internet Pet Adoption Leads to Abuse

The Oshkosh Area Humane Society warns about the dangers of giving up your pets online after two dogs were dumped in the driveway of their original owner, barely alive. More>>

Mining company submits sampling plan to Wis. DNR

A company looking to dig an iron mine just south of Lake Superior has filed papers with the DNR notifying the agency it plans to seek a mining permit. More>>

Wis. public workers might pay more for retirement

Public employees in Wisconsin could see another increase in the contribution rates they pay into the Wisconsin Retirement System. More>>

Green Bay Council Says "Yes" to Metreau, "Not Yet" to Clarion Project

While the city council voted to move forward on plans for a new apartment building downtown, the Clarion Hotel renovation was put on hold for another month. More>>

Health groups oppose bill barring gun inquiries

Health organizations say a Wisconsin bill that would prohibit doctors from asking patients whether they own guns would interfere with the doctor-patient relationship. More>>

Republicans won't seek to restrict mining access

Assembly Republican leaders say they will not include a provision in the state budget designed to limit public access to the proposed site of an iron ore mine near Lake Superior. More>>

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Rep. Penny Bernard Schaber Statement on Assembly Budget Vote
Rep. Penny Bernard Schaber Statement on Assembly Budget Vote
Provided to Action 2 News by Rep. Penny Bernard Schaber (D-Appleton):"I am very disappointed by the backroom deals made by Republican Legislative Leaders, the Governor and Voucher Lobbyists. Their decisionMore >>
"This proposal in the budget will end up funneling vital funds away from public schools and send taxpayer dollars to unaccountable private voucher schools all over the state..."More >>
Rep. Eric Genrich's Statement on Assembly Budget Vote
Rep. Eric Genrich's Statement on Assembly Budget Vote
Provided to Action 2 News:Today, the state Assembly, over the objections of a bi-partisan group of legislators, passed the state budget. In response to the flawed proposal, Assembly Democrats pledged toMore >>
"It increases property taxes for the average homeowner and creates a $500 million structural deficit in order to send tax breaks to millionaires..."More >>
Republican Party of Wisconsin Statement on Assembly Budget Vote
Republican Party of Wisconsin Statement on Assembly Budget Vote
Provided to Action 2 NewsThe Republican Party of Wisconsin applauded the State Assembly's passage of the 2013-2015 biennial budget today, which ensures a further investment in our priorities."The StateMore >>
"The State Assembly's passage of this budget is a victory for Wisconsin taxpayers..."More >>
Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions
Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions
President Barack Obama will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles during a speech in Berlin Wednesday.More >>
Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of...More >>
Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe
Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe
Former investigators of the TWA Flight 800 crash off Long Island are calling on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the case.More >>
Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo...More >>
Aug. trial set for Ohio man in kidnapping of women
Aug. trial set for Ohio man in kidnapping of women
A man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them in his home and raping them over a decade was given a late summer trial date Wednesday.More >>
A man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them in his home and raping them over a decade was given a late summer trial date Wednesday.More >>
Wis. welfare-to-work incentives could trim cases
Wis. welfare-to-work incentives could trim cases
Wisconsin officials hope a new incentive plan will trim participation in the state's welfare-to-work program.More >>
Wisconsin officials hope a new incentive plan will trim participation in the state's welfare-to-work program.More >>
ThedaCare Approves New Shawano Medical Center
ThedaCare Approves New Shawano Medical Center
ThedaCare's Board of Trustees has approved the construction of a $50 million Medical Center in Shawano.The board approved the building at its June 18 meeting.The new medical center will replace the ShawanoMore >>
ThedaCare's Board of Trustees has approved the construction of a $50 million Medical Center in Shawano.More >>
DNR: 2 bear attacks unusual in Wisconsin
DNR: 2 bear attacks unusual in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' carnivore specialist says attacks by black bear in Wisconsin are unusual, despite two such incidents so far this spring.More >>
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' carnivore specialist says attacks by black bear in Wisconsin are unusual, despite two such incidents so far this spring.More >>

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Wisconsin Senate to debate state budget Thursday
Wisconsin Senate to debate state budget Thursday
The Wisconsin Senate plans to debate the state budget on Thursday, and Republican Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says no changes are planned.More >>
The Wisconsin Senate plans to debate the state budget on Thursday, and Republican Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says no changes are planned.More >>
Wis Dems: No budget debate was tactic, not retreat
Wis Dems: No budget debate was tactic, not retreat
Assembly Democrats say their decision not to debate the state budget was part of a strategy, not surrender.More >>
Assembly Democrats say their decision not to debate the state budget was part of a strategy, not surrender.More >>
Republicans won't seek to restrict mining access
Republicans won't seek to restrict mining access
Assembly Republican leaders say they will not include a provision in the state budget designed to limit public access to the proposed site of an iron ore mine near Lake Superior.More >>
Assembly Republican leaders say they will not include a provision in the state budget designed to limit public access to the proposed site of an iron ore mine near Lake Superior.More >>
Boy testifies in slaying of great-grandmother
Boy testifies in slaying of great-grandmother
A boy who has pleaded no contest in the bludgeoning death of his great-grandmother has testified that his friend used a hammer to repeatedly strike the woman at her Sheboygan Falls home.More >>
A boy who has pleaded no contest in the bludgeoning death of his great-grandmother has testified that his friend used a hammer to repeatedly strike the woman at her Sheboygan Falls home.More >>

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Zimmerman jurors asked about neighborhood watch
Zimmerman jurors asked about neighborhood watch
Attorneys in the George Zimmerman murder trial are set for the next phase of jury selection.More >>
Attorneys quizzed a whittled-down group of prospective jurors Wednesday in the Trayvon Martin case, asking if any were neighborhood watch volunteers like the teen's shooter and reminding them the trial would be different...More >>
House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left Behind
House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left Behind
House lawmakers are beginning work on a rewrite of the No Child Left Behind education law that would give states more authority and Washington less.More >>
House Republicans on Wednesday finished their rewrite of GOP President George W. Bush's prized No Child Left Behind Act, sending to their colleagues a bill that would strip Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his...More >>
Diverted United 787 passengers resume Tokyo trip
Diverted United 787 passengers resume Tokyo trip
A Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo diverted to Seattle because of an oil filter issue, a United Airlines spokeswoman said.More >>
Passengers from a United Airlines Denver-to-Tokyo flight that diverted to Seattle when the Boeing 787 had an oil filter issue resumed their trip Wednesday, a spokeswoman said.More >>
FBI hunt for ex-Teamster boss Hoffa's remains ends
FBI hunt for ex-Teamster boss Hoffa's remains ends
FBI agents plan a third day of digging Wednesday in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ago.More >>
The excavation of a field in suburban Detroit has failed to turn up the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, the FBI announced Wednesday, adding another unsuccessful chapter to a nearly 40-year-old mystery.More >>

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Heat force Game 7 with 103-100 OT win over Spurs
Heat force Game 7 with 103-100 OT win over Spurs
When LeBron James' greatness almost wasn't good enough, officials began preparing for a San Antonio celebration.More >>
When LeBron James' greatness almost wasn't good enough, officials began preparing for a San Antonio celebration.More >>
Chinooks Bag Bullfrogs, 11-3
Chinooks Bag Bullfrogs, 11-3
The Green Bay Bullfrogs welcomed the Lakeshore Chinooks and Jonathan Lucroy's little brother David to town Tuesday.In the bottom of the third inning, down a run, Green Bay's Tripp Martin crushed one toMore >>
The Green Bay Bullfrogs welcomed the Lakeshore Chinooks and Jonathan Lucroy's little brother David to town Tuesday.More >>
LeRoy Butler on Brett Favre Split: "Get Over It"
LeRoy Butler on Brett Favre Split: "Get Over It"
Brett Favre has been on the interview circuit of late, garnering a lot of attention for his softening stance on the Packers and taking some responsibility for the way the two sides parted ways in 2008.FavreMore >>
LeRoy Butler says he's "sick" of the annual apologies. "Either come back, retire the jersey ... or lock him out for 50 years."
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Brewers Get Slammed in 10-1 Loss to Astros
Brewers Get Slammed in 10-1 Loss to Astros
KRISTIE RIEKENAP Sports WriterHOUSTON (AP) - Matt Dominguez hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs to back another solid performance by Jordan Lyles, and the Houston Astros rolled to a 10-1More >>
Matt Dominguez hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs as the Houston Astros rolled to a 10-1 win.More >>

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ThedaCare Approves New Shawano Medical Center
ThedaCare Approves New Shawano Medical Center
ThedaCare's Board of Trustees has approved the construction of a $50 million Medical Center in Shawano.The board approved the building at its June 18 meeting.The new medical center will replace the ShawanoMore >>
ThedaCare's Board of Trustees has approved the construction of a $50 million Medical Center in Shawano.More >>
Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs
Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs
If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause...More >>
If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications...More >>
Gov't report: Smooth launch unsure for health law
Gov't report: Smooth launch unsure for health law
There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.More >>
There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.More >>
Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire
Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire
Chrysler says it has resolved its differences with the government and will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire.More >>
After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions.More >>

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Assembly Passes State Budget: UPDATED
Assembly Passes State Budget: UPDATED
The State Assembly today passed the $70 billion budget bill.The vote was 55-42.The bill now heads to the Wisconsin Senate for debate.Democrats had said they were planning to introduce 211 amendments, butMore >>
The Wisconsin Assembly passed the budget bill 55-42. The Senate takes it up at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Democrats explain why they introduced no amendments.
More >>
Rep. Penny Bernard Schaber Statement on Assembly Budget Vote
Rep. Penny Bernard Schaber Statement on Assembly Budget Vote
Provided to Action 2 News by Rep. Penny Bernard Schaber (D-Appleton):"I am very disappointed by the backroom deals made by Republican Legislative Leaders, the Governor and Voucher Lobbyists. Their decisionMore >>
"This proposal in the budget will end up funneling vital funds away from public schools and send taxpayer dollars to unaccountable private voucher schools all over the state..."More >>
Rep. Eric Genrich's Statement on Assembly Budget Vote
Rep. Eric Genrich's Statement on Assembly Budget Vote
Provided to Action 2 News:Today, the state Assembly, over the objections of a bi-partisan group of legislators, passed the state budget. In response to the flawed proposal, Assembly Democrats pledged toMore >>
"It increases property taxes for the average homeowner and creates a $500 million structural deficit in order to send tax breaks to millionaires..."More >>
Republican Party of Wisconsin Statement on Assembly Budget Vote
Republican Party of Wisconsin Statement on Assembly Budget Vote
Provided to Action 2 NewsThe Republican Party of Wisconsin applauded the State Assembly's passage of the 2013-2015 biennial budget today, which ensures a further investment in our priorities."The StateMore >>
"The State Assembly's passage of this budget is a victory for Wisconsin taxpayers..."More >>
Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions
Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions
President Barack Obama will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles during a speech in Berlin Wednesday.More >>
Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of...More >>

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Diverted United 787 passengers resume Tokyo trip
Diverted United 787 passengers resume Tokyo trip
A Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo diverted to Seattle because of an oil filter issue, a United Airlines spokeswoman said.More >>
Passengers from a United Airlines Denver-to-Tokyo flight that diverted to Seattle when the Boeing 787 had an oil filter issue resumed their trip Wednesday, a spokeswoman said.More >>
Correction: Dish-Sprint story
Correction: Dish-Sprint story
Dish Network Corp. says a number of factors have made it impracticable for it to submit another offer to buy Sprint Nextel Corp. in time to beat a deadline set by the phone company.More >>
In a story June 18 about Dish Network Corp.'s announcement that it will not submit a revised bid to purchase Sprint Nextel Corp., The Associated Press reported erroneously that Softbank's competing bid for Sprint...More >>
Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe
Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe
Former investigators of the TWA Flight 800 crash off Long Island are calling on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the case.More >>
Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo...More >>
Oil little changed before Fed's Bernanke speaks
Oil little changed before Fed's Bernanke speaks
The price of oil was down slightly Wednesday as traders waited to hear the latest on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy from chairman Ben Bernanke.More >>
The price of oil was down slightly Wednesday as traders waited to hear the latest on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy from chairman Ben Bernanke.More >>
ThedaCare Approves New Shawano Medical Center
ThedaCare Approves New Shawano Medical Center
ThedaCare's Board of Trustees has approved the construction of a $50 million Medical Center in Shawano.The board approved the building at its June 18 meeting.The new medical center will replace the ShawanoMore >>
ThedaCare's Board of Trustees has approved the construction of a $50 million Medical Center in Shawano.More >>

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