Wisconsin on Friday July 03, 2009

WI: Wisconsin to recognize domestic partnerships
By Stacy Forster, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
With the budget signed Monday by Gov. Jim Doyle, Wisconsin has become the first state with a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and civil unions to put in place domestic partnerships for same-sex couples.
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WI: More jobs leaving the state
By Jackie Johnson, Wisconsin Radio Network
Another business plans to close shop in Wisconsin.
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Stimulus eases community college troubles
By Kimberly Leonard, Special to Stateline.org
States are digging into their federal stimulus money to help finance community colleges, where rising tuition, soaring enrollment and budget cuts threaten to shut students out of the system.
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Weekly wrap: Report questions states' use of stimulus road funds
By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer
States are spending too much stimulus money on new road construction and not enough on public transit projects, a national advocacy group claims in a report issued Monday (June 29). Meanwhile, Michigan and California consider teaming up to solve their prison problems and North Carolina and Rhode Island face off with Amazon.com over taxes.
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WI: Neumann files for gubernatorial run
By Brian Moon, Wisconsin Radio Network
The Republicans have another candidate who is officially running for Governor. Although Mark Neumann is a former US House member, he is actually touting his work in the private sector over the past decade.
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WI: Doyle downplays veto mistake
By Andrew Beckett, Wisconsin Radio Network
The governor says an unconstitutional veto of a provision in the state budget was just a mistake.
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WI: Clerk expects domestic partnership rush after gov signs historic bill
By Jessica VanEgeren, The Capital Times (Madison)
If Dane County Clerk Bob Ohlsen's hunch is correct, the first Monday in August is going to be a hectic day at his office.
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WI: Clerks prepare for domestic partnerships
By Bob Nelson, Wisconsin Radio Network
County clerks around Wisconsin are scrambling to comply with a provision under the state budget that recognizes same sex partnerships and affords some of the same protections as marriage.
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US: Coming to 25 states -- higher taxes
By Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor
More than half of US states are responding to budget challenges with an answer that's often unpopular with their residents: tax hikes.
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US: Mississippi tops obesity rankings; Colorado is leanest state
By The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- Mississippi remains at the top of the list in this year's national annual obesity rankings, with Alabama coming in second. Outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news.
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