Politics & Government
Budget Battle Tracker: Wisconsin Protests Spread to Ohio
Compilation of news, links, videos, and photos from the fight in Madison over unions' collective bargaining rights.
Protests in Wisconsin over public workers' collective-bargaining rights have spread to Ohio.
An estimated 3,800 Ohio employees attended a committee hearing Friday to protest eliminating collective-bargaining rights.
In Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker is proposing pay cuts and the elimination of collective bargaining rights for state union employees. The move is part of a "budget repair bill" that is working its way through the Republican-led Legislature.
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Senate Democrats delayed the bill Thursday by walking out, leaving Republicans without a quorum.
More news from today's budget battle includes:
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- President Barack Obama and other national political leaders are paying attention to what's happening in Madison.
- The J-S reports that, yes, the state does need to cut spending to pay off a project deficit this year.
- Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan compared the protests in Madison to the uprising in Egypt on Thursday.
- The Wall Street Journal reported on Senate Democrats leaving the State Capitol to avoid a vote on Walker's proposal. NY Times, too.
- UW-Whitewater students are protesting.
- Bay Port students walked out of classes to protest.
- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett supports the Democrats boycotting the vote.
- The number of Milwaukee Public Schools teachers taking sick days was slightly above normal, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
- Walker's proposal may drive workers away, experts tell the Racine Journal Times.
And here is a summary of Patch's coverage on the Wisconsin protests:
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