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03-31-2011, 11:39 AM
MADISON, Wisconsin | Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:47pm EDT
(Reuters) - A Wisconsin state judge on Thursday issued a terse response to Republican Governor Scott Walker's moves to implement a new law reducing the powers of most public sector unions, saying it had not taken effect.
The ruling adds another twist to the political wrangling over Wisconsin's state budget, which sparked massive pro-union demonstrations and made Madison the epicenter of a national debate over similar proposals in several U.S. states.
Dane County Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi had issued a temporary restraining order enjoining publication of the law by the secretary of state in mid March while she heard an appeal over the way the lawmakers approved the legislation.
The Walker administration began to implement the changes encompassed by the law, however, contending the scope of her order was unclear and the law had taken effect last week when it was published by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/31/us-wisconsin-budget-idUSTRE72U57420110331
(Reuters) - A Wisconsin state judge on Thursday issued a terse response to Republican Governor Scott Walker's moves to implement a new law reducing the powers of most public sector unions, saying it had not taken effect.
The ruling adds another twist to the political wrangling over Wisconsin's state budget, which sparked massive pro-union demonstrations and made Madison the epicenter of a national debate over similar proposals in several U.S. states.
Dane County Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi had issued a temporary restraining order enjoining publication of the law by the secretary of state in mid March while she heard an appeal over the way the lawmakers approved the legislation.
The Walker administration began to implement the changes encompassed by the law, however, contending the scope of her order was unclear and the law had taken effect last week when it was published by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/31/us-wisconsin-budget-idUSTRE72U57420110331