MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The first bill to be introduced in the Wisconsin state Assembly will likely be a long-worked on school accountability measure. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke said Tuesday that the bill is expected to be unveiled on Wednesday, the first day that the Assembly is in session. Gov. Scott Walker and Republican legislative leaders have said that passing an accountability bill is one of the first things they want to get done this year. A proposal died last year under criticism over how to sanction failing schools and how to handle private schools that accept students using taxpayer-funded vouchers. Steineke says the Assembly version of the bill will include sanctions for schools. That may cause problems in the Senate, where Republicans there were working on a version without sanctions.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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