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The deals Walker made in order to pass the months-overdue two-year budget are being called into question by opponents.
STATE NEWS

Critics say Walker’s budget negotiations broke state rules

Gov. Scott Walker used 99 partial vetoes to appease a handful of senators who were stalling the passage of the state’s 2017-’19 budget but some critics are saying Walker’s negotiations went so far as to break state laws. A state court ruling on the type of negotiations officials in the Legislature can and can’t make is unprecedented.


Three shots were fired Wednesday near the home of the mother of Tony Robinson, a 19-year-old fatally shot by a Madison police officer in 2015.
CITY NEWS

Police investigating shots fired near home of Tony Robinson’s mother

Madison Police Department officers are investigating an apparent shooting that happened Wednesday on the north side of Madison, near where the mother of Tony Robinson — a teen fatally shot by an MPD officer in 2015 — currently lives. No one was hurt, MPD Officer Matthew Schroedl said in a report, but police found damage to a building in the 2100 block of Winnebago Street, where the incident occurred.



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