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...Wisconsin’s Republican leaders upped the stakes Thursday in their standoff with Democratic state senators who fled the state to deny a vote on anti-union bill, with Gov. Scott Walker threatening to begin issuing layoff notices within 24 hours unless his measure was passed and Senate Republicans authorizing police to round up their missing colleagues.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Walker said he will issue layoff notices to 1,500 state workers on Friday ...
~ ( * ) ~ ....the state Capitol, which was completely cleared of demonstrators late Thursday for the first time in 17 nights after a judge ordered the building closed during non-business hours.
The final 50 or so protesters left peacefully about two hours after the judge’s order, which also said the state unconstitutionally limited access to the building since Monday and ordered the state to grant greater access to the public starting next Monday.The protesters departed after a group hug, clutching sleeping bags, pillows and drums...
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