A bill to make it easier for private companies from outside Wisconsin to buy ailing public drinking water systems is coming under fire from critics who say it would hamstring the ability of citizens to block sales of vital public assets.
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Bill to ease sales of water supplies into private hands sparks clash
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Wisconsin may make it easier for private, out-of-state companies to purchase municipal water and sewage disposal systems.
Wisconsin may make it easier for private, out-of-state companies to purchase municipal water systems.
The state Senate likely won't vote on a bill to may make it easier for private, out-of-state companies to purchase municipal water and sewage disposal systems.
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