Assembly Republicans on Monday unveiled a plan to exempt 60 percent of public projects from Wisconsin’s prevailing wage laws, in a bid to end a stalemate among GOP lawmakers on that and other items delaying passage of a new state budget.
Assembly Republicans, hoping to break budget impasse, offer prevailing wage changes
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, speaks during a press conference in May at the state Capitol.
Wisconsin legislative leaders on Wednesday announced a deal they say could break the logjam on the next state budget.
The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee is putting the final touches on a new 2015-17 spending plan.
Gov. Scott Walker would sign a bill repealing the state's prevailing wage if it passes the Legislature, his spokeswoman said Wednesday.
A Wisconsin Senate panel has dealt a blow to efforts to repeal the state’s minimum wages for private-sector workers on government construction…
Robin Vos said worried Republicans might be willing to repeal the law if Gov. Scott Walker campaigned for it.
