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MADISON –Wisconsin Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch today released the following statement regarding the implementation of the budget repair bill: “I have a legal obligation to execute all laws pertaining to my department that have been passed by both houses of the legislature, signed by the Governor, and published into law. The Department of Justice has concluded that 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 has met those requirements and is now effective law. My legal counsel agrees with the Department of Justice’s legal reasoning and conclusions. Accordingly, it is my duty to administer that law. “On the other hand, Judge Sumi...

DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch today backed off an original estimate that it could cost $7.5 million to clean the Capitol walls after protesters taped numerous signs to the marble. "Our hope is that, at its minimum, we could be dealing in hundreds of thousands of dollars," Huebsch said. "At its maximum, if there is damage to wood and others and we had to get back to painstaking restoration, that's where you could easily get into the millions." During testimony yesterday in the Dane County court case that eventually led to the clearing of the Capitol last night, DOA chief legal...