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Madison— A Dane County judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Gov. Scott Walker that was backed by a labor group and that sought to force an increase to the state's minimum wage. Circuit Court Judge Rhonda Lanford dismissed the lawsuit that the liberal group Wisconsin Jobs Now had helped bring against the Republican Walker administration as part of an ongoing effort to force an increase in the state's minimum wage. The group and individual workers sought to use a little-known clause in Wisconsin law to raise the state minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and pin Walker down on the...

At Milwaukee Ward 259, the Cudahy YMCA in Northwest Milwaukee, election observers vehemently argued over whether members of Wisconsin Jobs Now!, an organization embroiled in scandal and tied to Rep. Sandy Pasch via Citizen Action of Wisconsin, were allowed inside the polling site wearing Wisconsin Jobs Now! t-shirts and buttons. The controversy began just after 12:30 PM when a volunteer election observer challenged whether Wisconsin Jobs Now! personnel driving voters to the polling location should be allowed inside the building. Democrat election observers and Wisconsin Jobs Now! personnel argued that Wisconsin Jobs Now! is not in violation of GAB rules...