Wheeler News - Afternoon State News #2 - 6/29/11

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Wheeler News Service - Wednesday, June 29, 2011 -- Afternoon State News #2

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One Wisconsin Now is circulating a petition asking Supreme Court Justice David Prosser to resign. Another state Supreme Court Justice, Ann Walsh Bradley, has claimed Prosser put what she called a “choke hold” on her earlier this month. One Wisconsin Now says it was able to collect six thousand signatures in less than 24 hours. Prosser has denied the claims as the Wisconsin Judicial Commission investigates the incident.-
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A Waukesha police officer has killed a pit bull after it attacked its owner and a neighbor. Police say the officer opened fire on the animal after that attack because he thought the dog would jump the gate and attack responders. The owner and neighbor were bitten while trying to kennel a pit bull that wasn’t involved in the attack. Those individuals are expected to recover, but the dog that was shot has died.
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Fourteen Wisconsin Senate Democrats maintain they were right to leave the state earlier this year in an attempt to block Governor Walker’s collective bargaining changes. They stayed in Illinois for nearly three weeks to block a vote on the bill – until Republicans in the Senate found a way to pass it without them being present. Even though Wisconsin Act 10 took effect today, state Senator Spencer Coggs of Milwaukee says there are no regrets about the decision to leave. He says it gave the public more time to understand what the bill meant and allowed citizens to make their voices heard. Senator Fred Risser says he expects the issue is far from settled.
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