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By Staff Reports, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
Gov. Jim Doyle says he's disappointed federal officials won't close Chicago-area locks and gates to stop Asian carp from spreading into the Great Lakes.
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By Mary Spicuzza, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
Unemployment benefits may be ending much earlier than previously announced for as many as 100,000 Wisconsin residents.
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Feds admit wrongly tracking Wis. abortion groups
By Ryan J. Foley, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security conducted a threat assessment of local pro- and anti-abortion rights activists before an expected rally last year, even though they did not pose a threat to national security.
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Washington offers plan to control Asian carp
By Dan Egan and Diana Marrero, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
WASHINGTON -- Almost three months after learning that Asian carp had breached the last line of defense for the Great Lakes - an electric barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal - the federal government has put together a plan to try to do something about it.
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Feds may close locks to stop carp
By Katherine Skiba, Chicago Tribune
At a White House meeting Monday on the Asian carp threat to the Great Lakes, federal officials said they may seek to close navigational locks on Chicago-area waterways for up to three or four days a week, a move that would restrict cargo shipping and recreational boating.
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Governors meet at White House about Asian carp
By Mark Guarino, The Christian Science Monitor
The governors of Michigan and Wisconsin met at the White House Monday to discuss the next steps in preventing the invasive Asian carp's potential entry into Lake Michigan from an Illinois shipping canal. The Illinois governor, Pat Quinn, also participated in the meeting by teleconference.
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