The law was published even though legal challenges are still being considered
MADISON, WIS. (AP) -- Wisconsin Republicans insist that the anti-union law that sparked weeks of protests at the state Capitol takes effect Saturday because a state office published it online. This, despite a court order barring the law's publication while legal challenges to its legitimacy are weighed.
The saga surrounding Gov. Scott Walker's push to strip most public employees of nearly all of their collective bargaining rights took another unexpected, and confusing, turn Friday when the Legislative Reference Bureau posted the law online despite the court order.
The bureau's director says the posting was a procedural step and does mean the law takes effect.
But Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald disagrees.
A judge said Friday that the publication issue could wait until a previously scheduled hearing Tuesday in one of the lawsuits.
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