Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Judge to decide fate of lawsuit challenging collective bargaining law by week's end

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_71ed75b8-6607-11e0-93e5-001cc4c03286.html


A Dane County judge will decide by the end of the week whether to dismiss Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk’s lawsuit over a new state law limiting collective bargaining for most public employees.
Falk’s lawsuit challenges the law on several fronts, including an alleged open meetings violation by a legislative conference committee, lack of a sufficient quorum by the state Senate when it voted on the conference committee’s bill and the negative impact the law would have on local governments.