News 3's exclusive interview with Paul Ryan on budget deal
House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, announced a modest budget deal on Capitol Hill on Tuesday afternoon with his Senate counterpart Patty Murray, D-Washington.
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Furlough days reduced for Fort McCoy employees
Civilian employees at Fort McCoy won't have to take as many unpaid days off this year as they initially expected.
DOT: 149 small airport towers to stay open through Sept. 30
Federal legislation helps cancel closures
The Department of Transportation announced Friday it will continue operations at all 149 contract towers, including one in Janesville, through the end of the fiscal year as a result of recently enacted federal legislation.
FAA to staff some control towers; Janesville not included
Cutbacks the result of sequester
The Federal Aviation Administration says it will keep open 72 airport towers and other air traffic control facilities that were slated to close overnight as the result of automatic spending cuts imposed by Congress.
Dozens of air shows in U.S. cancel without military jets
Dozens of air shows that generate millions of dollars for local communities are being cancelled this year after the military grounded its jet teams because of the automatic federal budget cuts.
Military cuts unlikely to hurt Milwaukee, Oshkosh air shows
Organizers of the two largest air shows in Wisconsin said they are won't be affected much by the federal budget cuts that have grounded the military's top jet demonstration teams.
Wisconsin's Air National Guard braces for sequestration impact
Cuts in pay and fewer flyovers are part of the local impact of the federal sequestration. It hit in March and meant billions in cuts for the federal government.
Military jets pulling out of Wisconsin air show
The director of the Thunder on the Lakeshore Airshow in Wisconsin says there won't be any military jets in the show this year.
State officials awaiting federal budget cuts details
Even with massive federal spending cuts impending, Wisconsin officials say they need to know more before deciding how to deal with it.
Fort McCoy, others brace for federal spending cuts
Walker calls on Obama administration to come up with alternatives
Gov. Scott Walker continues to take a wait and see approach as to what looming federal spending cuts will mean for Wisconsin, while others prepare to scale back budgets, lay off workers and take other steps to deal with a loss of millions of dollars in funding.
Local fliers consider sequester impact on airport lines
Dane County Airport does not expect changes
A national sequester threatening deep cuts to domestic and defense spending would also have consequences for frequent fliers.
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