By and of the Journal Sentinel Madison— Gov. Scott Walker's administration had a wide range of penalties — possibly including dismissal — that it could have imposed on two employees caught having an extramarital sexual relationship on state property and on taxpayers' time for a period of months, several former top employment officials said. The Republican governor has used the employees' case to argue for a broad overhaul of the state's merit hiring and firing law, saying that his appointees "couldn't fire them" because of these civil service rules. A , however, found no evidence that the administration had discussed firing the pair — instead the two railroad commission workers were given...
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