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Published July 25, 2009, 12:00 AM

Governors visit


Gov. Jim Doyle talks tax policy Friday morning with a group of women critical of his administration. The governor and three of his department secretaries held a "breakfast meeting" at Hudson Bagel & Coffee Co.

  • Gov. Jim Doyle talks tax policy Friday morning with a group of women critical of his administration. The governor and three of his department secretaries held a "breakfast meeting" at Hudson Bagel & Coffee Co.
  • Hudson School District Superitendent Mary Bowen-Eggebraaten discusses a recent change in the rules for binding arbitration between school teachers and districts with Gov. Jim Doyle. Bowen-Eggebraaten said the new rules don't allow arbiters to take local economic conditions into consideration when settling teacher contracts.
  • State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, left, R-River Falls, and State Rep. Kitty Rhoades, R-Hudson, discuss Wisconsin's tax reciprocity agreement with Minnesota. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is threatening to end the agreement.
  • Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle kids Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, left, about sending Minnesota a past-his-prime quarterback (Brett Favre) in a spirit of cooperation. Wisconsin DNR Secretary Matthew Frank, center, liked the joke.
  • Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty shakes hands with Wisconsin Tourism Secretary Kelli Trumble at the start of the 1:30 p.m. Friday news conference at St. Croix Marina. Other dignitaries in attendance included, from left, St. Croix Marina General Manager Jeff Holmes, Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, St. Croix River Alliance Interim Director Dan McGuines and Wisconsin DNR Secretary Matthew Frank.
  • Governors Jim Doyle, left, and Tim Pawlenty, second from left, go sightseeing on the St. Croix River at Hudson Friday afternoon. The pontoon is piloted by St. Croix Marina General Manager Jeff Holmes.