Wisconsin Lawmakers Are Talking Compromise: Report

MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Absent senate Democrats in Wisconsin are talking with the majority Republicans about possible compromises aimed at ending a stalemate over a bill to strip public sector unions of bargaining rights.

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