Wednesday, May 12 2010
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Bloomberg Businessweek By SCOTT BAUER (AP)
Wisconsin's bars and restaurants could get around the state's smoking ban by building rooms in which a quarter or more of the walls are windows, under a bill Gov. Jim Doyle signed into law Tuesday.
The Wisconsin Tavern League had been lobbying for a law change that would allow the 5,000 bars and restaurants it represents to have legal outdoor smoking areas, including ones that would be like four-seasons rooms with roofs and partial walls...story continues here