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Speaker names Assembly leaders

The incoming state Assembly speaker announced Monday the committee chairs for the 2009-10 legislative session.

Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, and Democrats will control the state Assembly for the first time since 1994.

The new appointments include Rep. Kim Hixson, D-Whitewater, as chair of the Colleges and Universities Committee and Rep. Spencer Black, D-Madison, as chair of the Natural Resources Committee.