by WRN Contributor | Feb 28, 2011
Governor Scott Walker made a quick, quiet stop in Eau Claire Monday, to make the case for passage of his budget repair bill. Only media were allowed inside the hangar at Heartland Aviation at the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport where the Governor took a few...
by Andrew Beckett | Feb 28, 2011
Dozens of protesters remained in the Capitol Monday morning, keeping the building closed to the rest of the public until they clear out. Those still in the building were among the several hundred demonstrators that filled the building Sunday night in protest. Through...
by Bill Scott | Feb 28, 2011
The Associated Press Top 25 Poll is out now. Wisconsin also jumped two spots from 12th to 10th, just like they did in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.
by Bill Scott | Feb 28, 2011
Wins over Michigan and Northwestern moved the Wisconsin Badgers back to #10 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll today. The Badgers (22-6, 12-4 Big Ten Conference) were 12th in both Top 25 polls last week. The new A.P. Top 25 poll comes out later. The Badgers close out...
by Bill Scott | Feb 28, 2011
The Milwaukee Brewers have been working in spring training for the past week and a half. Today, they’ll face opposition for the first time this spring. The Brewers open their Cactus League season with split squad games against the San Francisco Giants and the...
by Bill Scott | Feb 28, 2011
The 12th ranked Wisconsin Badgers held off the pesky Northwestern Wildcats 78-63 at the Kohl Center in Madison. Wisconsin jumped out early, shooting 65% from the Field in the first half. The Badgers finished around 57% for the game, but had to fend off a second half...
by Bill Scott | Feb 28, 2011
The Marquette Golden Eagles ran their Big East win streak to 3-straight games after blowing out Providence 86-62 on Sunday at the Bradley Center. Darius Johnson-Odom scored 17 points and Chris Otule added a career high 16 points in the win. Jimmy Butler had 15...
by Jackie Johnson | Feb 28, 2011
One errant senator says sending out the troops is ridiculous and it just creates fear. Many newspaper editorials are calling for the return of 14 Wisconsin senators who fled the state to boycott a vote, saying the “game is over;” “they made their...
by Brian Moon | Feb 27, 2011
State Capitol Police announced Sunday night protestors would be allowed to stay in the building overnight. Sunday was to be the day protestors were going to be cleared out. Officials earlier in the week had announced at 4 p.m. the building would resume normal business...
by Bob Hague | Feb 26, 2011
Saturday saw another huge prolabor rally at the Wisconsin state Capitol in Madison, and some speakers directed sharp comments at Governor Scott Walker. “I want to tell you, you’ve ruined our Super Bowl celebration,” said Madison nurse Angela Aldous....
by Brian Moon | Feb 26, 2011
A program meant to train pediatric physicians is on the chopping block. Lawrence McAndrews, President and CEO of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals, says the decade old Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education has been eliminated from President...
by Bob Hague | Feb 26, 2011
One of the 14 Senate Democrats hiding out in Illinois said Friday that they’re talking with Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald about breaking the Senate impasse over Governor Scott Walker’s budget repair bill, but Fitzgerald said there are...
by Bob Hague | Feb 25, 2011
Republicans in the Wisconsin state Senate brought Governor Scott Walker’s budget repair bill to the floor on Friday. With the fourteen Senate Democrats still not in the chamber – or even the state – they could not vote, but they did discuss the...
by Bob Hague | Feb 25, 2011
After twelve days of constant occupation by opponents of Governor Scott Walker’s controversial budget repair bill, the Wisconsin state Wisconsin Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs announced Friday that the Wisconsin State Capitol will return to normal business...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 25, 2011
A Neenah lawmaker was one of four Republicans in the assembly to vote against Governor Walker’s plan to strip nearly all public employee unions of most of their collective bargaining rights. Representative Dean Kaufert said he supports requiring workers to pay...
by Brian Moon | Feb 25, 2011
UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin defends a plan to allow her campus to no longer operate under the UW-System. The so-called split is part of the New Badger Partnership and Governor Walker’s next two year budget. Martin tells UW-System Regents at their meeting...
by Jackie Johnson | Feb 25, 2011
One of the missing Democrats calls what’s going on in Madison a “tragic situation.” State Senator Fred Risser (D-Madison), one of the 14 senate Democrats who fled the state to avoid a vote, comments on the chaos in the capitol following a vote on...
by Andrew Beckett | Feb 25, 2011
Assembly Democrats are raising concerns that an early morning vote approving the budget repair bill may have been illegal. Republicans suddenly ended over 60 hours of debate Friday morning on the bill, which strips most public employees of their collective bargaining...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 25, 2011
The debate in Madison over union rights has conjured up some terms we haven’t heard in a while. Take “labor peace” for example. Prof. James Oberly has taught history at UW-Eau Claire since 1983. He says the sometimes bloody union movement in the country began back in...
by Andrew Beckett | Feb 25, 2011
It was chaos in the state Capitol early Friday morning, as Republicans in the Assembly abruptly cut off debate on the Governor’s budget repair bill and forced a vote on the measure. The Assembly was nearing 61 hours of debate on the proposal, after wading...
