by Andrew Beckett | Jan 25, 2012
Chants of “Recall Walker” again filled the Capitol rotunda Wednesday night as the governor delivered his State of the State address. The demonstrations started with many of the pro-labor and anti-Walker songs that are featured each day in the...
by Jackie Johnson | Jan 25, 2012
A new poll shows just over half of Wisconsin voters approve of the governor’s job performance. Visiting Professor of Law and Public Policy at Marquette University Law School Charles Franklin says 51 percent of the 701 registered voters who took the survey...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 25, 2012
Wausau police honor a credit union employee who helped catch an armed robber. Police honored Lamont Bonham on Tuesday with a citizen’s commendation for chasing David Samuelson after the 52-year-old robbed the Tower Credit Union on January 10th. Bonham is the...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 25, 2012
A judge in Dane County has virtually doubled the amount of time the state Government Accountability Board will have to review recall petitions targeting the governor, lieutenant governor, and four Republican state senators. Circuit Court Judge Richard Niess says...
by Bob Hague | Jan 25, 2012
One Wisconsin congressman says President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech lacked detail. The federal government is not the only mechanism for addressing the nation’s problems. That the view of Representative Tom Petri. “We have a lot of...
by Bill Scott | Jan 25, 2012
Mike Sherman is reportedly interviewing for a second time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with regards to their head coaching vacancy. The Oakland Raiders are set to hire Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Dennis Allen. Indianapolis appears to be going in a direction...
by Bill Scott | Jan 25, 2012
The Marquette Golden Eagles forced 22 turnovers and rolled to a 67-47 win over the South Florida Bulls in Big East College basketball action on Tuesday night at the Bradley Center. The 17th ranked Golden Eagles (17-4 overall, 6-2 Big East) won their 5th in a row. ...
by Bill Scott | Jan 25, 2012
The Green Bay Packers were an organization going nowhere for two-plus decades. That’s when general manager Ron Wolf hired Mike Holmgren to coach the Packers. It was that move that set the wheels in motion once again for the Green Bay Packers organization....
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 25, 2012
Governor Scott Walker will deliver his second State of the State address tonight at the Capitol. UW-Milwaukee political scientist Mordecai Lee says the speech will focus largely on why Walker’s agenda is moving the state in the right direction. While the shadow...
by Bob Hague | Jan 25, 2012
A state Assembly committee advances a bill aimed at getting an iron mine up and running in northern Wisconsin. The big item of contention, an amendment which allocates sixty percent of a tax on mine profits to local governments, and forty percent to the state....
by Jackie Johnson | Jan 24, 2012
Democrats try to change a rule that allows a committee to bypass public hearings. Under current senate rules, a bill can’t be placed on a calendar without first getting a public hearing, although the committee on senate organization can waive that requirement....
by Bill Scott | Jan 24, 2012
It took awhile, but former Milwaukee Brewers slugging 1st baseman Prince Fielder has a free agent deal with the Detroit Tigers. Fielder signed a 9-year deal worth $214-million. It’s the fourth richest contract in Major League Baseball history, behind the...
by Bill Scott | Jan 24, 2012
When I was a young boy, I loved sports. Living in the country, cable television was a luxury that my family never had. So the radio was my best friend, my way of staying in touch with my favorite Wisconsin Sports teams. The reason radio is my professional choice is...
by Bob Hague | Jan 24, 2012
The controversial rewrite of state mining laws is on the fast track in the Assembly, with the Assembly Committee on Jobs Economy and Small Business is set to vote on the controversial bill. Representative Louis Molepske, a Stevens Point Democrat, says the legislation...
by Bill Scott | Jan 24, 2012
Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers is the latest to talk with new Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie about the Raiders head coaching vacancy. Packers linebackers coach Winston Moss has also talked with McKenzie, who is taking his time,...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 24, 2012
A Wausau man has been sentenced to life in prison, without the possibility of early release, for killing his mother as part of a plot to collect insurance money. A Lincoln County judge handed down the sentence Monday, after 25-year-old Chase Boruch was found guilty in...
by Bill Scott | Jan 24, 2012
Marquette moved up in the Top 25 Polls and Wisconsin moved back into them this week. The Golden Eagles, who face South Florida at home tonight, jumped from 21 to 17 in the A.P. Poll and from 22 to 18 in the coaches poll. Wisconsin moves back into the top 25 at #25 in...
by Bill Scott | Jan 24, 2012
After back-to-back road victories, the Milwaukee Bucks returned to the Bradley Center on Monday night and fell to the Atlanta Hawks 97-92. Atlanta’s Joe Johnson scored 14 of his season high 28 in the 4th quarter to bring the Hawks from behind. In fact, Johnson...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 24, 2012
As he prepares for a likely recall election later this year, Governor Scott Walker is making sure he has the financial resources needed to get his message out to voters. Campaign finance reports filed with the state Monday show Walker raised $4.5 million since...
by Bob Hague | Jan 24, 2012
A group of Assembly Democrats unveil a “Reproductive Rights Resolution” — in the face of a Republican agenda that they say will chip away at those rights. “We hear again that they’re finally going to focus on jobs, and I think we all...
