by WRN Contributor | Jul 20, 2015
Wisconsin State Troopers will see their first pay bump in six years. On Monday, Governor Scott Walker signed into a law a new contract for the Wisconsin State Troopers, giving them a six percent pay increase. It’s welcome news to law enforcement officials,...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 20, 2015
Governor Scott Walker on Monday joined a growing list of conservatives who are calling for an overhaul of the state Government Accountability Board, the agency that oversees Wisconsin’s elections and ethics laws. Speaking with reporters in Oshkosh, Walker said he...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 20, 2015
A top Republican in the state Assembly says his chamber will likely take up a financing plan for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena next week. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna) says lawmakers will be on July 28th to open debate on the bill, which passed the...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 20, 2015
Governor Scott Walker on Monday morning signed controversial legislation into law that would ban abortions past the 20 week mark in a pregnancy. The governor signed the bill during a ceremony in Oshkosh, a week after launching his bid for the Republican presidential...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 20, 2015
Several Republican lawmakers have called for an investigation of Planned Parenthood health clinics in Wisconsin, following the release of a video from an anti-abortion group that claims to show discussions about the sale of fetal body parts. Planned Parenthood has...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 20, 2015
Wisconsin hunters can once again help preserve the natural habitat for their favorite game bird species by buying this year’s turkey, pheasant and waterfowl stamps. DNR assistant upland wildlife ecologist Krista McGinley says the stamp programs were put in place...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 19, 2015
On the campaign trail in Iowa this weekend, Governor Scott Walker came to the defense of U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), after Donald Trump questioned the former presidential nominee’s status as a war hero. Speaking at a conservative forum in Iowa on Saturday,...
by Bill Scott | Jul 19, 2015
GREEN BAY – Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre told reporters Saturday that s much as his enshrinement to the team’s Hall of Fame means to him, the news of his ceremony selling out in 90 minutes touched him even more. “I was absolutely in awe when I got...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 17, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker spoke to a crowd of more than 300 this afternoon in Cedar Rapids, his first “town-hall” style event in the state this year and just one stop on his first to Iowa since formally launching his campaign on Monday. Walker...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 17, 2015
A Marine from Polk, Wisconsin was among four people killed this week in a shooting in Tennessee. The U.S. Marine Corps identified Sgt. Carson Holmquist as among those killed Thursday morning, when a gunman opened fire on a pair of military sites in Chattanooga,...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 17, 2015
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in June, with monthly jobs numbers from the state Department of Workforce development showing unemployment in Wisconsin at 4.6 percent. The rate was unchanged from May, and still below the national unemployment rate of...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 17, 2015
Following the state Supreme Court’s decision to halt a John Doe probe into coordination between Governor Scott Walker’s campaign and conservative groups, a pair of state lawmakers are renewing calls to pass reforms that could stop similar investigations in...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 17, 2015
Following a week of cross-country travel, Governor Scott Walker launched a three-day tour of Iowa this morning. The Republican governor hit the road Tuesday, a day after announcing his presidential bid during a rally in Waukesha, with stops in Nevada, South Carolina,...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 17, 2015
The head of a government watchdog group says a recent ruling by the state Supreme Court could mean the end of campaign finance limits in Wisconsin. The high court this week halted a John Doe investigation that had been looking at Governor Scott Walker’s campaign...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 16, 2015
A state Supreme Court ruling that put an end to a secret John Doe investigation surrounding Governor Scott Walker is “good news” for the Republican presidential hopeful. That assessment from Marquette University Law School political scientist Charles...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 16, 2015
A financing plan for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena is now in the hands of the Assembly, and lawmakers there plan to spend some time going over it before deciding what to do with the package. Assembly Republican Leader Jim Steineke (R-Vandenbroek) said Thursday that...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 16, 2015
The chair of a state agency that oversees Wisconsin’s election laws says a controversial court ruling shows a review of the state’s campaign finance system is needed. In a statement, Judge Gerald Nichol said the decision by the state Supreme Court to stop a John...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 16, 2015
The state Supreme Court has ordered an end to an investigation into what prosecutors had argued was illegal coordination between Governor Scott Walker’s campaign and outside conservative groups during the 2012 recall elections. The probe, commonly referred to as...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 15, 2015
With bipartisan support, the state Senate on Wednesday approved legislation that provides taxpayer funding for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena. The bill, which calls for taxpayers to pick up about half the cost of the $500 million project, cleared the Senate on a 21-10...
by Andrew Beckett | Jul 15, 2015
State officials have identified the suspect arrested in relation to a bomb threat at the Wisconsin Capitol last week. Department of Administration spokesman Cullen Werwie said Wednesday that 55-year-old Daniel S. Veerhusen of Madison was arrested for a bomb scare and...
