by Andrew Beckett | Aug 15, 2016
Following days of violent protests in Milwaukee, Governor Scott Walker says the most important role of government in the city right now is to protect the safety of the public. “If you don’t have public safety, you don’t have anything else,” Walker told reporters after...
by Andrew Beckett | Oct 13, 2015
As lawmakers fast-track legislation that would overhaul Wisconsin’s campaign finance laws, Governor Scott Walker signaled on Tuesday that he does expect some changes to the bill before it lands on his desk. The bill, introduced last week, would double...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 17, 2015
Governor Scott Walker was able to score some hits in the second Republican presidential primary debate, although one expert thinks the chances of it boosting his lagging campaign are questionable. When he was able to speak, Marquette University political scientist...
by WRN Contributor | Apr 21, 2015
Governor Scott Walker now says he supports limits on legal immigration, citing a need to “protect American workers and American wages.” Walker, a potential 2016 candidate for president, recently changed his stance on supporting a path to citizenship for...
by WRN Contributor | Apr 10, 2012
After raising campaign money across the country and airing commercials since November, Governor Scott Walker is hitting the ground to defend against an upcoming recall election in June. Eau Claire was among several stops across the state Tuesday, where Walker met with...
by Andrew Beckett | Mar 13, 2012
The governor believes a deal can still be reached on a mining bill. However, Governor Walker says any measure lawmakers pass would need to be substantially similar to a compromise rejected in the state Senate last week. Walker says “passing a bill and calling it...
by Brian Moon | Jan 5, 2012
While speaking at Washington free market think tank, Governor Scott Walker defended his policies on public employees including collective bargaining changes and requiring higher pensions and health contributions. In today’s talk, “Are Wisconsin’s...
by Brian Moon | Jan 4, 2012
As the deadline approaches to turn in petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, Democrats are dispelling a few myths. The Dems have released their internal timeline leading up to the Government Accountability Board’s January 17 deadline....
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 2, 2012
In Senate recalls filed last summer, each campaign took up the task of reviewing the petitions filed with the state and making challenges against signatures. Now Republicans want the Government Accountability Board to do that work when petitions targeting Governor...
by Andrew Beckett | Dec 30, 2011
Before this year, Wisconsin had only seen a handful of successful attempts to recall public officials. That changed dramatically last spring, as recall efforts against 16 state senators got underway. The recalls were based on where lawmakers stood on the collective...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 29, 2011
A court hearing will be held in Waukesha today on a lawsuit filed against the state elections’ agency over the review of recall petitions. Governor Scott Walker’s campaign and the head of the state GOP want to force the Government Accountability Board to...
by Andrew Beckett | Dec 28, 2011
Governor Scott Walker on Wednesday announced plans for an $80 million expansion of the state’s Family Care program and the end to an enrollment cap. Governor Walker says the move became possible after the state worked with providers to find cost efficiencies in...
by Andrew Beckett | Dec 28, 2011
A state lawmaker says a legal loophole could allow recall organizers to offer bribes for petition signatures. State Representative Evan Wynn (R-Whitewater) says he became concerned after a constituent questioned him on whether it was legal to pay someone for a...
by Brian Moon | Dec 28, 2011
Governor Scott Walker is proposing the enrollment cap on Family Care be lifted, and the program be expanded. The cap was put in place earlier this year after a state audit found inefficiencies in the program – which provides long-term independent care to elderly...
by Jackie Johnson | Dec 28, 2011
It all started when Governor Scott Walker unveiled his budget repair bill in mid-February. Walker said he’d fix the $137 million budget hole by radically reducing public employees’ ability to collectively bargain. “If we don’t do it — the...
by Bob Hague | Dec 27, 2011
The state Senate set the tone for a tumultuous 2011 in Wisconsin politics. It began on February 17th, a scheduled Thursday floor session for the Wisconsin state Senate, for which the fourteen Democratic Senators failed to appear, to the chagrin of Majority Leader,...
by Andrew Beckett | Dec 26, 2011
While this year’s Capitol protests, recounts and recalls made headlines on their own, Governor Scott Walker’s proposal to curtail collective bargaining for most public employees was the spark that set off many of the political battles fought in Madison in...
by Andrew Beckett | Dec 23, 2011
Governor Scott Walker has released more than $123 million in additional cuts he wants made across state government. The Walker administration on Friday sent the list of proposed funding lapses to the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee. The largest area...
by Andrew Beckett | Dec 23, 2011
While the second half of 2011 has seen the state lose nearly 15,000 jobs, Governor Scott Walker says Wisconsin is still making progress on job creation. Walker says “after three years of losing 150,000 jobs, we’ve had not quite, but just under 20,000 net...
by Bob Hague | Dec 23, 2011
A northern Wisconsin man has delivered a petition requesting that cuts to BadgerCare be restored. John Hardin of Chetek, in Barron County, made the trip to Madison to deliver paper copies of his on-line petition to state offices, including that of Department of Health...
