Wisconsin News and Sports
Milwaukee’s mayor says Republicans in the Legislature and Governor Walker are “drunk on power” and Democrats need to mobilize to stop their agenda.
Speaking at the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s convention in Milwaukee over the weekend, the former candidate for Governor told delegates the GOP has “sold out the middle class and Wisconsin values for a 12-pack of special interest brew.” Barrett says it’s up to Democrats to sober them up. [Read more…]
Democrat Tom Barrett talks to supporters after conceding the race for Governor.
His campaign held out as long as possible while waiting for results to come in from Madison and Milwaukee, but Democrat Tom Barrett finally had to concede to his Republican opponent in the race for governor.
Barrett told supporters gathered in Milwaukee Tuesday night that he had called Scott Walker just before taking the stage to address them. Barrett said he told Walker that he wanted to work together to address the serious problems facing the state. [Read more…]
The Democratic candidate in the race for governor continues to go after his Republican opponent’s views on stem cell research.
Democrat Tom Barrett has been criticizing Republican Scott Walker in ads and on the campaign trail for saying he’d stop state funding for embryonic stem cell research. Barrett is also attacking Walker for not answering questions on if he supports a ban, saying he’s refused to answer the question to reporters. [Read more…]
A judge in Clark County this week ruled the state’s ban on carrying a concealed firearm is unconstitutional, renewing discussions over whether the state should pass a law to legalize the practice.
Democrat gubernatorial nominee Tom Barrett has some reservations about doing that, saying there are concerns about the impact of concealed carry on public safety. [Read more…]
Republican candidate for governor Scott Walker. (PHOTO: Andrew Beckett)
The Republican candidate for governor is avoiding questions on whether he’d pursue a ban on embryonic stem cell research.
A campaign attack ad from Democratic candidate for governor Tom Barrett claims Republican opponent Scott Walker wants to ban stem cell research in Wisconsin. Walker says the ad is an outright lie, since he fully supports continued research using adult stem cells. [Read more…]
Milwaukee’s mayor says efforts to curb the dumping of raw sewage in Lake Michigan have made progress under his watch, despite an attack ad in the race for governor that claims otherwise.
Barrett, the Democratic nominee in the race for governor, says he’s worked to expand sewer system capacity from 400 to 500 million gallons. He says it would actually be able to handle even more if Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, had not held up construction of a retention pond that would hold another 300 million gallons of water. [Read more…]
President Obama speaks on the UW-Madison campus.
In a speech that focused heavily on voters who supported him in 2008, President Barack Obama urged students at UW-Madison to return to the polls again this November to keep fighting for change.
An estimated crowd of over 17,000 people packed into Library Mall on the UW-Madison campus Tuesday evening to hear the President speak. Obama spent most of his 40 minute speech talking about the battles he’s fought since taking office nearly two years ago, and how Republicans have opposed him every step of the way. [Read more…]
The candidates for Governor square-off tonight in their first debate, ahead of the November election.
Democrat Tom Barrett and Republican Scott Walker expected to concentrate on economic issues in the meeting. UW political scientist David Canon says there’s unlikely to be many surprises in the encounter, since the debates are usually pretty structured. [Read more…]
GOP gubernatorial nominee Scott Walker
Wisconsin voters have named Scott Walker the Republican nominee in the race for governor.
With nearly 57-percent of the vote, Walker won the GOP nomination in Tuesday’s primary election over former Congressman Mark Neumann. Walker thanked supporters rallying in Milwaukee for preparing him for what’s to come, noting that the primary has tested and made his campaign ready to take on the “liberals in Madison.” [Read more…]
A US District court ruling this week blocked federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, although the Justice Department is expected to appeal. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the Democratic candidate for governor, hopes the decision will be overturned.
If it that doesn’t happen, Barrett says he’d do everything in his power as governor to keep stem cell research going in Wisconsin. He says that includes looking at opportunities for the state to support the industry. [Read more…]