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Former Republican Gov. Scott Walker's son has joined GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rebecca Kleefisch's campaign.
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Read More »Evers has majority of UW Board of Regents appointees
Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday that the CEO of Prevea Health will be joining the University of Wisconsin's Board of Regents, giving him a majority of the appointees on the 18-member board.
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Read More »Biden administration blocks Medicaid work requirements
President Joe Biden's administration has blocked former Gov. Scott Walker's plan to require some childless adults to work to maintain Medicaid benefits.
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Read More »Wisconsin justices weigh removal of 130K from voter rolls (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could result in the purging of about 130,000 people from voter rolls in the hotly contested battleground state.
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Read More »Budget hawks hatch plan to force constitutional convention
GOP activists want to organize a constitutional convention with the goal of enacting a federal balanced budget amendment, potentially requiring massive cuts to government spending.
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Read More »Marsy’s Law director appointed to Wisconsin Crime Victims’ Rights Board
The Marsy's Law for Wisconsin outreach director Nela Kalpic has been appointed to the Wisconsin Crime Victims' Rights Board.
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Read More »Walker judicial appointees fail to keep seats, plus more judicial election results
Former Gov. Scott Walker's judicial appointees didn't fair well in the April 7 election. Justice Dan Kelly, Milwaukee County Judge Paul Dedinsky and Milwaukee County Judge Dan Gabler, all of whom were seeking full terms, lost to their challengers in the April 7 election.
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Read More »Democratic contributions help Karofsky outpace Kelly
The Wisconsin Supreme Court hopeful Jill Karofsky raised more than twice as much money during the last two months as her rival, the incumbent Justice Daniel Kelly, new campaign finance reports show.
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Read More »Supreme Court candidates debate partisanship on high court, tout experience (UPDATE)
The three candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court debated concerns about partisanship within the high court at their first public forum.
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Read More »Walker to take new job, won’t run for office in 2022
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said he won’t run for office again in 2022 because he has accepted a new full-time job running a group, in Washington, D.C., that promotes conservative ideas among young people. The ...
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Read More »Report: Wisconsin Republicans too reliant on consultants (UPDATE)
An internal review of the Wisconsin Republican Party after the 2018 election found that it had been "recklessly reliant" on high-paid consultants to the detriment of grassroots supporters.
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Read More »Walker appointee tries to return to work after court stay
One of former Gov. Scott Walker's appointees is trying to go back to work after a state appellate court stayed a ruling invalidating her appointment and dozens of others.
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Read More »Wisconsin appeals court restores laws from lame-duck session
A Wisconsin appeals court on Wednesday reinstated laws Republicans passed during a lame-duck session to weaken the Democratic governor and attorney general, but the statutes remain blocked because of a ruling in a separate case.
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Read More »Campaigns spend record $93M in Wisconsin gubernatorial race
Campaign spending reached a state record of $93 million during Wisconsin’s 2018 gubernatorial race between the Republican Scott Walker and Democrat Tony Evers, according to a watchdog group’s review.
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Read More »Lawsuit to target GOP laws reducing power of Wis. governor
A coalition of liberal-leaning groups planned to file a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to void laws passed by Wisconsin Republicans who were trying to reduce the powers of the newly elected Democratic governor and attorney general.
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Read More »Walker taps in-house counsel, DOJ attorney for appointments
Gov. Scott Walker recently made appointments to the St. Croix County Circuit Court and Ashland District Attorney’s Office.
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Read More »Evers picks Milwaukee leaders for top Cabinet slots (UPDATE)
Gov.-elect Tony Evers named four Milwaukee-area leaders to his Cabinet on Wednesday, including a former campaign manager to Mayor Tom Barrett and a 30-year veteran of the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department.
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Read More »Wisconsin senator: GOP won’t eliminate coverage guarantee
The federal guarantee of health-insurance coverage for people with pre-existing conditions is too politically popular to be eliminated, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson said on Tuesday.
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Read More »Wisconsin’s early voting limit challenged in federal court (UPDATE)
The fight over restricting early voting in Wisconsin is headed back to federal court.
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Read More »Walker says Wisconsin governor powers will remain strong
Gov. Scott Walker says the powers of his Democratic replacement will remain among the strongest of any governor in the country, even if he signs bills passed in a lame-duck session.
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Read More »GOP legislation would ease rules for complying with tax breaks
Companies seeking tax credits from Wisconsin’s troubled job-creation agency would be subject to reduced scrutiny under a provision Republicans included in a package of lame-duck legislation designed to weaken newly elected Democrats.
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Read More »Walker makes DA appointments in Columbia, Burnett counties
Gov. Scott Walker made two appointments on Tuesday to district attorney positions in Burnett and Columbia counties.
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Read More »Walker appoints long-time prosecutor to Racine County bench
Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday announced that he had appointed a long-time prosecutor from Racine County to take the place of a retiring judge in Racine County.
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Read More »Wisconsin Republicans to vote on weakening governor’s power
Wisconsin Republicans, just weeks away from losing control of both the governor's and attorney general's offices, planned to take big lame-duck votes Tuesday on a sweeping attempt to limit the powers of incoming Democrats, a step that opponents decried as a last-gasp power grab and attempt to invalidate the election.
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Read More »Highlights of what Republican lame-duck bills would do
A sweeping series of proposals offered by Wisconsin Republican state lawmakers for a lame-duck legislative session would weaken the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general, move the date of the 2020 presidential and do much more.
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Read More »Walker seeks applicants for St. Croix County judicial vacancy
Gov. Scott Walker recently announced that he is looking for candidates to fill a vacancy on the St. Croix County Circuit Court.
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Read More »Wisconsin Democrats fear GOP redistricting end-around
Wisconsin Democrats are worried their Republican rivals will find a way to remove Gov.-elect Tony Evers from the all-important legislative redistricting process.
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Read More »GOP Senate leader: Nothing ruled out for lame duck session
Nothing has been ruled out for consideration during a lame duck legislative session next month before Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers takes office, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said on Monday.
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Read More »Walker appoints Schimel to Waukesha County judgeship
Gov. Scott Walker is giving outgoing Attorney General Brad Schimel a job as a judge.
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Read More »Evers faces tough sell on prison reform with GOP lawmakers
Gov.-elect Tony Evers has some big ideas about how to reform Wisconsin's overcrowded prison system.
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