Gov. Scott Walker is questioning the need for more county district attorneys if prosecutors continue to pursue a secret investigation into his recall campaign after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the case.
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View from around the state: Public should know who is trying to influence government
The billionaire owner of a company that makes lead formerly used in paint gives Wisconsin Club for Growth $750,000 to help buck up Gov. Scott Walker and GOP senators during a political crisis — the recall elections in 2011 and 2012.
Read More »Walker says nothing illegal about campaign donations (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker insisted Thursday that there was nothing illegal about corporate leaders' donations to a conservative group that helped him and Republican legislators fend off efforts to recall them from office.
Read More »Documents: Walker sought corporate donations in 2012 recall (UPDATE)
A lead manufacturer was among a host of corporate leaders who donated to a conservative group that helped Gov. Scott Walker and Republican legislators fend off recall challenges, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
Read More »Walker talks public safety with Milwaukee authorities
Gov. Scott Walker is meeting with Milwaukee authorities to discuss public safety issues.
Read More »Walker administration outlines civil service changes
Gov. Scott Walker's administration is telling state employees what changes to their work rules will take effect next week.
Read More »Court orders Walker to turn over Wisconsin Idea records (UPDATE)
Gov. Scott Walker's administration must release most records related to proposed changes to the University of Wisconsin System's mission statement, a judge ruled Friday.
Read More »Walker aide’s attorney promises appeal of federal ruling
A federal judge's ruling rejecting a lawsuit by a former aide to Gov. Scott Walker who accused prosecutors of overstepping their constitutional authority will be appealed, the woman's attorney said Friday.
Read More »Walker signs bills expanding crime victim rights
Gov. Scott Walker is signing bills designed to help crime victims.
Read More »Walker, other governors file brief against immigration order
Gov. Scott Walker and the governors of five other states have filed a brief in opposition to an executive order President Barack Obama issued allowing certain undocumented immigrants to legally remain in the United States.
Read More »MADD urges Walker to veto drunken driving sobriety proposal
One of the most prominent anti-drunken driving groups in the country is urging Gov. Scott Walker to veto a bill that would allow judges to place offenders in a sobriety testing program rather than force them to drive with ignition interlocks.
Read More »Walker, Bradley go way back
The personal and political lives of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and an embattled state Supreme Court justice have been intertwined for decades, starting with their overlapping semesters at Marquette University, where the future justice penned anti-gay opinion pieces and threatened to resign from the student government over a multicultural course requirement.
Read More »Assembly to consider Walker’s college affordability bills
The state Assembly is set to take up Gov. Scott Walker's college affordability package.
Read More »Walker issues executive order to block power plan
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has issued an executive order prohibiting state agencies from working to comply with President Barack Obama's sweeping plan to address climate change.
Read More »Walker presidential campaign owed $1.2 million at year end
Gov. Scott Walker's short-lived presidential campaign finished last year with a little more than a million dollars in debt, according to campaign finance reports filed Friday with the Federal Elections Commission.
Read More »Walker says he’ll sign civil service bill in next week or 2
Gov. Scott Walker says he'll sign the bill that overhauls the state's civil service system in the next week or two.
Read More »Motion confirms DAs seeking to intervene in Walker probe
The state Supreme Court has released documents confirming the identity of the prosecutors looking to appeal a ruling halting an investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's campaign.
Read More »Prosecutors file motion to intervene in Walker probe appeal (UPDATE)
Three prosecutors filed a motion Friday to intervene in a court case halting a secret investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's recall campaign.
Read More »Walker hints at run for a third term
Gov. Scott Walker hinted Wednesday that he may run for a third term.
Read More »Walker signs pair of bills expanding concealed carry law
Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a pair of bills expanding and simplifying Wisconsin's concealed carry law.
Read More »View from around the state: Walker should not give any candidate an advantage
Just because former Gov. Tommy Thompson did it, doesn't mean Gov. Scott Walker should.
Read More »Walker sends signals he may appoint Bradley to Supreme Court
Gov. Scott Walker is sending signals that he may appoint state Appeals Court Judge Rebecca Bradley to a vacancy on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Read More »Groups ask Walker not to appoint court candidates to vacancy
Four advocacy groups are urging Gov. Scott Walker not to name one of the three candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to fill out the term of Justice Patrick Crooks who died last week.
Read More »Walker will wait to announce decision on court vacancy
Gov. Scott Walker says he won't make any announcements about his plans for filling a vacancy on the state Supreme Court until after Justice Patrick Crooks is buried on Saturday.
Read More »Walker calls for scrapping Davis-Bacon
Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker is hoping to pull his campaign off the mat by taking on unions — a familiar foe for the Wisconsin governor — in a sweeping plan to upend pillars of organized labor nationwide.
Read More »Filing shows prosecutors believed Walker committed felony
A court filing shows investigators believed Republican Gov. Scott Walker committed a felony when he was Milwaukee County executive in relation to an office lease contract.
Read More »Special prosecutor asks high court to reconsider Walker decision (UPDATE)
A special prosecutor has asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reconsider its decision ending an investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's recall campaign, a move that signals he may take the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read More »Walker calls on attorney general to take action over power plant rules
Scott Walker joined other Republican presidential candidates Monday in decrying new rules from the Obama administration designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, saying they would have "devastating impacts" and cost ratepayers billions of dollars.
Read More »Walker appoints chief legal counsel to Court of Appeals
Gov. Scott Walker has appointed a replacement for Court of Appeals Judge Richard Brown, who retires Aug. 1.
Read More »Justice defends decision to not recuse himself from John Doe case (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser said Thursday he didn't have to recuse himself from a ruling that ended a secret investigation into coordination between Republican Gov. Scott Walker's recall campaign and outside groups.
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