Scott Walker: Taking New Job Clears Wisconsin GOP 2022 Field

Walker will take over the Young America's Foundation

Benjamin Yount - The Center Square
July 19, 2019 12:05 PM

Former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker says his new job will help conservatives in two ways. One, Walker has the appeal and donor connections to turn the Young America's Foundation into a force for millennials. And two, by taking the job, Walker is getting out of the way for other Wisconsin Republicans in 2022.

Wisconsin Democratic Governor to Veto ‘Born Alive’ Bill

Jeffrey Cimmino
April 23, 2019 11:25 AM

Gov. Tony Evers (D., Wisc.) will veto a bill which would punish doctors with up to life in prison if they failed to provide medical care to babies born alive after a failed abortion attempt.

Wisconsin Republicans Critical of Gap In Evers’s Proposed Budget

Benjamin Yount - Watchdog.org
April 6, 2019 5:00 AM

Republican lawmakers in Madison knew Gov. Tony Evers would want to spend more and raise taxes. He campaigned on it.

Conservative Judge Brian Hagedorn Declares Victory in Election to Wisconsin Supreme Court

Andrew Kugle
April 3, 2019 9:57 AM

Appeals Judge Brian Hagedorn claimed victory Wednesday in the race for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat that has come down to the wire.

DNC Learns From Clinton Mistake, Will Send All Democrats to Wisconsin

David Rutz
March 11, 2019 11:11 AM

The Democratic National Committee has apparently learned from the mistakes of its 2016 standard-bearer and will hold its 2020 national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

WaPo Gives Clinton ‘Four Pinocchios’ for Voter Suppression Claims

Cameron Cawthorne
March 6, 2019 11:08 AM

The Washington Post‘s fact checker gave two-time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton a "Four Pinocchios" rating for comments about voter suppression in Georgia and Wisconsin, calling her claims "way off-base."

Wisconsin Judge Rules in Favor of Religious Freedom

Religious institutions exempt from nondiscrimination ordinance addressing gender identity in public accommodation

Jeffrey Cimmino
January 14, 2019 3:45 PM

A county judge in Wisconsin ruled last month that the city of De Pere’s nondiscrimination ordinance infringed on the right of religious freedom, granting a victory to five churches and a religious broadcaster which brought a legal challenge against the statute.

Dems Make Modest Gains at State Level, GOP Still Controls Most Legislatures

Jeffrey Cimmino
November 7, 2018 4:49 PM

Democrats took control of five state legislative chambers from Republicans as a result of Tuesday's midterm elections, a modest shift compared to past midterms.

Wis. Dem Gov Candidate Invested in Company Partly Responsible for Deepwater Explosion

Tony Evers invested in oil sector despite environmental platform

Joe Schoffstall
October 31, 2018 1:45 PM

Tony Evers, the Democratic candidate for governor in Wisconsin, is running on a renewable-energy environmental platform. But he has invested in the oil and gas sector, including in the company partly responsible for the Deepwater Horizon explosion and a petroleum distributor responsible for a pipe rupture that contaminated drinking water in the state he is now seeking to represent.

WI Dem Candidate Justifies 9 Arrests by Comparing Himself to Civil Rights Leader

Cameron Cawthorne
October 21, 2018 2:23 AM

Wisconsin Democratic congressional candidate Randy Bryce on Friday night justified his multiple arrests by comparing himself to Rep. John Lewis (D., Ga.), who was arrested dozens of times for peaceful civil rights protests during the 1960s.