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Supporters of a juvenile justice overhaul bill that the Wisconsin Assembly unanimously passed say it appears likely to die because of Senate changes. A Senate committee voted to approve a scaled-back version of the bill Wednesday.
Not long ago, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was the voice of a conservative revolution in the heartland, a Republican at the vanguard and a possible future president. Today, he's the voice of concern, warning his party - at home and nationally - that change is coming again.
It's early yet, but so far this year's field of prospective Republican governors hasn't offered enough leadership on the issue. nder President Trump, the action in education has shifted back to the states.
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A national Democratic group led by former U.S. Attorney Eric Holder filed a lawsuit Monday attempting to force Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to call two special elections to fill legislative vacancies. Walker has refused to call special elections for the seats that became open two weeks before a surprise Democratic victory in a state Senate special election in a district that had been in Republican hands for 17 years.
Scott Walker has a plan: stop holding them . It may not surprise you that he's willing to violate Wisconsin law in doing so: The governor is deliberately denying Wisconsinites representation in the legislature by refusing to call special elections to fill open seats in the State Assembly and the State Senate.
The state of Nebraska is strong and growing, according to Gov. Pete Ricketts . Hawaii, Vermont and Delaware are all strong, according to their Democratic governors.
Nevada's major political parties are locked in a legal battle over a Republican effort to take control of the state Senate by recalling two freshly elected Democratic lawmakers - a tactic that Democrats warn could undermine the validity of elections across the U.S. Experts and those from both parties say the move could be the way of the future for the losing side to keep control of influential statehouses. In Nevada, no official reason was given for the recalls, and none was required.
Three candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court are pursuing what's supposed to be a nonpartisan job, but they demonstrated during a Monday forum that voters have a trio of distinct ideologies to choose from in two weeks. There's a conservative judge who draws inspiration from late Justice Antonin Scalia.
Then-President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with Todd Ricketts, co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, after they met in Bedminster, N.J., during the transition in November 2016. The Republican National Committee has named Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts its new finance chairman days after its former fundraising chief, real estate and casino magnate Steve Wynn, stepped down amid allegations of sexual assault.
Governor Scott Walker delivered his 8th State of the State Address with a theme of "Moving Wisconsin Forward" but also handing lawmakers a big to-do list for 2018. Walker's "Ambitious Agenda" included a new proposal that would give families a tax credit if they have children under 18. The child tax credit and would give families a $100 per child.
Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday urged Republicans and Democrats to unite to quickly approve a $100-per child tax credit and a host of other election-year priorities, including guaranteeing insurance coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. Walker issued the call during his eighth State of the State address, which came at a time of record-low unemployment in Wisconsin and with more than a dozen Democrats vying for the chance to deny the Republican governor a third term in November.
Mark Graul tells WTAQ's Jerry Bader Show that there was a reason Democrat Patty Schachtner was able to defeat Republican State Representative Adam Jarchow in the 10th district, which tends to heavily lean red. "The Democratic candidate got about 40% of the Hillary Clinton vote total , whereas Jarchow only got 17% of the Trump vote."
Democrats are celebrating another state legislative victory, with Patty Schachtner's win Tuesday in a Wisconsin State Senate race becoming the 34th Democratic gain since President Trump was inaugurated last January. A medical examiner from St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Schachtner defeated Republican Adam Jarchow, a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, in a district that's been under Republican control for close to two decades.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says dissatisfaction with national politics influenced a special election win by a Democrat in a state Senate district that Donald Trump won in 2016 by 17 points. Walker told reporters Wednesday in Milwaukee that the Democratic win was a "wake-up call to distinguish between the inaction of Washington versus the positive action we are taking in Wisconsin."
Wisconsin was a key state for the Donald Trump movement, but have we just now hit the tipping point to swing that state the other way? In this undated photo provided by the Patty for Senate Campaign, Patty Schachtner, the St. Croix County medical examiner and Somerset school board member, poses for a photo. Schachtner knocked off state Rep. Adam Jarchow in the Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, special election for a Wisconsin state Senate seat.
A Democrat has been elected to represent a traditionally conservative Wisconsin senate district where voters overwhelmingly supported President Donald Trump in 2016, in an upset that Democrats suggest could lead to more Republican losses in the state. Patty Schachtner's victory in the 10th Senate District late Tuesday could be a sign of hope for Democrats, who have been pushed to the brink of irrelevancy after seven years of Republican control of both legislative houses and the governor's office.
Penister does not favor a work requirement in order to receive Medicaid because of the varyi... . Medicaid recipient Thomas J. Penister, of Milwaukee, responds to a question during an interview Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, in Milwaukee.