Feb 14, 2007Editorial: Doyle takes us forward
Wisconsin's motto is "Forward." And, despite the wrongheaded efforts of conservative legislators to turn their petty bigotry into public policy, Gov. Jim Doyle has chosen to keep Wisconsin in step with forward-thinking states on the question of how to treat same-sex couples.
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Jun 2, 2006Green fouls out on curveball question
It was a simple question, one that U.S. Rep. Mark Green should have been expecting.
Obviously he wasn't - and now his opponent in the governor's race has an issue to throw at him.
During a May 19 interview for Wisconsin Public Television's "Here and Now" news show, anchor Frederica Freyberg...
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Jun 2, 2006A pardon for Scooter from Gov. Green?
It seems like a pretty simple, straightforward question. Wisconsin Public Television's Frederica Freyberg asked Mark Green whether, if he were elected governor, he would pardon his old friend and cohort, Scott Jensen.
Jensen, the former Assembly Speaker, was convicted of felonies for abusing...
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Jun 2, 2006Medicare needs an overhaul, Obey says
U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, is not a fan of the controversial Medicare Part D drug plan. He sympathizes with seniors who are having trouble choosing the plan that is best for them and he is frustrated the bill forbids the federal government from negotiating with the pharmaceutical companies...
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May 31, 2006Minimum wage goes up Thursday
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin's minimum wage will go up 80 cents Thursday, closing the books on a nasty political struggle that gripped the state Capitol for months.
The state's minimum wage for adults will jump from $5.70 an hour to $6.50. The state Department of Workforce estimates about 200,000...
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May 31, 2006WisPolitics: Kind Says Troops Should Leave Iraq in Event of Civil War
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind said Wednesday that if the situation in Iraq deteriorates into all-out civil war, U.S. troops would need to be pulled out.
“I don’t think it’s our troops' mission to be there and babysit a civil war,” he added.
Kind said the barrage of Iraq images and news stories...
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May 26, 2006GOP search for Kohl opponent continues
GOP search for Kohl opponent continues
The Nov. 7 election is just over five months away, the date to start circulating nomination papers is next week (June 1) and the state Republican Party held its annual convention – a launching pad for the fall campaign – last weekend.
That means it is...
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May 8, 2006Bush approval rating hits new low
WASHINGTON - President Bush's approval rating has slumped to 31% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the lowest of his presidency and a warning sign for Republicans in the November elections.
The survey of 1,013 adults, taken Friday through Sunday, shows Bush's standing down by 3 percentage points...
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May 2, 2006Why We Need A State Ethics Bill
Last week, Assembly Republicans decided to kill the ethics bill. The decision was a blow to good government and may come back to haunt party stalwarts like Congressman and gubernatorial candidate Mark Green and Speaker John Gard.
Gard and other Republicans pointed to the recent...
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May 1, 2006Poll: Gas Prices, Iraq Weigh Down Bush
May 1, 2006
(CBS) With gas prices sky-high and no end of the Iraq war in sight, President George W. Bush's approval rating hits an all-time low in a new CBS News poll.
Only 33 percent approve of his job performance, Mr. Bush's lowest approval rating yet in CBS News polls. A majority – 58...
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Apr 27, 2006Elected Officials Taking Action Against High Gas Prices
Wisconsin Ag Connection
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Fueled by higher and higher energy costs, Wisconsin's lawmakers are beginning to do what they can to find out what's going on with the skyrocketing gasoline prices. On Wednesday, Governor Jim Doyle joined fifteen other governors in sending a...
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Apr 26, 2006Wineke Statement on ‘Part-Time Congressman Mark Green’
MADISON – Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Joe Wineke released the following statement today on the announcement from Mark Green that he will return his taxpayer-paid congressional salary for the days he plans to miss work in Washington in order to campaign in Wisconsin:
“For years,...
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Apr 26, 2006Green: Trust me on budget, I don't have a clue
You won't be surprised to hear that Wisconsin still has a budget deficit.
The good news is that it is "only" $1.5-billion, less than half of the $3.2 billion budget hole Gov. Jim Doyle inherited after 16 years of Republican budgets.
The deficit dominated much of the debate in the 2002...
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Apr 26, 20068th CD Dems Debate Campaign Fundraising, Ethics
GREEN BAY -- Allergist Steve Kagen, who has poured more than $1.4 million of his own money into the race for the Democratic nomination in the 8th CD, defended his large contributions Monday night in a debate, saying he was the one candidate who “can not be bought.”
Kagen, making his first bid...
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Apr 26, 2006Forum set May 3 for Congress candidates
APPLETON — The public will get a chance to hear the Democratic candidates for Congress from 7 to 9 p.m. May 3 at the Appleton Public Library, 225 N. Oneida St.
Appearing will be 8th District candidates Steve Kagen, Nancy Nusbaum and Jamie Wall, who are running for the seat currently held by...
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Apr 26, 2006Block price gouging, state officials say
Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager on Tuesday renewed her call on the state Legislature to adopt legislation to protect citizens from getting gouged at the gas pump.
Lautenschlager supports Senate Bill 373, sponsored by state Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, which would protect...
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Apr 25, 2006Campaign records muddy disclosure for Green’s travel
MADISON — Travel records show that in the third quarter of 2003, U.S. Rep. Mark Green took seven road trips in and around Wisconsin to talk about issues he faces in Congress.
But taxpayers didn’t pay for the travel, assures the Republican from Hobart. His campaign did.
Among the trips was...
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Apr 25, 2006Cost of Gas Puts Pressure On GOP
By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Steven Mufson
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, April 25, 2006; A01
President Bush and congressional Republicans are under mounting public pressure to reduce gasoline prices, but they have few if any policy choices that would cut them over the next few months...
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Apr 25, 2006Feingold travels to Iowa this week
WASHINGTON Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold says he'll travel to Iowa this week to give a speech and hold fund-raisers for Democratic congressional candidates.
The move may have presidential implications. Iowa's caucus is the first contest for presidential candidates and Feingold is a potential...
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Apr 25, 20068th Congressional District Democratic debate is Tuesday at UW-Green Bay
GREEN BAY - The first debate at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay involving candidates for the 8th Congressional District seat will take place Tuesday (April 25).
Democratic congressional candidates Steve Kagen, Nancy Nusbaum and Jamie Wall will respond to questions from a panel of state...
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Apr 25, 2006Waupun man to run against Rep. Petri
WAUPUN — Touting himself as a "working-class congressman for the working class," Waupun resident John Curry has thrown his hat in the ring to run against incumbent Tom Petri in the race for the Sixth Congressional District this fall.
Curry, 48, made the announcement earlier this month after...
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Apr 25, 2006Doyle to launch stem cell initiative
In an effort to reaffirm the state’s commitment to stem-cell research, Gov. Jim Doyle will be making a major announcement today at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
“Wisconsin has been a national stem-cell leader, and the governor will make an announcement that will help to cement...
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Apr 25, 2006Dems to filibuster if ethics reform ignored
Three state lawmakers announced Monday their plan to filibuster legislative session today if Assembly leaders refuse to schedule an ethics reform bill for passage.
The measure, known as Senate Bill 1, would combine the state’s existing Ethics and Elections boards to create a new Government...
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Apr 25, 2006Spencer Coggs Supports Cleaning up Poll Lists
I wonder if he's thought this through. Because I think his idea only reinforces the fact that the poll list situation in Wisconsin is a farce. (Which is a huge part of the argument in favor of requiring voters to prove who they are on election day).
State Sen. Spencer Coggs (D-Milwaukee) has...
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Apr 24, 2006WI Democrats Want To Take Action On Gas Prices
MADISON – In Wisconsin, a pair of local Democratic lawmakers want to take action on rising gas prices.
State Representative Tom Nelson and State Senator Dave Hansen say a set of bills must be pulled out of committee.
The bills would give the attorney general the power to prosecute wholesale...
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Apr 24, 2006Ron Kind's Hi-Octane Chutzpah
During a roundtable discussion with area farmers in West Salem on Thursday, Ron Kind said, "I believe it is time our nation commits itself to kicking the fossil fuel import habit by replacing Middle East oil with Midwest grain and other 'home grown' renewable alternatives, such as ethanol and...
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Apr 22, 2006Editorial: GOP fiscal extremists
There is one good thing that comes with Republican hegemony: Proof positive that the Grand Old Party no longer even feigns interest in fiscal responsibility.
Complete Republican control of the White House and Congress has unleashed a pork-barrel spending spree of unprecedented proportions....
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Apr 21, 2006Attorney general unveils environmental-protection bill
Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager used her appearance at a local conference to announce new legislation aimed at environmental protection.
The attorney general was the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Wisconsin Lakes Partnership held at the KI Convention Center, 333 Main St....
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Apr 21, 2006Obey makes Earth Day visit
MERCER, Wis. -- Global warming is the most important long-term problem facing the country, a disciple of the great environmentalist Gaylord Nelson said Thursday in Mercer.
"Gaylord was my mentor and teacher for many years," U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, told the government class at Mercer...
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Apr 21, 2006GOP front group launches negative media
Just the other day, Republican operative Brian Fraley was sounding the alarm about negative media campaigns sure to come soon against Mark Green, from those bloated (hence the illustration from his post) left-leaning groups:
I have no confirmation that this will happen. No little birdie...
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Apr 21, 2006Lawmakers seek probe of possible price gouging by oil companies
Washington - Congressional leaders made plans Friday to ask President Bush to order investigations into possible price gouging by oil companies as crude oil prices hit new highs on world markets and average gasoline prices blew through the $3-a-gallon mark.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert...
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Apr 20, 2006Doyle signs bill increasing financial aid awards
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A state financial aid program can award low-income students a maximum $3,000 under legislation signed by Gov. Jim Doyle on Thursday.
The law will increase the maximum award for the Wisconsin Higher Education Grant program by $500. The program gives need-based aid to...
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Apr 20, 2006Wisconsin's Feingold gets big spike in PAC donations
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Russ Feingold's call for censuring President Bush appears to have paid dividends for the Wisconsin Democrat's political action committee.
Feingold's leadership PAC, the Progressive Patriots Fund, pulled in $282,000 last month, according to a report filed with the...
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Apr 20, 2006Falk offers plan for ethics, campaigns Says comprehensive reforms are needed
Democratic attorney general candidate Kathleen Falk unveiled a package of proposed campaign finance and ethics reforms today. But watchdog groups said her plan doesn't address how to get big money out of Wisconsin politics.
The Dane County executive's proposal calls for limits on when and how...
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Apr 20, 2006Union targets Downtown workers
Bartenders, servers, baristas and others who work Downtown could soon be carrying more than your food or drinks. They may also be carrying union cards.
Local organizers for the Industrial Workers of the World union hope to sign up some of the over 4,000 Downtown Madison employees, many of them...
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Apr 20, 2006Scoop-minded Ron Kind’s Scoop Scooped!
Ron Kind, a self-described "budget hawk" and member of the House Budget Committee, said he recently returned $76,000 from his office budget to the U.S. Treasury amounting to $765,000 returned over the last nine years.
“Ron Kind is the first guy to break this story every year,” said 3rd...
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Apr 20, 2006FOX Poll: Gloomy Economic Views; Bush Approval at New Low
NEW YORK — More Americans disapprove than approve of how George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and Congress are doing their jobs, while a majority approves of Condoleezza Rice. President Bush’s approval hits a record low of 33 percent this week, clearly damaged by sinking support among Republicans.
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Apr 20, 2006State helps pave road to Discovery
If all goes as planned, the University of Wisconsin may see the on-campus construction of a premier biotechnology research institute begin as soon as next December.
In a 7-1 vote, the state Building Commission gave Gov. Jim Doyle permission Wednesday to go ahead with his plan to build the...
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Apr 19, 2006Obey says it's time for Rumsfeld to go
Attacking Iran is out…but so should Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. That from Congressman Dave Obey Wednesday. Danielle Kaeding reports.
Obey spoke to UW-Superior students about the possibility of the Bush administration taking action against Iran. “Anybody who thinks that we have the...
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Apr 19, 2006Feingold Internet ad targets surveillance
Washington - A new Internet ad by Senate Democrat Russ Feingold portrays George Washington as an opponent of domestic surveillance.
Feingold wants to censure President Bush over the once-secret government surveillance program launched after the Sept. 11 attacks.
In an Internet video...
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Apr 19, 2006Senator calls for an end to price gouging
The state Senate is being called to take up anti-price gouging legislation when lawmakers return to the Capitol next week. With gas prices nearing three-dollars a gallon again in Wisconsin, State Senator Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay) says now is the time to act on legislation penalizing businesses...
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Apr 18, 2006Wineke: A worry we wish had come to fruition
Guess what the big worry about oil was three years ago?
The experts were worried then that a victory in the Iraq War might send oil prices plummeting and thereby ruin the economies of Alberta and Texas, both oil-producing regions.
"Fortune" magazine wasn't worried; it predicted the falling...
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Apr 13, 2006Isthmus: Hurtgen Case Profile The Rise and Fall of a Golden Boy
Peter Nicholas Hurtgen entered Wisconsin government fresh out of college in 1987, getting in on the ground floor of Tommy Thompson's extraordinary 14-year tenure in the governor's mansion. Over the course of nearly a decade on Thompson's staff, he rose to become the No. 2 man in the Department of...
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Apr 13, 2006John Nichols: Bush's coalition of unwilling exits Iraq
"We have won, and now we have to start working to implement our program and unify the country," Romano Prodi proclaimed to Italians. Prodi's center-left coalition had just deposed the government of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had allied Italy with George W. Bush's foreign...
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Apr 13, 2006Bush approval in state drops, poll says
Fewer than one in three Wisconsin voters approves of the job President Bush is doing, according to a new statewide poll by a Republican firm that has been tracking public opinion in the state since 2004.
Bush's approval rating has slid since January, and support for a timetable for withdrawal...
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Apr 12, 2006Green out of step on abortion stance
Mark Green's campaign likes the new Strategic Vision poll, done by a Republican firm, which shows him in a close race with Jim Doyle.
This result may give him some pause, as he touts his brand new endorsement from Wisconsin Right to Life:
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Apr 12, 2006Memo to Brett and Tommy: Know When to Fold Em
We have become the Land of the Waffling Prima Donnas.
Brett Favre continues his Hamlet-like indecision about returning to the Packers. All eyes remain fixed on the solitary man on the tractor in Kiln, Mississippi, wrestling with his destiny. Or not. Who knows? Maybe he just likes pulling the...
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Apr 7, 2006DEMS HYPE VETERANS RUNNING FOR OFFICE
In a strange April twist, the state’s non-partisan spring elections gained national attention this week as 32 communities weighed in on an issue that is traditionally decided by top brass at the Pentagon.
Supporters dubbed the rare showing of referendum-driven democracy a mandate on the war,...
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Apr 7, 2006Kinsman launches campaign against Huebsch
ONALASKA, Wis. - Who's this guy taking on Mike Huebsch?
Democrat Jim Kinsman of Onalaska introduced himself to the news media Thursday, kicking off his campaign against the six-term incumbent and Republican majority leader of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
"I'm just a hardworking family...
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Apr 7, 2006Cheney's Aide Says President Approved Leak
WASHINGTON, April 6 — Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff testified that he was authorized by President Bush, through Mr. Cheney, in July 2003 to disclose key parts of what until then was a classified prewar intelligence estimate on Iraq, according to a new court filing.
The...
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Apr 6, 2006Doyle says state should review standards for charity program
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Jim Doyle called for a review Thursday of standards used to determine whether charities can participate in a state-run program allowing employees to automatically donate part of their paychecks.
A coalition of faith-based groups filed a federal lawsuit against state...
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Apr 6, 2006The Green money trail
Seems no one wants to keep money associated with Tom Delay.
Congressman Mark Green apparently still has about thirty thousand dollars associated with the former house majority leader. He says he can't give it to charity because that's illegal under state campaign finance laws.
Although...
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Apr 6, 2006Doyle signs sex offender bill allowing life term
Madison - Gov. Jim Doyle signed a bill Thursday that could send two-time sex offenders to prison for life.
The bill (AB 708) gives judges the authority to send criminals to prison for life if they have been twice convicted of first-degree sexual assault. The previous maximum penalty for a...
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Apr 6, 2006Dems Open Up Battlefront Over Military Veteran Voters
With issues such as the Iraq war and terrorism ranking as high priorities for most voters, Democratic officials have spent much of the past two weeks trying to persuade the press and the public that they are better-equipped to deal with national security and military veterans than the Bush...
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Apr 5, 2006Bush's Nightmare on Main Street: Wisconsin Says, "Out of Iraq"
The votes are in and Wisconsin spoke clearly. From Madison to wealthy Milwaukee suburbs, from northern Ladysmith to Evansville, Wisconsin voters made it abundantly clear that the Second Bush picked the wrong war at the wrong time.
These were not tepid resolutions that allowed for staged...
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Apr 5, 2006Wineke: It's Green's turn to get rid of tainted money
The state Democrat Party says Mark Green should return his tainted money, just like his Republican colleague Paul Ryan did. US Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Janesville) is giving away the $27,500 in campaign money he got from former Majority Leader Tom DeLay, following the announcement that Delay will...
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Apr 4, 2006California Cheese Wheys In On Green Campaign
Mark Green has been tied to convicted Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the state Capitol caucus scandal, indicted former GOP House leader Tom DeLay and some shady Illinois donors.
But what could really get him in trouble around here is taking campaign cash from a California cheese maker.
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Apr 4, 2006Feingold opposes ban on same-sex marriage
U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold said he strongly opposes the constitutional amendment that will be on ballots statewide in November to ban same-sex marriage and "substantially similar" relationships from being recognized in Wisconsin.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Feingold called the amendment a...
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Apr 4, 2006Hammered: DeLay gives up House seat
When he was making his name in American politics, as House Speaker Newt Gingrich's political enforcer, Tom DeLay was confronted by fellow Republicans who urged him to embrace a bipartisan budget compromise.
Using an expletive later attributed to Dick Cheney, DeLay growled, "F-- that, it's time...
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Apr 4, 2006John Nichols: Walker's exit could give Falk a boost
Perhaps the biggest beneficiary of Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker's decision to exit the competition for the Republican nomination for governor is Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk.
If Walker had stayed in the race, the GOP gubernatorial contest between him and U.S. Rep. Mark Green...
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Apr 3, 2006Governor's race just became a yawner
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker has dropped his bid to be the Republican gubernatorial candidate for 2006, saying he was unable to raise enough money.
His decision leaves the nomination to U.S. Rep. Mark Green of Green Bay. It also eliminates any serious Republican primary campaign for...
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Mar 31, 2006Ex-DeLay aide pleads guilty to fraud
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A former senior aide to Rep. Tom DeLay pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to fraud conspiracy, saying he joined a scheme with lobbyist Jack Abramoff and others to enrich themselves and illegally influence members of Congress.
In a deal with federal prosecutors, Tony...
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Mar 31, 2006In '06, 'values' debate will include stem cells
People are starting to take notice of Wisconsin’s push-and-pull on stem cell research.
Gov. Jim Doyle has taken a firm line on promoting the research, pioneered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as an important economic development tool for the state that could also contribute to...
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Mar 31, 2006Green covers his butt
For one of the first times in memory, Rep. Mark Green, an assistant Republican House whip, voted against his party leadership today, on a resolution calling for an investigation of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff's ties to House members and their staffs. Green, whose staffers have accepted...
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Mar 30, 2006What you'll need to register on Tuesday
Going to register at the polls on Tuesday, when you vote in the spring general election?
There's a lot of new and conflicting information out there, some of it false. And there have been enough changes so some of the people working at the polls may not know the rules, either.
Be sure you...
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Mar 30, 2006War vet seeks Leibham's job
MANITOWOC — In May 2004, State Sen. Joe Leibham, R-Sheboygan, verbally saluted a returning Iraq war Army veteran.
Leibham called Jamie Aulik "an honorable young man ... who should serve as an example to all of us."
Now, Aulik, 26, wants Leibham's job.
"I want to give all of you a voice,...
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Mar 29, 2006College Dems laud debate stirred over Feingold censure
Sen. Russ Feingold’s call for a censure of President Bush over the National Security Agency’s wiretapping has not received broad support nationwide, but Wisconsin’s College Democrats are hopeful for what this action could mean in the long run.
While some members, much like the Democratic...
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Mar 29, 2006Baldwin listens
SAUK PRAIRIE - With Congress on recess, Rep. Tammy Baldwin used the time to travel around her district to listen to people's concerns.
She stopped at the Sauk City Public Library on the afternoon of March 22.
"What's on your mind?" she asked. "What should or should we not do?"
Medicare...
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Mar 29, 2006State Buys 65,000 Northeastern Acres
More than 100 square miles of northeastern Wisconsin forest land will be protected forever by a land sale Governor Jim Doyle announced Wednesday.
The Wild Rivers Legacy Forest Project includes almost 65,000 acres of forest, lakes, streams, and shoreline in Marinette, Forest, and Florence...
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Mar 29, 2006Groups, Dems urge Doyle to veto rent-to-own bill
MADISON, Wis. - Key Democrats and consumer groups are urging Gov. Jim Doyle to veto a bill that would create new rules for rent-to-own stores while allowing them to conceal the interest rates they charge consumers.
Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, joined critics such as Senate Minority...
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Mar 29, 2006Feingold reports no ground made against insurgency
Washington - Sen. Russ Feingold, after a weekend trip to Iraq, said Tuesday that in many ways, he found the security situation "significantly worse" than when he first visited in February 2005.
"I heard nothing to believe the insurgency is weaker than a year ago," he said.
Feingold was in a...
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Mar 29, 2006State sees cut in federal aid for low-income students
The flow of federal aid to help educate low-income children in Wisconsin will be reduced for next year, federal education officials say, and that has state and Milwaukee school leaders concerned.
Funding under what is called Title I grew substantially in the first several years of the Bush...
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Mar 27, 2006Mark Green's phony 'pledge'
Have you ever noticed how it's always the candidate with less money who proposes a campaign spending limit?
Today it's Mark Green, challenging Jim Doyle to sign a "clean campaign pledge" that is more about helping Green financially and politically than it is about cleaning anything up.
in...
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Mar 26, 2006Some say time is right for political reform in Wisconsin
With several Wisconsin legislators headed to jail, speakers at a Democracy Forum held in La Crosse on Saturday said the time is ripe for ethics and campaign finance reform in Wisconsin.
“The planets are lined up,” former Republican Assembly representative Dave Martin told about 30 people...
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Mar 26, 2006Obey speaks for Social Security
HURLEY -- The battle to keep Social Security from being privatized is far from over, U.S. Rep Dave Obey told senior citizens at the Iron County Aging Unit Thursday.
The Wausau Democrat said that, without fanfare, the president requested money in his budget to implement that plan at a cost of...
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Mar 24, 2006National GOP chairman visits state, calls Doyle vulnerable
Madison - Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle is the most vulnerable governor in the country of either party, Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman said Thursday in Madison.
Mehlman, who was in Wisconsin to help raise money for the Republican Party of Wisconsin, said the state's race for...
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Mar 24, 2006Rob Zaleski: Finally, a Democrat with cojones
Though I don't claim to be an expert on these matters, that appears to be the general reaction of liberal Democrats - and more than a few moderate Dems - to Sen. Russ Feingold's resolution to censure President Bush for authorizing what Feingold says is an illegal wiretapping program and for...
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Mar 24, 2006Democrats to GOP: Let's get things done
State Democratic representatives called on the Republican-controlled Assembly to forget about the “fringe issues” they say lawmakers have focused on and spend the final days of the legislative session on measures that will make a difference for middle-class Wisconsin families.
State Rep....
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Mar 24, 2006Grim U.S. debt demands action
The United States owes a staggering $8.2 trillion to foreign countries and other investors. That's more than $27,000 for every man, woman and child in this country.
And instead of finding sustainable ways to pay off the debt, the Senate last week chose to increase the borrowing limit to $9...
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Mar 24, 2006Democrats Say Bush Violated Constitution
WASHINGTON (AP) -House Democrats want President Bush to say whether he knew of what they call a "fundamental constitutional problem" with the $39 billion deficit reduction package he signed last month.
A letter to Bush, signed by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Henry Waxman of...
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Mar 24, 2006U.S. Sen. Feingold: To Make Second Trip to Iraq
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will be traveling in Iraq as part of a delegation that includes Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and John Thune (R-SD). This is Feingold’s second trip to Iraq. Feingold toured the country in February 2005 with Senator McCain as well as Senators Hillary...
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