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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) plans to battle teacher unions again, this time over a plan to expand vouchers to nine school districts, the Madison Capital Times reports. Tweet This Post
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Acting U.S. Commerce chief takes post at University of Wisconsin
Posted by admin on March 18th, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank said on Monday she plans to leave her current job to become chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in July, subject to final approval by the school's board. "I am honored and delighted to be offered the job of Chancellor at UW-Madison. This is a world-class school, [...]
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No Comments »Wisconsin salon shooter sought cabbie’s advice before killings
Posted by admin on March 2nd, 2013
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A man who shot and killed his estranged wife and two other women at a Milwaukee-area hair salon last fall told a taxi driver about his marital problems and sought his advice minutes before pulling the trigger, according to documents released on Friday. Radcliffe Haughton, 45, killed 42-year-old Zina Haughton and two [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: advice, Before, cabbie's, Killings, Salon, Shooter, Sought, Wisconsin No Comments »Is making Scott Walker uncomfortable a new Martin Luther King Day tradition in Wisconsin?
Posted by admin on January 24th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: King, Luther, Making, Martin, Scott, tradition, Uncomfortable, Walker, Wisconsin No Comments »Wisconsin court upholds domestic partner registry
Posted by admin on December 21st, 2012
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s domestic partnership registry is constitutional, a state appeals court ruled in a decision released Friday that marks a major victory for the state’s largest gay rights group. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Former aide to Wisconsin governor sentenced in embezzlement case
Posted by admin on December 8th, 2012
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A former aide to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday for embezzling tens of thousands of dollar from a fund for families of U.S. soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. The aide, Kevin Kavanaugh, was also sentenced to two years of extended supervision and [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: aide, case, Embezzlement, Former, Governor, Sentenced, Wisconsin No Comments »Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wants to kill the nation’s oldest same-day voter registration law
Posted by admin on November 21st, 2012
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: Gov., kill, Nation's, Oldest, Registration, sameday, Scott, voter, Walker, Wants, Wisconsin No Comments »Team Romney trains its poll watchers with bogus information to help suppress the vote in Wisconsin
Posted by admin on October 31st, 2012
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: bogus, Help, Information, Poll, Romney, suppress, Team, Trains, vote, watchers, Wisconsin No Comments »Major Wisconsin employer warns workers of ‘personal consequences’ if they vote for President Obama
Posted by admin on October 25th, 2012
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: consequences, employer, Major, Obama, personal, President, they, vote, Warns, Wisconsin, Workers No Comments »
