Wisconsin Political News
State agency predicts heavy turnout for Sept. 14 primary
Madison - The state's elections agency is predicting a record or near-record turnout in the Sept. 14 primary, with up to 28% of the voting age population expected to turn out.
Thursday September 2, 2010 5:24PM | jsonline.com
Police slow to sign onto state law enforcement data system
Madison — The state has spent years and $6.4 million in federal money on a law enforcement data system that major police agencies have been slow to adopt, an audit found.
Thursday September 2, 2010 4:24PM | jsonline.com
Johnson outspends Feingold by 4 to 1
First-time GOP candidate Ron Johnson is dramatically outspending Senate Democrat Russ Feingold on television in Wisconsin, underscoring the political challenge facing Feingold in what's expected to be a dire year for his party.
Thursday September 2, 2010 4:22AM | jsonline.com
State veterans board chairwoman to step down
Madison - State Board of Veterans Affairs chairwoman Marcia Anderson is stepping down from her post on the board.
Wednesday September 1, 2010 7:24PM | jsonline.com
Politician, truck driver vie for Senate District 33 seat
The GOP contest for Senate District 33, a party stronghold, sees a longtime political figure facing off against a government novice. Two-term Assembly member Rich Zipperer says he`s ready on day one; truck driver Tim Dietrich says he`s a "true conservative."
Wednesday September 1, 2010 4:22AM | jsonline.com
GOP candidates take different approaches to bringing about change
The four men running in the Republican primary to fill the Assembly seat held by Mark Gundrum for the last 12 years have a lot in common, but also take different approaches to bringing about change.
Tuesday August 31, 2010 5:32AM | jsonline.com
Johnson slammed for accepting bonds
The chairman of the State Democratic Party accused U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson of being hypocritical for accepting industrial revenue bonds in the early 1980s as the co-owner of a plastics manufacturing company.
Tuesday August 31, 2010 4:00AM | jsonline.com
More than 18,000 likely to fall from voter lists
Election officials are likely to make about 18,000 people ineligible to vote because letters to them from the state were returned as undeliverable.
Monday August 30, 2010 7:40PM | jsonline.com
Obama to return for Labor Day event
President Obama is coming back to Milwaukee next Monday for a Labor Day speech, his third visit to southeast Wisconsin in a little over two months.
Monday August 30, 2010 5:42PM | jsonline.com
Saving millions on insurance
Madison — Two leading candidates for governor say they could save taxpayers up to hundreds of millions of dollars a year by revamping the way schools and local governments buy health insurance for more than 200,000 public employees around Wisconsin.
Monday August 30, 2010 3:12AM | jsonline.com
Firing up the campaign trail for U.S. Senate
In his recent TV ad, Ron Johnson introduces his family and says he is worried about the country. On the campaign trail, Johnson is far more apocalyptic about the state of the union, the health-care bill, spending and the national debt.
Sunday August 29, 2010 2:58AM | jsonline.com
Hot times on the age-old trail
For the two Republican candidates running for governor, August is the cruelest month. • It's hot and humid and many Wisconsin voters have checked out, on vacation, call us back after Labor Day. • And yet, Scott Walker and Mark Neumann cannot stop, cannot wait for vacations to end. There is too much on the line in a battleground state in President Barack Obama's political backyard.
Sunday August 29, 2010 2:44AM | jsonline.com
Kapanke says he repaid foundation funds
Congressional candidate and state Sen. Dan Kapanke said he used twice as much money from a charitable foundation to pay off business debts as had been reported, but he paid the money back.
Saturday August 28, 2010 5:03AM | jsonline.com
First-timers face off in 33rd Assembly District
Two real estate brokers, a college dean and a business owner will compete in the Sept. 14 Republican primary race for the 33rd Assembly District in Waukesha County.
Saturday August 28, 2010 5:00AM | jsonline.com
Candidates for No. 2 tout ability to aid Barrett
The four candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor have differing ideas about the role of the office, but are like-minded in their role as candidates: delivering gubernatorial votes for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.
Saturday August 28, 2010 4:58AM | jsonline.com
Mukwonago defends use of Indian identity
Madison — Mukwonago High School could lose its logo and team name of Indians because of a challenge that says they further discrimination and stereotyping.
Saturday August 28, 2010 2:42AM | jsonline.com
3 vying to take on Kagen
As the candidates debate how to lead the country into the future, echoes of elections past surround the Sept. 14 Republican primary in the 8th Congressional District.
Saturday August 28, 2010 2:42AM | jsonline.com
State won't oppose Wisconsin high court hearing case on campaign finance
Madison — State election officials are not fighting an attempt to have the state Supreme Court directly take a challenge to new campaign finance regulations.
Friday August 27, 2010 11:04PM | jsonline.com
State request for exemption on voting timetable fails
Madison — The U.S. Defense Department is denying Wisconsin's request for a one-time release from a new federal law protecting the rights of military and overseas voters.
Friday August 27, 2010 5:16PM | jsonline.com
Doyle budget maneuver called illegal
Madison — Gov. Jim Doyle's administration lacks the legal authority to use a $127 million accounting trick to help cover a shortfall in state health programs for the poor, the Legislature's nonpartisan budget and audit offices report.
Friday August 27, 2010 4:00AM | jsonline.com
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