Category: Wisconsin

With Three Weeks to Recall, Walker Leads in Wisconsin

A new Marquette Law School Poll in Wisconsin shows that with three weeks to go until the recall election Gov. Scott Walker (R) has taken a six point lead over Tom Barrett (D), 50% to 44%, among likely voters. Three weeks ago, Walker’s lead was just one point. Said pollster Charles Franklin: “While both parties show unusual… Continue reading With Three Weeks to Recall, Walker Leads in Wisconsin

Scott Walker Quietly Signs Bill To Repeal Equal Pay For Women in Wisconsin

The 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act was meant to deter employers from discriminating against certain groups by giving workers more avenues via which to press charges. Among other provisions, it allows individuals to plead their cases in the less costly, more accessible state circuit court system, rather than just in federal court. In November, the state Senate approved SB 202,… Continue reading Scott Walker Quietly Signs Bill To Repeal Equal Pay For Women in Wisconsin

Court Strikes Down Part of Scott Walker’s Anti Union Law

The Huffington Post reports: Just over a year after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed a measure taking away most collective bargaining rights for public workers, labor unions scored a victory as a federal court struck down portions of the law. The court ruled that the state cannot prevent public sector unions from automatically deducting… Continue reading Court Strikes Down Part of Scott Walker’s Anti Union Law

Scott Walker “Looks Forward” To Defending His Non-Existent Accomplishments

The efforts to recall Wisconsin’s Union busting Republican governor Scott Walker is in full swing, with organizers saying last week that they already collected over 300,000 signatures in the first 12 days since starting the recall process. A total of 540,200 signatures are needed by January 17th to force the recall election in the spring… Continue reading Scott Walker “Looks Forward” To Defending His Non-Existent Accomplishments

Wisconsin Loses More Workers Because Of Scott Walker’s Policies

Remember when Scott Walker promised that the only way to get Wisconsin working again was to take collective bargaining away from public employees? Well apparently, even that was a lie, as Wisconsin isn’t working, they’re loosing jobs and Walker’s policies are to blame. The Associated Press reports; MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s statewide teachers union is… Continue reading Wisconsin Loses More Workers Because Of Scott Walker’s Policies

Republicans Stole The Wisconsin Recall Elections… Again!

Election night in Wisconsin, and the big story is not that Democrats won two of the six senate seats held by Republicans. Yes, that in itself is an amazing achievement. All the elections were held in historically Republican controlled counties, and throughout the 80 plus years recall elections were held in the state, only 20… Continue reading Republicans Stole The Wisconsin Recall Elections… Again!

Democrats Win First Recall Effort In Wisconsin

In the first recall election in Wisconsin, a Democratic Senator manhandled his Republican opponent, convincingly defeating the sorry sap by a 2 to 1 ratio. With 65% of the polls reporting, the Associated Press called the election for Senator Dave Hansen, Democratic Senator for Green Bay. “Scott Walker and his cronies pulled out all the… Continue reading Democrats Win First Recall Effort In Wisconsin

Wisconsin’s Governor Scott Walker Admits He Made A Mistake

Scott Walker and his Republican goons instituted some of the most radical right winged policies Wisconsin has ever seen, but what caused the Republican governor to admit he made a mistake was not the policies themselves – policies that caused hundreds of thousands to protests on a daily basis and to takeover the assembly house… Continue reading Wisconsin’s Governor Scott Walker Admits He Made A Mistake

Scott Walker – Cutting From The Poor Makes Them Better

How do you guarantee that public schools in your state provide a better education? Well you cut $800 million in funding, that’s how. That’s what governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin just did. Of the bill that the Republican governor signed into law on Sunday, Walker says that the cuts would, “allow us to put more… Continue reading Scott Walker – Cutting From The Poor Makes Them Better

Wisconsin Republican Put 6 Impersonators In Recall Elections

And so the games in Wisconsin continue. It’s amazing that elected officials are allowed to act so immature, but these days in politics, this seems to be the norm. Weeks after secret meetings where Republicans were trying to come up with ways to negatively affect the recall elections, they are now acting on what was… Continue reading Wisconsin Republican Put 6 Impersonators In Recall Elections

Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Scott Walker

The victory in the lower court was short-lived. Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Scott Walker’s union busting bill did not break any laws, in essence, voiding a previous ruling by a lower court. The ruling claims; The court ruled that Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi’s ruling, which had held up implementation of… Continue reading Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Scott Walker