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Bill is in- Walker tax cuts cost Wisconsin nearly $500 million

I want to give props to John Peterson at Democurmudgeon for tipping me off to this claim, which follows this week's release of slightly higher-than-projected revenues for the state of Wisconsin in...

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Wisconsin poll shows Walker, GOP hated by women, young, and educated

You may remember last week's Marquette Law School Poll, which was the first large-scale poll of Wisconsin voters that had been released to the public over the last 3 months. The big headlines came from...

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Walker's WEDC disaster continues, with layoffs after tax write-offs

We got a reminder today of how the failures of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) continues to waste taxpayer dollars by giving away funds to companies that not only go back on their...

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$880 million paid by taxpayers in K-12 privatization under Walker/WisGOP

Many public schools in Wisconsin had their first day of classes today- the first school year under the new statewide voucher expansion plan, which allows for state aids from any public school district...

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Scott Walker stiffs security on OT, then cuts their pay!

Even before the last week, there were concerns in Wisconsin over Scott Walker’s heavy bills for security as he travels around the country. The amount of money that Wisconsin taxpayers were paying for...

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Wisconsin GOP wants to bankrupt schools, local govt, and blame pensions

On this Labor Day, there is a looming bill which offers more proof that Scott Walker's union-busting Act 10 was merely one piece of a much larger agenda. There bill is intended to further hamper the...

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Wisconsin GOP still trying to gut open records, Walker's office involved

What, you thought the crooks in the Wisconsin GOP would actually learn a lesson from that open records debacle over the 4th of July weekend, did you? What a silly thought., Less than three weeks after...

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Walker's "havoc" leads to dangerous shortages, high costs in Wis prisons

Sometimes in a small-town newspaper comes a big-time story. We saw this today in an in-depth and shocking article by Jonathan Stefonek in the Portage (Wis.) Daily Register, where the city's two...

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Scott Walker's WEDC ducks outsourcing question, hands out $21 million

The Wisconsin press is relaying a "major jobs announcement" for a future project in the state, this time from publisher Quad Graphics in Sussex, but forgive me for not breaking out the party hats on...

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Scott Walker flunks CNN interview...and basic math!

With our Guv plummeting at 2% in the polls, he'll take any air time he can, which is why he landed on Jake Tapper's show on CNN on Sunday trying to give his "I was persecuted by left-wingers/unions...

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Sleazy Walker megadonor says WEDC slush fund will "pay enormous dividends"

Saturday’s Wisconsin State Journal featured an editorial by “business owner” and former Mayor of Columbus, Wisconsin,  Michael Eisenga, who took time out to talk up the scandal-plagued Wisconsin...

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Back in Wisconsin, Scott Walker's cronyism as expensive, blatant as ever

This came out last weekend, so maybe you didn't see all of this, but there was yet another story with insight into the systematic corruption and sketchiness that has become part and parcel of any Scott...

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Walker campaign implosion showcases Wisconsin media's failures

Now that it's been a few days since Scott Walker became Gov Dropout again and quit the 2016 presidential campaign, let's go back and take a look at how this surprising development came to be.  First,...

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Wisconsin GOPs, Kochs try to get more power with "civil service" bill

As Republicans try to fast track this civil service “reform” bill through the State Legislature, let’s take a look at the actual proposal, and put some details behind all the hype.The headline...

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Wisconsin Politi-"fact" lies for Walker gutting civil service

Those of you from outside Wisconsin may ask "How could so many people in the state not know what a dishonest dimwit Scott Walker was?" Well, let me show you to an example why this guy was able to slip...

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Gutting Wisconsin's civil service puts GOP corruption, cronyism on steroids

With Tuesday's public hearing on the civil service eradication "reform" bill looming, and with Friday's passing of AFSCME president Marty Beil, let me take you back to something I wrote less than one...

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Wisconsin GOP says you have no right to know who's buying them off

There are a number of measures making their way through the Wisconsin GOP-controlled State Legislature intended to give advantages to big-money donors by increasing campaign contribution limits,...

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Wisconsin poll shows Walker fail, and possible Bernie strength?

The biannual Wisconsin Public Radio poll from St. Norbert College came out yesterday. While I’m a bit skeptical of this poll’s history, due to its relatively low response numbers and jumpy numbers in...

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Wis elections dir lays smack down on WisGOP Senator/ALEC Chair

A couple of weeks back, General Accountability Board Director Kevin Kennedy testified in a public hearing on the WisGOP Legislature's bill designed to destroy the state's election oversight agency....

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University of Wisconsin, Badger sports do not go better with Koch

I’m heading out to watch my alma mater play some football tomorrow, and I am dreading the fact that this will inevitably come up and momentarily spoil my gameday experience. The Wisconsin Badgers’ Oct....

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