Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Politics
- Four face off in GOP primary for 83rd Assembly District
Sunday - 07/31/2016 - 04:18 PMMadison — Four Republicans are running to replace Rep. David Craig (R-Big Bend) in the 83rd Assembly District.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Russ Feingold faces primary in newcomer Scott Harbach
Saturday - 07/30/2016 - 06:14 PMFor more than a year, Feingold has aggressively campaigned against Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson in a pivotal contest. But before the formal rematch, he must win an Aug. 9 primary.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Problems found at Zablocki VA weeks before overdose death
Friday - 07/29/2016 - 05:54 PMInvestigators entered the treatment center without being stopped, noted it was unlikely staff was making regular rounds and learned two patients had alcohol in their rooms.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In acceptance speech, Clinton to call election 'moment of reckoning'
Thursday - 07/28/2016 - 10:03 PMMaking history as the first female major party nominee for president, Hillary Clinton plans to argue Thursday that America faces "a moment of reckoning" over the economy, terrorism, national unity, and the candidacy of Republican opponent Donald Trump.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Post reporter barred from Pence event, patted down by deputies
Thursday - 07/28/2016 - 09:10 AMAt Mike Pence’s first public event as the Republican vice-presidential candidate, a Washington Post reporter was barred from entering the venue and was patted down by Waukesha County deputies.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VP candidate Tim Kaine touts Clinton, blasts Trump
Wednesday - 07/27/2016 - 10:54 PMThe Virginia senator excoriated the Republican nominee as a con artist while hailing Clinton as “battle-tested...rock-solid, up for anything, never backing down.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump to Russia: Uncover, release deleted Clinton emails
Wednesday - 07/27/2016 - 01:35 PMThe Republican presidential nominee said that the missing emails from Clinton’s private email server would reveal “some beauties” and made an extraordinary plea for a foreign power to locate them.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Maria Hamilton, other moms speak of support from Clinton
Wednesday - 07/27/2016 - 12:09 AMWith mothers of police violence victims on the stage and anti-gun protesters in the streets, Democrats gave gun control and efforts to curb police violence a starring role at their convention on Tuesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Transgender researcher sues state for reassignment surgery
Tuesday - 07/26/2016 - 02:52 PMThe American Civil Liberties Union filed the complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of Shannon Andrews, who works at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wisconsin delegate goes on hunger strike for Bernie Sanders
Monday - 07/25/2016 - 05:02 PMJohn Stanley, a delegate from the 2nd Congressional District, has been on a hunger-strike for the past eight days and won’t eat until Bernie Sanders is the Democratic nominee.
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- Scott Walker wants to green-light east-west I-94 project
Saturday - 07/30/2016 - 11:10 PMIn a May 13 letter, the GOP governor told the Federal Highway Administration that he wants to proceed with a $850 million project to widen the stretch from six to eight lanes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - John Chisholm faces off with Democratic challenger Verona Swanigan
Saturday - 07/30/2016 - 06:18 PMSome argue it’s really a contest between the DA and Eric O’Keefe, who has led attacks against Chisholm for the now-derailed John Doe probe into Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Three Republicans vie to succeed Reid Ribble in House
Friday - 07/29/2016 - 11:31 AMThe GOP candidates seeking to represent northeastern Wisconsin in Congress are jockeying for the title of being most outside the Washington, D.C., establishment.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State Patrol chief Stephen Fitzgerald retiring
Thursday - 07/28/2016 - 07:04 PMMadison— State Patrol Superintendent Stephen Fitzgerald is retiring on Aug. 5, leaving the Fitzgerald family with just one of its members in a major state office.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obama: 'There has never been a man or a woman more qualified' than Clinton
Wednesday - 07/27/2016 - 11:58 PMPresident Obama endorsed Hillary Clinton as the woman to finish the job he started eight years ago, calling on Americans to "to reject cynicism, reject fear" and to elect Clinton to "show the world we still believe in the promise of this great nation."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mike Pence tells Waukesha Republicans Donald Trump is on their side
Wednesday - 07/27/2016 - 09:17 PMThe GOP vice presidential nominee’s appearance at the Waukesha County Exposition Center came in the wake of Trump’s controversial remarks urging Russia to find Hillary Clinton’s missing emails.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former park chief hits DNR on planned Kohler golf course
Wednesday - 07/27/2016 - 07:00 AMThe former superintendent of Kohler-Andrae State Park criticized a state environmental impact statement, saying the analysis was “incomplete (and) lacks scientific study.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Clinton wins historic nomination — with a boost from Sanders
Tuesday - 07/26/2016 - 10:29 PMBreaking a historic barrier, Hillary Clinton triumphantly captured the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday night, the first woman ever to lead a major political party in the race for the White House.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Convention opens with discord as Sanders backers shun Clinton
Monday - 07/25/2016 - 07:37 PMWhen Bernie Sanders told his delegates Monday that, “We have got to elect Hillary Clinton,” the explosion of boos erased any pretense of unity.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ron Kind faces challenge in August Democratic primary Ron Kind faces challenge in August Democratic
Sunday - 07/24/2016 - 08:40 PMRetired Eau Claire high school teacher Myron Buchholz hopes he can upset Kind by winning supporters of Bernie Sanders in the heavily Democratic 3rd Congressional District. Retired Eau Claire high school teacher Myron Buchholz hopes he can upset Kind by winning supporters of Bernie Sanders in the heavily Democratic 3rd Congressional District.
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- Democratic candidates flock to Milwaukee-area legislative races
Sunday - 07/31/2016 - 02:55 PMMany of the candidates hope to appeal to voters by painting themselves as more progressive and outspoken than their opponents, including several Democratic incumbents.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Brad Schimel's spokesman also campaign official
Friday - 07/29/2016 - 04:53 PMThere is nothing illegal about the attorney general’s setup, but it departs from typical practices, where separate people work for officials’ state offices and their campaigns
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge strikes down voter ID, early voting laws
Friday - 07/29/2016 - 06:15 PMThe sweeping decision shakes up how the November election will be conducted and could quickly be appealed.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Family seeks answers in Army vet's overdose death
Thursday - 07/28/2016 - 06:37 PMCole Schuler, a 26-year-old former U.S. Army Ranger, died at the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Center in Milwaukee, where he was being treated for an opioid addiction.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Washington Post reporter barred from, patted down at Pence event
Thursday - 07/28/2016 - 12:34 AMA Washington Post political reporter was barred from attending and patted down by police at Republican vice presidential nominee Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's campaign stop in Waukesha Wednesday night, the Post reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Johnson seeks information after Zablocki VA overdose death
Wednesday - 07/27/2016 - 03:38 PMThe Republican senator to the Department of Veterans Affairs requesting information on alleged security problems at the inpatient drug rehabilitation unit of the VA center in Milwaukee.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wisconsin faces nearly $1 billion shortfall on roads
Wednesday - 07/27/2016 - 11:45 AMLawmakers would need another $939 million over two years to match what they approved in the last state budget, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Baldwin touts manufacturing, Packers at Dem convention
Tuesday - 07/26/2016 - 09:51 PMIn announcing Wisconsin’s votes during Tuesday night's convention roll call, she said: “Wisconsin is a state where workers still make things, from ships, tools, and paper to cheese, brats, and beer.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - GOP nominee Mike Pence reportedly coming to Waukesha
Monday - 07/25/2016 - 09:04 PMDonald Trump's running mate Mike Pence is expected to make his first solo campaign stop as the Republican vice presidential nominee in southeast Wisconsin on Wednesday night.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hillary Clinton's nomination to break long-standing barrier
Saturday - 07/23/2016 - 08:55 PMWhile some women disagree with Clinton on policy, and many millennials backed rival Bernie Sanders, there is a broad sense of pride in seeing the milestone passed — 96 years after women were granted the right to vote.
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