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PolitiFact
April 21, 2018
Since shortly after Republican Scott Walker became governor in 2011, Democrats have claimed that he cut $1 billion or more in state funding for public schools. Now, with Walker seeking a third term, the billion-dollar attacks are back. One was made by Tony Evers, who, as state schools superintendent,Ãâà...
The Nation.
April 21, 2018
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker fought a cynical battle against democracy during the first several months of 2018, until one judge, another judge, and still another judge ordered the hyper-partisan Republican to call special elections to fill a pair of state legislative seats that went vacant late in 2017.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
April 20, 2018
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has confirmed that he's considering another run for governor. It would be Barrett's fourth governor's race, and his third time trying to take on Republican Gov. Scott Walker. "I think that it's pretty clear to anybody who looks at the political landscape — whether it's nationally or atÃâà...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
April 20, 2018
... to attend two Wisconsin events Wednesday. During the afternoon, Pence will discuss the Republican tax plan at the Wisconsin Center in an event staged by the pro-Donald Trump group America First Policies. Wednesday night, Pence will headline a previously scheduled fundraiser for Gov. Scott WalkerÃâà...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
April 20, 2018
BOSCOBEL - This is Scott Walker's 15th campaign in 28 years, and he can see which way the wind is blowing. “The wind's not at our back. It's not at our side. It is firmly in our face,” the governor said at a Lincoln Day Republican dinner last Saturday. “This election is going to be tougher than any one I haveÃâà...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
April 20, 2018
Scott Walker. State taxpayers would contribute $34 million — down from an expected $50 million — under the proposal submitted by the Walker ... The governor said it should promote more competition among insurers in less populated parts of Wisconsin by keeping their health plans in the marketplace.
PolitiFact
April 19, 2018
Two favorite boasts of Republican Scott Walker in his bid for a third term as governor are about unemployment and the number of people working in Wisconsin. He doubled down in this April 4, 2018 tweet, declaring: Our bold reforms have Wisconsin's unemployment rate down to an all-time LOW of 2.9Ãâà...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
April 18, 2018
MADISON - Starting next month, parents will be able to sign up online for a one-time $100-per-child tax rebate, under legislation signed Tuesday by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as he rolls into his re-election bid. In signing the nearly $137 million measure, the GOP governor also used his powerful veto penÃâà...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
April 10, 2018
Scott Walker is the keynote speaker for the Pewaukee Chamber of Commerce's Government Update Luncheon Tuesday, March 27, at the Milwaukee ... MADISON - Wisconsin Gov. ... The Republican governor on Tuesday signed nine pieces of legislation at stops in Wausau, River Falls and Milwaukee.
Madison.com
April 1, 2018
We froze University of Wisconsin tuition for six years in a row to make college more affordable for students and working families. And our ... Wisconsin has a larger-than-expected surplus this year, and we want to send it back to the hardworking taxpayers. One of ... Scott Walker is the governor of Wisconsin.
The Nation.
March 30, 2018
When a Dane County Circuit Court judge who was appointed by Walker ordered the governor to call the elections, Walker rejected the verdict and had his lawyers seek a delay in the judgement so that the governor's legislative henchmen could radically rewrite the state election law so that vacancies couldÃâà...
The Nation.
March 27, 2018
When a judge ordered Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to stop messing with democracy and arrange for special elections to be held for a pair of vacant state legislative seats, that should have been the end of the governor's lawless scheme to leave 229,904 people living in those districts unrepresented forÃâà...
The Nation.
March 22, 2018
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has, since late last year, refused to call special elections to fill vacant state legislative seats. Despite calls from public-interest watchdog groups and Democratic legislative leaders who charged that the Republican governor was playing politics with the process because heÃâà...
WISN Milwaukee
March 21, 2018
A part-time Menomonee Falls firefighter is facing criminal charges for a Facebook post threatening Gov. Scott Walker. Wisconsin State Capitol Police got the call March 8 reporting an alarming post on Facebook that read, "I suggest we take all our firearms to the governor's mansion and execute the parasite.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
March 21, 2018
Scott Walker a $133 million package that he had been counting on for his re-election campaign. ... Kathleen Vinehout of Alma, one of more than a dozen Democrats running for governor, called unsuccessfully for delaying the tax rebate until after the November ... These are Wisconsin issues," he said.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
March 21, 2018
The Senate vote also came five weeks after a gunman used an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle to kill 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker unveiled the school safety package last week to broad approval from his fellow Republicans who controlÃâà...
Herald Times Reporter
March 20, 2018
Ann LaForce, right, of Manitowoc stands with her sign as Governor Scott Walker makes his way to the Manitowoc County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner at the Lighthouse Inn Sunday, Mar. 18, 2018, in Two Rivers, Wis. Josh Clark/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin (Photo: Josh Clark/USA TODAYÃâà...
Wisconsin Gazette
March 12, 2018
“In trying to win a third term, Scott Walker is campaigning as if his first two terms did not exist,” said Scot Ross, director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now. For instance, Walker refused to implement Obama's 2010 health care law. He turned down $200 million of federal money for Medicaid expansion,Ãâà...
The Sheboygan Press
March 9, 2018
SHEBOYGAN – Leaders of cities along Lake Michigan said Thursday they were in “disbelief” after Wisconsin Gov. ... the cities of Port Washington, Sheboygan, Manitowoc, and Two Rivers have reacted with disbelief and disappointment to Governor Walker's action rescinding his 2014 nomination of the areaÃâà...
The Sheboygan Press
March 9, 2018
His agency instead released a brief statement to USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, saying that NOAA officials had “reviewed the letter from Governor Walker regarding the proposed Wisconsin-Lake Michigan National Marine Sanctuary and are considering next steps.” “It's definitely a step backward in theÃâà...
WGBA-TV
March 8, 2018
APPLETON, Wis. - While some Republicans nationally have called for arming teachers in the wake of the Parkland school shooting, here in Wisconsin, many state leaders are calling for other measures. Governor Scott Walker says he wants to have a school safety package in place by the time stateÃâà...
Herald Times Reporter
March 7, 2018
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will be the featured speaker at the Manitowoc County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner March 18 at Lighthouse Inn in Two Rivers. Numerous other state and local politicians have also been invited. Reservations for the dinner are due March 9. Tickets are $35 each.
PolitiFact
March 7, 2018
Scott Walker in the November 2018 election. Mahlon Mitchell, who is also president of the state firefighters union, boasted of his group's response to Walker's signature legislation in a Jan. 17, 2018 tweet: "When @ScottWalker told firefighters we didn't need to worry about Act 10, we said hell no, we standÃâà...
fox6now.com
March 7, 2018
Scott Walker traveled to a pair of companies on Tuesday, March 6, to campaign against President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on imported steel and ... The company has 5,000 Wisconsin workers, the governor said. ... Walker wasn't the only Wisconsin Republican to criticize the president's plan. HouseÃâà...
Madison.com
March 6, 2018
New Marquette poll: Scott Walker job approval back to even. The Marquette Law School Poll also asked about withdrawal from the Paris climate accord and NATO support. Poll: President Donald Trump's job approval in Wisconsin at 41 percent Ãâ÷ Poll finds Democrats unsure whom to support for governorÃâà...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
February 28, 2018
“I don't agree with the premise that the answer is putting more teachers into training to have them armed in the classroom,” Walker told reporters after addressing the state's largest business lobbying group, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce. “Most teachers aren't interested in that. We want somethingÃâà...
Politico
February 23, 2018
Wisconsin's Scott Walker, one of the nation's most militantly anti-Obamacare governors, is making strengthening the health care law a key plank of his ... infuriates Democrats who blame the two-term governor and Trump for undermining Obamacare markets and driving up premiums with their calls to scrapÃâà...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
December 31, 1999
Scott Walker on Monday signed a $100 million plan that would tighten school security but not put new limits on guns. ... The governor signed the measure two days after marchers nationally — including thousands in Madison and Milwaukee — demonstrated to demand gun control, but Walker argued thatÃâà...
The Hill
December 31, 1999
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Thursday announced a $100 million plan for the state to improve school safety in the wake of last month's shooting at a Florida high school. ... The governor said state GOP representatives support the legislation, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Walker'sÃâà...
