Penalties Against Democratic Wis. Senators Undone
Wisconsin's Democratic state senators will have votes they cast in committee counted and other penalties imposed against them will be rescinded after they returned to the state on Saturday.
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Wisconsin's Democratic state senators will have votes they cast in committee counted and other penalties imposed against them will be rescinded after they returned to the state on Saturday.
A proposal from Minnesota Republicans for a series of income tax cuts drew a rebuke Monday from Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton, who cast it as a giveaway for those with the biggest salaries.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker succeeded Friday in taking away nearly all collective bargaining rights from the vast majority of the state's public employees, quietly capping weeks of contentious debate and delivering an epic defeat to the labor movement with a private bill signing.
The chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party says donations are flooding in following the abrupt passage of a bill taking away most collective bargaining rights from public workers.
The Wisconsin Senate succeeded in voting Wednesday to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers, after Republicans discovered a way to bypass the chamber's missing Democrats and approve an explosive proposal that has rocked the state and unions nationwide.
In a virtual replay of 2008, Florida is bucking national Democrats and Republicans in planning an early presidential primary, an act of defiance that creates strategic challenges for GOP candidates and could unravel the parties' primary calendar next year.
Gov. Scott Walker's office has released e-mails showing discussions top members of his staff had with Senate Democrats in Illinois about possible changes to a bill taking away collective bargaining rights from public workers.
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin has filed an ethics complaint against Gov. Scott Walker for statements made during a recorded prank phone call.
Wisconsin Democrats who fled the state nearly three weeks ago asked Monday for a meeting with Gov. Scott Walker to talk about changes to his plan to eliminate most public workers' union rights, a request the governor dismissed as "ridiculous."
A Democratic lawmaker tackled by police as he tried to enter the Wisconsin state Capitol when it was under lockdown said Friday both he and the officer who took him to the ground were acting too aggressively.
Republicans in Wisconsin want Democrats on-the-run brought back to Madison by state troopers, but there's a problem -- they haven't broken any laws.
Staff members of the 14 Wisconsin Senate Democrats who skipped town 11 days ago rather than vote on an anti-union bill will now have to get their pay authorized by the Republican leader.
A national forum for governors has Minnesota's Mark Dayton headed to Washington.
Democrats kept the Wisconsin Assembly up overnight with a droning filibuster in another desperate attempt to block the Republican governor's bold plan to strip public sector workers of nearly all of their bargaining rights.
Religious leaders in Illinois and Wisconsin are offering sanctuary to Wisconsin Democrats as they boycott a vote on a Republican bill that would strip public workers of nearly all their collective bargaining rights.
Republicans captured the Minnesota Senate last election despite being considerably outspent by then-majority Democrats.
Wealthy candidates and a competitive primary made Democrats the big spenders in a Minnesota governor's race that the party won for the first time in two decades.
Northeastern Minnesota Democrats meet in Hibbing Saturday to back a candidate in a special election for a state House seat.
Former Senate Majority Leader John Hottinger is once again free to practice law, following his suspension for misusing money from a client's lawsuit settlement.
The once-a-decade fight over Minnesota's political map has made its way into federal court.
Mark Dayton, who became Minnesota's first Democratic governor in two decades Monday, pressed Republican lawmakers to avoid "paralyzing gridlock" as they jointly confront a monumental budget challenge with starkly different ideas for tackling it.
Wisconsin's Democratic Party says Republicans taking over control of the Legislature and governor's office are trying to extinguish Wisconsin's way of life.
There was a tinge of apprehension behind some of the smiles at the ribbon-cutting for the Liberty Lodge. And underneath the updates about a new public swimming pool and potential bus service, there was an unspoken uncertainty among some at the local chamber luncheon.
Two Minnesota icons will share the stage when humorist and author Garrison Keillor welcomes former Vice President Walter Mondale to the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.
