Esme's Blog: The Stakes in The Wisconsin Recall
Tuesday's recall election in Wisconsin is being referred to as an indicator of what might happen in the Presidential race in November. Some pundits see it as organized labor's ultimate stand.
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Tuesday's recall election in Wisconsin is being referred to as an indicator of what might happen in the Presidential race in November. Some pundits see it as organized labor's ultimate stand.
Federal officials have designated three Minnesota trails national recreation trails.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker has raised more than $30 million since he took office, including a remarkable $5.8 million in the last five weeks reported to Wisconsin regulators Tuesday.
Wisconsin traditionally elects its governor and lieutenant governor as a pair, but a quirk in next week's recall elections will give voters the chance to elect a Democrat for one office and a Republican for the other — a scenario that could spark a power struggle whenever the top executive leaves the state.
In just ten days, Wisconsin voters will decide if Governor Scott Walker stays in office or is replaced.
Wisconsin elections officials are reminding voters that posting photos of completed ballots on Facebook or Twitter is illegal — but high-ranking members of both political parties apparently missed the memo.
Gov. Scott Walker and his recall challenger, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, traded jabs Thursday over a media report that questions whether Milwaukee police misrepresented crime statistics.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker released better 2011 jobs figures on Wednesday in an attempt to rebuff a central argument of those trying to recall him from office that Wisconsin's economy has suffered under his leadership.
The Democrats' hope for ousting Scott Walker is a low-key, well-liked Milwaukee mayor whose last brush with fame came when he interceded in a fight outside the Wisconsin State Fair and got badly beaten with a tire iron.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker has easily defeated token opposition in a GOP primary in a recall election that has become a nationally watched battle over union rights.
Carousel Consignments looks like your normal knick-knack store. It's got everything from furniture to CDs. But lately it's become something more — another battleground as Wisconsin lurches toward this spring's recall elections.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has raised more than $13 million in three months for a recall election, a jaw-dropping feat that easily shattered the fundraising record he set last year.
Gov. Scott Walker says policies enacted since he took office last year have saved the state more than $1 billion.
A tracker of campaign advertising says Republican Gov. Scott Walker is only running attack ads against Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and not his rival Kathleen Falk.
Gov. Scott Walker has signed a pair of Republican bills requiring doctors to consult privately with women seeking abortions and blocking abortion coverage through health care exchanges.
Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that requires schools that teach sex education to stress abstinence as the only reliable way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
Gov.Scott Walker was elected just over a year ago, and now he could be just the third sitting governor in the history of the U.S. to be thrown out of office in the middle of his term.
First-term Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he's looking forward to making his argument on why he should keep his job.
About the only thing Kevin Flynn enjoys more than drinking his home-brewed beer is sharing it with fellow beer club members at festivals and tasting competitions.
Wisconsin lawmakers on Thursday passed a closely watched bill that would make crucial changes to how home-brew enthusiasts around the state share their suds.
Wisconsin election officials say recall organizers turned in nearly 843,000 signatures against Republican Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch.
Thousands of people are rallying at the Wisconsin Capitol to mark the one-year anniversary of the Legislature passing a measure that stripped most public union workers of their collective bargaining rights.
Wisconsin election officials say Democrats have turned in enough valid signatures to force four Republican state senators into recall elections.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker won't challenge any of the 1 million petition signatures seeking his recall from office because his campaign staff didn't have enough time to scrutinize them all, a top aide said Monday.
Four Republican Wisconsin state senators targeted by recall efforts will fail to successfully challenge enough petition signatures to stave off elections, a Democrat organizing efforts to replace them predicted Friday.
