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Wisconsin faces change after GOP sweep

Published: November 3, 2010
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican wave that swept the nation in Tuesday’s midterm election was particularly deep in Wisconsin, bringing into office conservatives who want to make dramatic changes in the state’s style of government. Republicans won the governor’s office, took both houses of the Legislature, captured the U.S. Senate [...]

Doyle, Lawton both gone: So who’s the governor?

Published: March 19, 2010
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle and Lt. Gov. Barb Lawton are both out of the state this week, begging the question: Who’s in charge? Doyle departed for a 10-day trade mission to Italy and Tunisia on Wednesday but didn’t bother telling Lawton he was leaving. She found [...]