Madison businessman considering governor’s run (4:32 p.m. 10/29/09)

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

Published: March 19, 2010
Tags: Doyle, governor, La Follette, Lawton

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 [...]

Davis formally declares run for Wis. lt. gov (11:34 a.m. 2/22/10)

Published: February 22, 2010
Tags: Davis, Lawton, lieutenant governor, Sanders

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Brett Davis has formally declared his candidacy for lieutenant governor. Davis, of Oregon, is finishing his third term as a state representative. He said he wants to transform the lieutenant governor position into a taxpayer advocate. He said he’ll propose nearly $40 million in government spending cuts his first year [...]

Republican Kleefisch running for lieutenant governor (10:19 a.m. 1/19/10)

Published: January 19, 2010
Tags: Collins, Davis, Kleefisch, Lawton, lieutenant governor, Ross

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Rebecca Kleefisch, the wife of state Rep. Joel Kleefisch, is running for lieutenant governor. Kleefisch announced her candidacy on Tuesday. She joins three other Republicans who previously announced, including state Rep. Brett Davis of Oregon, Superior Mayor Dave Ross and Lake Geneva businessman Ben Collins. Kleefisch is a former television [...]

Coggs enters lieutenant governor’s race (9:29 a.m. 12/22/09)

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic state senator from Milwaukee is running for lieutenant governor. State. Sen. Spencer Coggs announced Tuesday that he will run for the position next year. Current Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton is not seeking a third term. The 60-year-old Coggs served 20 years in the state Assembly before joining the Senate [...]

Battle brewing over phosphorous rules (UPDATE)

Published: November 27, 2009
Tags: Baumann, Bureau of Watershed Management, DNR, EPA, Lawton, Lyon, Midwest Environmental Advocates, Municipal Environmental Group, phosphorous, Rice Lake Utilities, Thom, U.S. Environmental Protection, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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By Sean Ryan Environmental groups can expect a fight if they follow through with their threat to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to encourage new rules regulating phosphorous levels in water. Seven environmental organizations are trying to get the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources or EPA to mandate limits on the amount of phosphorous [...]

Environmental groups push for phosphorous rules

Published: November 24, 2009
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Lawton, phosphorous, Thom, wastewater

By Sean Ryan Public wastewater utilities argue they cannot afford projects to satisfy new phosphorous rules for water quality that environmental groups are demanding. Seven environmental groups on Monday told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that they plan to sue the agency to force the EPA and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to approve new [...]

Businessman will run for Wisconsin lieutenant governor (4:57 p.m. 11/10/09)

Published: November 10, 2009
Tags: Aptus Technologies, Collins, Davis, Lawton, lieutenant governor, Ross, Schneider, Zielinski

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Lake Geneva businessman says he will run for lieutenant governor. Republican Ben Collins says he has founded a defense technology company called Aptus Technologies, Inc., in Lake Geneva. He says he served three tours in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army. He says he’ll focus on creating jobs if he wins [...]

Barrett says governor’s race decision coming (2:20 p.m. 11/10/09)

Published: November 10, 2009
Tags: Barrett, Conroy, democrat, Doyle, governor, Lawton

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett told WTMJ Radio in Milwaukee that he will make a decision on whether to enter the governor’s race as a Democrat by the end of the week. The radio station says in a story on its Web site that Barrett made the comments Tuesday during an interview. [...]