MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican candidate for governor Scott Walker says the state of the economy is weak. Walker made his comments in a news conference in the state Capitol just three hours before Gov. Jim Doyle was slated to ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will make his first statewide campaign tour as a Democratic candidate for governor this week. Barrett will stop at Western Technical College in La Crosse on Monday to meet with students. He’ll ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann says he has decided to put $1 million of his personal wealth into his campaign for Wisconsin governor. In a statement Friday, Neumann said his personal investment would make sure the ...

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By Sean Ryan Caution could signal weakness as Milwaukee tries to drum up more money for road projects. The city is preparing to put into action Alderman Jim Bohl’s proposal to use tax-incremental financing to pay for street construction. Under ...

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Those familiar with the term “carpe diem” know that it’s Latin for “seize the day.” It’s time we twist that phrase and instead seize the carp — the huge Asian carp threatening to pillage the Great Lakes ecosystem. Asian carp ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says he raised more than $750,000 in the final weeks of 2009 after announcing in November he was running for governor. The Democrat told supporters he now has $1.5 million in the ...

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Saying he would hold himself to just two terms in office if elected governor, Republican Mark Neumann on Monday came out in support of limiting all state lawmakers and constitutional ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is running for governor. Barrett made the announcement official on Sunday in front of his home in Milwaukee. He says he deferred his decision until he was sufficiently recovered from the attack ...

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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 ...

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The Milwaukee Common Council on Friday will meet to approve the 2010 city budget. Aldermen will review their version of the budget, which as been hammered out over the past month based on the budget Mayor Tom Barrett proposed in ...

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