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The ongoing John Doe probe into alleged illegal activities concerning Gov. Scott Walker’s recall election campaign is nothing if not complicated.
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GOP has edge in fall elections
Sometimes it seems the predictive tools used in elections have become so powerful that actual voting is superfluous: The pollsters and pundits can look at the data and declare the winners in advance.
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Read More »Senator takes his leave, shaking his head
Sen. Dale Schultz, R- Richland Center, recently told a story he heard about a recent meeting of Republicans in the state’s 6th congressional district.
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Read More »Big money backfires in local races
One day before the U.S. Supreme Court opened new spigots of campaign cash, well-backed groups seeking to sway elections in two northern Wisconsin counties, Polk and Iron, inadvertently drove home another point: Throwing money into the process can hurt as well as help.
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Read More »Lobbyist bill draws sharp reactions
It’s sometimes said that a legislative outcome criticized by opposing sides has struck the perfect balance. By that standard, Senate Bill 655 is a triumph.
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Read More »Titans clash, workers’ comp changes die
It has the makings of a Greek tragedy in which the flawed protagonist unwittingly becomes the agent of unanticipated disaster.
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Read More »State needs openness advocates
Careful readers may have noticed that while many papers carry this column on their opinion pages, it is not an especially opinionated column.
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Read More »COMMENTARY: Locals lose their tower power
The 50-acre lot in the town of Rutland, in rural Dane County, was the perfect piece of land for their dream home.
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Read More »COMMENTARY: Redistricting isn’t going away
Few legislative causes have drawn as much interest and as little momentum as redistricting, the drawing of new voter boundaries after each 10-year census.
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Read More »COMMENTARY: Reports track campaign cash, lobbying
Disclosure reports for Wisconsin campaign finance and lobby activity, which were due Jan. 31, contain a wealth of information, only a smidgen of which has garnered media attention.
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