Welcome to Trending Topics, a (mostly) daily feature that will glance at the top news items and opinions of the day. It seems like only a couple weeks ago Wisconsin lawmakers were bickering in dramatic fashion over whether to approve ...

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Ian Olson didn’t vote for Gov. Scott Walker in November. He also wasn’t particularly passionate about the gubernatorial race between Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. Then Walker won, his agenda began to unfold, and Olson said he decided it ...

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Wisconsin might be open for business, but the state Capitol on early Monday afternoon was closed to the public. Only people who reserved tickets for Gov. Scott Walker’s inauguration ceremony were granted access into the usually wide-open building. The high-security ...

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As Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker takes the oath of office Monday, we’re doing some inaugurating of our own: a new blog. Welcome to Capitolisms. In this blog, I’ll post news and analysis from Madison – much of it centered on ...

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To interview for the job I have now, I boarded an Amtrak a few blocks from my suburban Detroit home and rode to Chicago and then Milwaukee. I would have continued the trip to Madison, since that's where my job was to be based, but, well, you know. Passenger rail doesn't run from Milwaukee to Madison.

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