Former Democratic leader Shilling takes lobbying job

June 1, 2020 12:31 pm Leave a comment

Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, speaks at the State Capitol in Madison, Wisc. Republican Dan Kapanke is vying to retake the state Senate seat he lost to Shilling, who has become a rising star of her party since ousting him in the 2011 recall election. Both candidates are focused on transportation issues, but they have differing views on the health of Wisconsin under Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s leadership. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Jennifer Shilling, the former Democratic minority leader of the Wisconsin Senate, will next work as a lobbyist for Dairyland Power Cooperative, the La Crosse-based utility announced Monday.

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Democrats’ Senate hopes rest on farmer, guide, spokeswoman

September 24, 2018 10:03 am Leave a comment

Wisconsin state Sen. Howard Marklein sits in the Senate chambers in Madison in November 2017. Marklein, a Republican, is running against the Democrat Kriss Marion this November to retain his seat representing Wisconsin's 17th Senate District. (Michelle Stocker/The Capital Times via AP)

Tattooed in blue ink around Kriss Marion's right wrist is the Biblical phrase "Be quick to listen."

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Senate leaders talk about Kimberly Clark incentives

August 9, 2018 12:30 pm Leave a comment

The Democratic and Republican leaders of the Wisconsin Senate are talking about a tax-incentive package that could keep open a pair of Kimberly-Clark Corp. plants in northeast Wisconsin.

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Republicans tout fundraising edge as midterm elections near

July 20, 2018 9:41 am Leave a comment

There’s a big governor’s race, and a nationally important U.S. Senate race this fall.

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Foxconn plans to open offices, laboratory in Eau Claire

July 16, 2018 11:01 am Leave a comment

Foxconn Technology Group plans to open a new laboratory and offices in west-central Wisconsin.

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Mitchell banks another union endorsement

May 17, 2018 11:12 am 1 Comment

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mahlon Mitchell addresses high school seniors at his alma mater, Delavan-Darien High School, in Delavan in March. Mitchell, head of a state firefighters union, won the endorsement of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO on Thursday. He is one of nine top-tier Democrats running in the Aug. 14 primary. (Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP, File)

Mahlon Mitchell, a Democratic candidate for governor, scored a big union endorsement on Thursday, while another hopeful closed the door on dropping out of the race to seek re-election to her current office.

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Foxconn incentives cost more than other Wisconsin job deals

February 5, 2018 2:34 pm Leave a comment

Luring a new Foxconn factory will cost Wisconsin more than eight times as much for each job as other job-creation deals in the past year, according to a newspaper analysis.

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Juveniles no longer to be held at troubled Wisconsin prison

January 4, 2018 1:23 pm Leave a comment

FILE - This Dec. 10, 2015, aerial file photo, shows Lincoln Hills juvenile prison in Irma, Wis. Gov. Scott Walker announced Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, that juveniles will no longer be housed at the Wisconsin youth prison that's been under federal investigation and the subject of multiple lawsuits alleging inmate abuse. Walker said the Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake prisons will be changed into medium security adult prisons. The state will instead open five regional juvenile prisons across the state. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, File)/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Juveniles will no longer be housed at a Wisconsin youth prison that's been under federal investigation and the subject of multiple lawsuits alleging inmate abuse, Gov. Scott Walker announced on Thursday.

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Attorneys: Parts of Foxconn law could be unconstitutional (UPDATE)

September 20, 2017 11:21 am Leave a comment

Nonpartisan attorneys for the Wisconsin Legislature say parts of a newly signed law speeding up legal appeals related to the Foxconn Technology Group's factory could be unconstitutional.

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Shilling says Republicans ‘own’ roads problem (UPDATE)

December 7, 2016 2:51 pm Leave a comment

The top state Senate Democrat said Wednesday that Republicans in control of state government "own" the problem of coming up with a way to pay for improving Wisconsin's roads.

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