Walker to lead effort for balanced budget amendment

March 18, 2019 12:50 pm Leave a comment

Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will be leading the national effort to call a convention to approve a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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Foxconn again shifts Wisconsin plan after Trump intervenes

February 1, 2019 1:26 pm 1 Comment

President Donald Trump takes a tour of Foxconn's Mount Pleasant site on June 28 with the Foxconn chairman, Terry Gou, right, and the CEO of SoftBank Masayoshi Son. After talking to Trump earlier this week, Foxconn officials said Friday they were returning to their plans to build a factory for the manufacture of liquid-crystal-display screens in southeast Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Foxconn Technology Group said Friday that, after speaking directly to President Donald Trump, it is now proceeding with plans to build a plant in Wisconsin to make liquid-crystal-display screens that can be used for small electronic devices.

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Will Evers still have plenty of power?

December 12, 2018 3:41 pm Leave a comment

Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers meets Gov. Scott Walker during a debate in October. Walker said this week he was considering at least a partial veto of the bills coming out of the lame-duck session. (Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is defending lame-duck legislation that sparked protests in the state's Capitol because it would trim some of his successor's powers.

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Walker says Wisconsin governor powers will remain strong

December 11, 2018 10:49 am Leave a comment

Gov. Scott Walker says the powers of his Democratic replacement will remain among the strongest of any governor in the country, even if he signs bills passed in a lame-duck session.

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EDITORIAL: With Evers’ victory, lawmakers have rare opportunity for compromise

November 9, 2018 10:15 am Leave a comment

Governor-elect Tony Evers, left, and Lt. Governor-elect Mandela Barnes, right, with pillows found on the tour of the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County. State Rep-elect Shelia Stubbs (D-Madison) is right. On Wednesday Nov. 7, 2018 Governor-elect Tony Evers, and Lt. Governor elect Mandela Barnes took a tour of the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County in Madison, Wis. (Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

With their dream of booting Gov. Scott Walker from office finally realized, Wisconsin unions are no doubt yearning to check off some items from a long-held to-do list.

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Bernie Sanders Milwaukee event kicks off week of big rallies (UPDATE)

October 22, 2018 9:38 am Leave a comment

The former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders urged college students and other supporters onMonday at an early-voting rally on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus to throw Republican Gov. Scott Walker out of office and re-elect Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin.

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Komatsu building $285M headquarters in Milwaukee’s Harbor District

September 27, 2018 10:20 am 1 Comment

Komatsu Mining Corp. announced plans on Thursday to build a $285 headquarters building in Milwaukee’s Harbor District.

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Walker: No need to spend more on widening highways

September 4, 2018 4:22 pm Leave a comment

Gov. Scott Walker says the state should focus on fixing and maintaining its current transportation infrastructure instead of spending more on widening highways.

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IBEW chapter backs Evers for governor

August 20, 2018 12:23 pm 1 Comment

Wisconsin state Superintendent Tony Evers speaks on Tuesday about his lifetime of experience in education, and his three statewide victories as a leader of Wisconsin schools, as he prepares to challenge Republican Gov. Scott Walker in Madison. Evers officially began his campaign on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Democrat Tony Evers has picked up an endorsement from a Wisconsin electrical workers union in his bid to unseat Gov. Scott Walker in November.

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Walker appears with Trump for worker event at White House (UPDATE)

July 19, 2018 11:00 am Leave a comment

FILE - In this April 18, 2017 file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker right, presents President Donald Trump with a Milwaukee Buck basketball hat and jersey as he arrives in Kenosha, Wis. The ceremonial groundbreaking for a massive $10 billion Foxconn factory complex in Wisconsin was supposed to be evidence that the manufacturing revival fueled by Trump's "America First" policy is well underway. But an announcement this week by Harley-Davidson that it is moving some production of motorcycles overseas to avoid tariffs is fueling unease among voters in Wisconsin, a state Trump barely won and where fellow Republican Gov. Scott Walker is on the ballot. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Gov. Scott Walker attended a White House ceremony on Thursday with President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet, at which they discussed taking steps to support American workers, including those will be working at the planned Foxconn Technology Group project in Wisconsin.

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