The employees said they acted to protect public safety in restricting the contractor’s ability to service a particular elevator model. But the state Department of Safety and Professional Services, responding to complaints filed with an office created by Gov. Scott Walker to assist small businesses, accused the employees of violating workplace rules and nullified this restriction.
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Posted inMoney & Politics Column, Scott Walker's Wisconsin
Gov. Scott Walker sees end to sky-high spending in governor’s race
Walker, a possible presidential contender, says this extraordinary spending owes to extraordinary circumstances, like the opposition he faced from unions and others. Absent these factors, “my guess is, at least in the gubernatorial election, I doubt you’re ever going to see something that high again.”
Posted inGovernment, Justice & Safety, Scott Walker's Wisconsin
Gov. Scott Walker noncommittal on right-to-work, firm on no pardons
And on a presidential run: “I don’t think people should just run particularly for office as high as that because it’s the next logical step or it’s part of adding a career, in this case in politics,” Walker said in an end-of-year interview. “I think it’s something you should feel like you’re actually called, that there’s a purpose, there’s a reason for doing it.”
Posted inMoney & Politics Column, Scott Walker's Wisconsin
‘Twas a night in Wisconsin
Then, to their wondering eyes did appear
Gov. Scott Walker, being less than perfectly clear.
Posted inMoney & Politics Column, Scott Walker's Wisconsin
Records show state role in $492 million drop of power plant value
The released records show Walker’s office was kept apprised of the matter but they give no sign that either Walker or Dominion pressured the DOR to accept a lower assessed value.
Posted inMoney & Politics Column, Scott Walker's Wisconsin
GOP dominated in cash, turnout
Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicans rode to victory in the Nov. 4 elections because they got more votes. But money and redistricting did play a huge, perhaps decisive role.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Welfare
Family planning clinics say state audits could force many to close
Two family planning clinics serving low-income women say their operations will be at serious financial risk if state auditors stand firm on claims that they overbilled Medicaid by $3.5 million, largely for birth control drugs and devices.
“My hunch is that if any one of us were audited it would come out the same way. We’re all operating the same way,” said Beth Hartung, president of the Wisconsin Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. “It would mean, quite frankly, that we would all close.”
Posted inMoney & Politics Column
Gov. Scott Walker has sizable cash advantage
During this roughly 13-month period, Walker raised a total of $24.5 million, compared to Burke’s $15.5 million. He received about $10.8 million from other states, or 44 percent of his total. Burke attracted $3.2 million in out-of-state donations, or 21 percent of her total.
Posted inGovernment, Money & Politics
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson gives $650,000 to Wisconsin GOP as election draws near
The Wisconsin Republican Party can use the funds from Adelson to benefit a single candidate like Republican Gov. Scott Walker, to whom individual contribution limits still apply.
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Ad wars heat up Wisconsin governor’s race
Walker’s message is that he is taking Wisconsin forward while Burke would drag it backwards. Burke’s message is that Walker has done a lousy job and she can do better.
Posted inGovernment, Justice & Safety
Rivals for governor, attorney general differ on drunken driving
No one disputes that drunken driving is a serious problem in Wisconsin. But the candidates for governor and attorney general differ in how they would address it.
Posted inMoney & Politics Column
Pols raise cash behind closed doors
Campaigns shroud fundraisers in as much secrecy as Yale’s Skull and Bones society. The giving of money to politicians occurs, as much as possible, out of public view.