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• Vos warns recalls will stall legislative process
  Predicting fellow state lawmakers will hold back on tough decisions or even stall legislative progress altogether if recall elections continue, State Rep. Robin Vos is standing by his proposed amendment to toughen criteria for recalls. Vos, speaking at the first WisPolitics.com luncheon in Milwauke... <more>
  
  
• Baldwin campaign manager says her candidate has defied conventional wisdom before
  When Karin Johanson was 9 years old, she told her grandmother she wanted to be married to the president. At the time, she says, that’s what women did in politics. They were first ladies. “She said, ‘Well why don’t you be president?'” Johanson recalled in a WisPolitics.com interview. “So after tha... <more>
  
  
• Cheney: Leaving Afghanistan a 'dangerous proposition'
  Despite increasing calls for an end to U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan -- including from some corners of the Republican Party -- former Vice President Dick Cheney instead says the country should be in for the long haul, suggesting a commitment like the one that has kept American troops i... <more>
  
  
• Englander returns for second shot at running a Neumann campaign
  Like a lot of political operatives, Chip Englander lives by the motto “have bag, will travel.” So since his first cycle in 2000 with George Allen’s U.S. Senate campaign in Virginia, he hasn’t lived anywhere for more than 15 months. But going to work for Mark Neumann’s Senate campaign is something ... <more>
  
  
• Baldwin: 'Most liberal member of Congress' label lacks context
  U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin's Senate campaign is officially just over three weeks old, and national Republicans and the state's likely GOP field have already delighted in labeling the Madison Dem as the most liberal member of Congress. But Baldwin, who's represented the Dem-leaning 2nd Congressional Di... <more>
  
  
• Baumbach: High unemployment situation dictates fast transition at DWD
  When Scott Baumbach officially took over the Department of Workforce Development in June, he was ready. That’s because he’d been deputy secretary since January and interim head of the department since May, following the abrupt resignation of Manny Perez. An labor law specialist, he’d also argued ... <more>
  
  
• Hopper has no regrets on collective bargaining bill despite union attacks, recall loss
  Randy Hopper said he knew what was coming not long after it was announced to the Senate GOP caucus what Gov. Scott Walker wanted to do to the collective bargaining powers of public employees. Having already been through a contentious race in 2008 in which opponents questioned his tax records and ... <more>
  
  
• Prosecutor Landgraf coy about his role
  In typical fashion, Bruce Landgraf deflects questions about his role in a secret investigation into allegations surrounding Scott Walker’s campaign for governor. “A lot of people are asking about me these days, why I do so many John Does,” said the veteran Milwaukee County assistant district attor... <more>
  
  
• Leavitt: Economic factors will drive future changes to health care system
  The U.S. health care system is ill. That’s the assessment of former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, who also served two terms as governor of Utah. Leavitt, who warned nearly a decade ago that Medicare is headed for financial disaster, said the American people now accept th... <more>
  
  
• Seeking the middle ground
  Veteran state Sens. Tim Cullen and Dale Schultz say they know they're swimming upstream in their efforts to foster greater cooperation between their respective caucuses. But that isn't stopping the two former leaders from trying. Cullen, D-Janesville, and Schultz, R-Richland Center, told a WisPol... <more>
  
  
• Stepp bringing business mindset into DNR operations
  In her eight months at the helm of the Department of Natural Resources, Cathy Stepp says she has worked hard to get the agency’s 2,000-plus employees to be more business- and customer-friendly. And that, she says, has produced a positive result from the public and DNR workers, whom she says have re... <more>
  
  
• Labor Day 2011 has extra meaning for union members
  Labor Day events have extra meaning this weekend as union celebrations around the state acknowledge an historic year marked by collective bargaining limits placed on public union workers, nine Senate recall elections and the possible recall against GOP Gov. Scott Walker. Tensions flared this week ... <more>
  
  
• Come Labor Day, a new executive director of NEA from Wisconsin
  The new head of the National Education Association, who has strong ties to Wisconsin, predicts "the public sector unions will be stronger than ever in the state" someday despite the failure of Democrats to gain control of the state Senate in this summer's recall elections. John Stocks, 54, the for... <more>
  
  
• Malkasian: Realtors' association head reflects on 36 years of lobbying
  After eight years in the political wilderness, the Wisconsin Realtors Association has re-emerged as a major player on the state’s political scene. Headed by Bill Malkasian for more than three decades, the group was often at odds with former Gov. Jim Doyle. But the association backed Scott Walker i... <more>
  
  
• Winston: WHEDA aiming to grow its economic development mission
  Wyman Winston, head of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority since January, was trained as an architect. But he didn’t do design work for long. That's because he figured out he was more interested in thinking about why some communities were doing well, while others were struggli... <more>
  
  
• Recall review: Republicans hold Senate majority as Dems win two seats
  In a summer that saw millions of dollars spent on nine Senate recall races, just two incumbents -- both Republicans -- lost their seats. But those two wins were not enough for Democrats to take the majority in the state Senate, although they did narrow what was a 5-vote margin down to a 17-16 Repu... <more>
  
  
• Mark your calendars for two WisPolitics luncheons in September
  -- On Sept. 8 Sens. Tim Cullen, a Democrat, and Dale Schultz, a Republican, talk about the state Senate post-recalls; -- And on Sept. 27, U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, discusses the federal budget, the debt and the 2012 U.S. Senate race. The events are open to the public, and the... <more>
  
  
• Walker outlines fall agenda, says voters want cooperation, focus on jobs
  Gov. Scott Walker's fall legislative agenda includes a revamped venture capital bill, education reforms and possibly a bill to pave the way for a mine in northern Wisconsin. Walker, in an interview with WisPolitics, said his main focus will continue to be jobs, adding the message from Tuesday's rec... <more>
  
  
• Recall news: Republicans hold on to Senate majority 17-16
  Republicans will hold on to their state Senate majority as GOP Sens. Rob Cowles, Sheila Harsdorf, Luther Olsen and Alberta Darling beat back the recall challenges against them. But Democrats were able to close the margin as Jen Shilling and Jessica King defeated the Republican incumbents they were... <more>
  
  
• Recall news: Hopper faces King again in rematch of 2008 race
  The unions threatened to make his life a “living hell” and come after him if he voted for Gov. Scott Walker's controversial collective bargaining changes, GOP Sen. Randy Hopper told conservative talk-show host Charlie Sykes in a recent interview. Political insiders say unions and their allies cou... <more>
  
  

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