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• Barca pessimistic about GOP's attitude on cooperation
  Minority Leader Peter Barca says Gov. Scott Walker does not seem to have “any legitimate desire” to work with Dems, and that his GOP colleagues in the Assembly have not learned any lessons from the recall elections that knocked off two Senate Republicans last year. Heading into the spring floor pe... <more>
  
  
• Walker: Budget in 'relatively good shape' despite sagging economy
  Gov. Scott Walker says he doesn't dispute federal stats that show Wisconsin has lost jobs the past five months. But he said the disparity between the initial estimates and final numbers raises questions about how the federal Labor Bureau calculates job numbers. “We acknowledge the job losses the la... <more>
  
  
• Miller: Has hopes for 'professional way' of coping with 'extreme politics'
  Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans have complained the recalls are a waste of taxpayer money and a naked power grab. Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller, D-Monona, says they have no one to blame but themselves. “Massive recalls like this, I think, are a reflection of poor leadership on the part of R... <more>
  
  
• Scott Fitzgerald: Recalls getting in the way of legislative action
  Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said the blow up over the guv’s collective bargaining changes has obscured a very important development in the first year of the legislative session: Republicans got a whole lot done. “I’m still amazed at how much we were able to accomplish this year,” Fitzge... <more>
  
  
• CERS' Romportl driving GOP Senate hopes
  While working for Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign in 2008, Dan Romportl was racing across South Carolina when he looked in the rear view mirror at the two people he was driving to their next speaking engagement: Chuck Norris and former professional wrestler Ric Flair. “I remember looking in t... <more>
  
  
• SDCC'S Kramer motivated by Bush
  George W. Bush was Zac Kramer’s inspiration to get into politics. And the new State Senate Democratic Committee executive director says it wasn’t due to any warm and fuzzy feelings about the GOP president. “My parents were Democrats, and there was a special place in our heart for someone that I did... <more>
  
  
• Thompson campaign manager Burchfield trades planes for politics
  Tommy Thompson’s campaign manager Ryan Burchfield thought he was going to be a rocket scientist. But even though he studied aeronautical and astronautical engineering in college, along with economics, the political bug got him. “It’s one of those things where people tell you if you do something ... <more>
  
  
• Union leaders see changed landscape even if Dems prevail in 2012
  Public employee union leaders Mary Bell and Marty Beil say the collective bargaining restrictions on their members enacted this year have galvanized the state's labor movement and paved the way for victory in potential recall elections in 2012. But even if Dems are swept into the governor's office ... <more>
  
  
• Brandon: Rural broadband access could be key to economic development
  If rural Wisconsin is going to lure any call centers and high-tech jobs away from India or other countries in Asia -- something Zach Brandon says is possible – then it's going to need much better access to broadband coverage. The same is true if Wisconsin wants to keep luring busy vacationers to t... <more>
  
  
• Act now to reserve your ad in the 2012 WisPolitics Almanac & Directory
  Make sure you've got a spot in WisPolitics.com's annual printed political almanac and directory of top officials. This popular, glossy 20-page booklet will include photos of all legislators, Walker cabinet members and Congress-members, a pullout directory of top state and congressional officials... <more>
  
  
• Soglin's current Madison a different city
  Paul Soglin first took office as the mayor of Madison in 1973 in his late 20s, and the years since have seen sweeping changes for the state's capital city both on and off his watch. But more than seven months into his third tenure as mayor, Soglin told a WisPolitics luncheon last week that the bigg... <more>
  
  
• Barca focus is on jobs, predicts December return on V-C bill
  Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, a former top Small Business Administration official, says Gov. Scott Walker is dropping the ball when it comes to accomplishing his 250,000 new jobs promise. "When you look at having 12,400 people that lost their job last month, when you look at over 22,000 Wis... <more>
  
  
• Scocos focuses on returning vets
  The long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq involved significant numbers of the National Guard and reserves. And with the war in Iraq winding down, the Veterans Affairs Department faces challenges in helping those troops return to civilian life, Secretary John Scocos says. In addition to issues like po... <more>
  
  
• WisPolitics recall page
  Gov. Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and state legislators who were elected in 2010 become eligible for recall on Jan. 3, 2012, after serving one year in in office. The efforts to collect signatures to recall those politicians could begin in early November, 60 days before the recall eligi... <more>
  
  
• Barish’s last Blue Book one to remember
  Larry Barish’s first Blue Book was a little unusual. The cover of the 1987-88 edition was essentially glued on inside out. His final book will be unique as well. The 2011-12 Blue Book is thicker than normal, requiring a curved spine that will stick out on any bookshelf stocked with biennial editio... <more>
  
  
• AD 95 candidates prep for Tuesday's special election
  The two candidates competing to fill Sen. Jennifer Schilling's old Assembly seat seem to split on most issues along party lines, but they share at least some similar opinions when it comes to restoring civility to the Wisconsin Legislature. La Crosse County Vice Chair Jill Billings, a Democrat, def... <more>
  
  
• Newson stresses government experience in his new role atop DWD
  New DWD Secretary Reggie Newson shares the same goal as his predecessors -- connecting job seekers with job creators. But he comes at it from a much different background. While his two Walker administration predecessors were, in order, a former co-owner of a staffing agency and a labor lawyer, New... <more>
  
  
• Theo: New WRA president says group adjusting to ‘new realities’
  During the peak of the real estate bubble during the last decade, the Wisconsin Realtors Association had 19,000 members. Since that bubble popped, membership has fallen by nearly one-third. And while Mike Theo, the new president of the WRA, acknowledges the “tremendous” decline has caused some b... <more>
  
  
• Thompson outlines ideas campaign amid CFG potshots
  Tommy Thompson says he's willing to work with anyone with big ideas as he gears up for a U.S. Senate bid next year, declaring he won't be a senator who stridently says "No" to all Dem proposals. But as the former governor wades into a GOP primary field likely to include attacks from his right, Tho... <more>
  
  
• New Walker chief of staff finds opportunity amid recall turmoil
  For Eric Schutt, working in a governor’s administration offers an opportunity not found anywhere else. So after stints as a legislative aide, a campaign hand, a party official, and a lobbyist, he jumped at the chance to work for Scott Walker. “For me it was the appeal of coming in to work for both... <more>
  
  

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