Paul Fanlund: Post-election, Tony Evers goes high, his foes go low

It seems clear from his early post-election remarks that Evers will proceed carefully as governor and continue to try to collaborate with a hostile Republican Legislature, one whose margins are guaranteed more by absurd gerrymandering than the public’s will. Those GOP leaders, predictably, want to change some rules in the Capitol to diminish Evers’ powers even before he takes office.

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James Rowen: Walker’s demise cemented by his own clumsy hand

Somewhere out there in academia there’s a master’s or Ph.D thesis in the works to explain how Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker could go from featured speaker at his party’s 2016 national convention to defeated incumbent just two years later. Here’s a workable framework: He did it by his own clumsy hand.

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Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: Empower the state treasurer

Any effort to reform or rearrange state government must respect the will of the voters as framed by the 2018 campaign and its results. There was no serious debate about disempowering the governor. But there was a robust debate about empowering the treasurer.

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Madison Rotary Club

Park Hotel, Madison. Guest speaker is Inclusity founder and CEO Maria White, who is to discuss, “Embracing a Culture of Inclusion.” Rotary meetings are open to members, invited guests and media. For more information: https://rotarymadison.org/wp-content/forms/newsletters/2018/Nov16A18.pdf

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Milwaukee Rotary Club

Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee. Hershel “Woody” Williams was born on a dairy farm in 1923 in Quiet Dell, West Virginia. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served in the Battle

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MON AM Update: Lazar opts against Supreme Court bid; ‘UpFront’ recap

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Maria Lazar is passing on a bid for the state Supreme Court this spring and instead endorsing fellow conservative Brian Hagedorn. Lazar, who served as an assistant attorney general before winning a seat

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Paul Fanlund: Post-election, Tony Evers goes high, his foes go low

It seems clear from his early post-election remarks that Evers will proceed carefully as governor and continue to try to collaborate with a hostile Republican Legislature, one whose margins are guaranteed more by absurd gerrymandering than the public’s will. Those GOP leaders, predictably, want to change some rules in the Capitol to diminish Evers’ powers even before he takes office.

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James Rowen: Walker’s demise cemented by his own clumsy hand

Somewhere out there in academia there’s a master’s or Ph.D thesis in the works to explain how Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker could go from featured speaker at his party’s 2016 national convention to defeated incumbent just two years later. Here’s a workable framework: He did it by his own clumsy hand.

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Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: Empower the state treasurer

Any effort to reform or rearrange state government must respect the will of the voters as framed by the 2018 campaign and its results. There was no serious debate about disempowering the governor. But there was a robust debate about empowering the treasurer.

Read More »

Madison Rotary Club

Park Hotel, Madison. Guest speaker is Inclusity founder and CEO Maria White, who is to discuss, “Embracing a Culture of Inclusion.” Rotary meetings are open to members, invited guests and media. For more information: https://rotarymadison.org/wp-content/forms/newsletters/2018/Nov16A18.pdf

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Milwaukee Rotary Club

Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee. Hershel “Woody” Williams was born on a dairy farm in 1923 in Quiet Dell, West Virginia. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served in the Battle of Iwo Jima with the 21st Marines, 3d Marine Division.

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