Talking Points Memo: Walker's Budget Would Make WI Labor Mediator A Political Appointee March 15, 2011- As part of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's biennial budget, the general counsel for the commission that handles labor-management disputes in the state would become a political appointee. And according to The Wisconsin State Journal, ...
Talking Points Memo: Wis. GOPers Restore Voting Rights To Senate Dems, Lift Fines *March 15, 2011- *The Wisconsin state Senate Republicans backed away Tuesday afternoon from a controversial sanction they handed down against state Senate Democrats, who had fled the state in an attempt to block passage of Gov. Scott Walker's ...
Talking Points Memo: Ohioans Having Incredible Buyers Remorse Over Gov. Kasich *March 15, 2011-* Just a few months into his first term, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) appears to be immensely unpopular with his constituents, a clear majority of whom disapprove of his job performance, according to a PPP poll of registered voters. ...
Talking Points Memo: Three WI Republicans Trail In Recall Election Against Generic Dems *March 15, 2011-* Three of the eight Wisconsin Senate Republicans eligible for recall, who just last week voted to strip state employees of most of their collective bargaining rights, trail generic Democratic challengers in hypothetical recall ...
Talking Points Memo: Wis. GOP State Senator's Wife: He Had An Affair, 'Now Lives Mostly In Madison' *March 15, 2011-* As Wisconsin Democrats mobilize recall campaigns against Republican state Senators, in response to Gov. Scott Walker's newly-passed law curtailing public employee unions, one targeted GOP legislator is facing a negative side story: ...