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WATCH LIVE: Wisconsin officials discuss mysterious booms
Officials from Clintonville, Wisconsin are scheduled to hold a press conference on Thursday regarding a mysterious series of loud underground booms and vibrations that have occurred for several days. No earthquakes have been reported near the area, and there are no nearby military or mining operations. Visit msnbc.com for breaking…
Senator’s sudden resignation breaks Wisconsin GOP’s majority
Wisconsin State Senator Pam Galloway, one of the three Republicans facing recall elections later this year, said Friday that she would be resigning soon due to a series of sudden health problems in her family, according to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “After a great deal of thought and consideration, I’ve decided…
Obama celebrates return of jobs from China
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — A day after telling China’s next leader his country must play by global economic rules, President Barack Obama Wednesday celebrated the return of US jobs from the vast Asian economy. Obama, seeking to boost manufacturing in key swing states hit by high unemployment as he cranks up…
Union membership slipped further as attacks came in 2011
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The percentage of workers represented by a union dipped slightly in 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday, as organized labor came under attack in states once considered union strongholds, including Wisconsin and Ohio. In 2011, 11.8 percent of U.S. workers were represented by a…
Hecklers shout ‘liar’ as Wisconsin’s Walker touts job creation
MADISON (Reuters) – Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker, whose tumultuous first year in office saw partisan budget battles, massive street protests and a statewide recall effort against him, focused on job creation and ridding government of wasteful spending in a ‘state of the state’ speech on Wednesday disrupted by heckling.…
Wisconsin mayor faces recall vote after drunken antics
Residents of Sheboygan, Wisconsin will decide on Tuesday whether to replace their mayor, Bob Ryan, after a series of public drinking binges, according to the Huffington Post. In 2009, Ryan was filmed drunkenly bragging about his sister-in-law’s oral sex skills. Then in 2011, Ryan faced criticism and an investigation after…
Judge to hear challenge to Wisconsin’s voter ID law
MADISON (Reuters) – A Wisconsin judge will hear a legal challenge this week to the state’s new controversial voter photo identification law. Lawyers for The League of Women Voters, which says the measure violates the state constitution by disenfranchising eligible voters, present oral arguments against the law in a Dane…
Walker recall petition overshoots requirement by nearly 200,000 signatures
If Wisconsin’s Democrats are to be believed, the recall of Gov. Scott Walker (R) is on and just needs to be made official. With Tuesday’s deadline fast approaching, The New York Times reports that Wisconsin’s activists are prepared to submit about 720,000 petition signatures, far surpassing the 540,000 needed to trigger a…
Dozens of local school unions recertified in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis (Reuters) – The vast majority of local school unions up for recertification in Wisconsin have voted to recertify despite statewide collective bargaining measures for public workers that have sharply limited their power. Around 85 percent of 177 local school unions were recertified by their members through a process…
Wisconsin group offers $10K reward for info about destroyed recall petitions
The group One Wisconsin Now announced Tuesday it would offer a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of any individual guilty of fraudulently destroying or defacing recall petitions. “We cannot allow democracy to be threatened by those who would illegally destroy recall petitions with valid…
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