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5 hrs ago | The Wall Street Journal

Seib & Wessel: What We're Reading Monday

Some top advisers to Hillary Clinton 's 2008 presidential campaign, including manager Patti Solis Doyle and strategist Mark Penn, say they don't intend to be part of any 2016 run by her.

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Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Washington Post, Publishing, US Governors, Barack Obama, Tax, Capitol Hill (Washington, DC)

9 hrs ago | WUWM

Walker Caps Off Busy Week With Speech in Iowa

Gov. Scott Walker embarks on a speaking frenzy this week. He's set to keynote huge Republican gatherings in Connecticut and New York City, then head back to the Midwest to be the star of a GOP gathering in Iowa.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Iowa, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, Bobby Jindal

13 hrs ago | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Proposal gives Scott Walker administration more power to sell state property

Gov. Scott Walker's administration would gain broad authority to sell state property - including prisons, highways, heating plants and university dormitories - under a plan legislators will take up Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Milwaukee, WI, University of Wisconsin Madison, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

Sun May 19, 2013

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Investigate agency's targeting of conservative organizations

The debacle at the Internal Revenue Service reached Wisconsin last week when a Texas tea party group said that the IRS closely questioned its leaders about whether they were involved in verifying recall signatures in Wisconsin last year.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin, Tax, US News, Tea Party, US Governors, University of Wisconsin Madison, Opinion

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Political opposites Barack Obama, Scott Walker are ratings twins

We saw it in 2012 when the two weathered Wisconsin's turmoil and tribal division by earning the very same share of the vote five months apart.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Wisconsin, Barack Obama

Wisconsin Gazette

Marriage equality not on the horizon for Wisconsin

Although Gov. Scott Walker has hired out gay staffers, including two who were convicted of crimes they committed while working for him as Milwaukee County Executive, he strongly opposes marriage equality.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin, Gay/Lesbian, US Governors, Milwaukee County, WI, Wedding

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

DNR has sold state land before

Last week, the Legislature's budget committee cut funding for the state's land conservation program and called on the Department of Natural Resources to begin selling off property.

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Related Topix: US News, US Governors

NBC26

Wis. Democratic Party Adviser is Leaving

Zielinski had been demoted in March to an adviser from his job as the party's spokesman.

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Related Topix: US Governors

WNFL-AM Green Bay

CT Democratic Party using Gov. Walker visit to rai...

That state's Democratic party is calling him a "goon" and is using Walker's presence at the Republican's biggest annual event to raise some funding of its own.

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Related Topix: US Governors

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Republican lawmakers may try to resurrect bail bonding

Two years after lawmakers unsuccessfully tried to enlarge the state budget by creating a privately run bail bonds system in Wisconsin, the controversial idea could be returning.

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Related Topix: US News, Wisconsin, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Governors, Milwaukee County, WI

Sat May 18, 2013

Patch.com

Raiders Go Undefeated, Hudson Home Prices, Surprise Penalty: Best of the Blogs

Hudson - Saturday afternoon/evenings At Patch, we care about what you have to say in your community.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Life, Holidays, Mother's Day, US Governors, Hudson, WI

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Only Thornton can put end to MPS superintendent rumors

Just for the fun of it, let's skip ahead and think about what would happen if Gregory Thornton departed from his job as superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools.

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Related Topix: Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Education Etc., US Governors

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Milwaukee County Board braces for the first of pending changes

Big cuts to the County Board's budget don't start until next year, and a 50% pay cut for supervisors won't happen until 2016, under a measure just approved by the Legislature.

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Related Topix: Milwaukee County, WI, US Governors, West Allis, WI

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Milwaukee still slugging away on residency

With time running out, Mayor Tom Barrett and city lobbyists continue to work to convince state legislators to leave the city's 75-year-old residency rule alone.

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Related Topix: Milwaukee, WI, US Governors

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

2-year tuition freeze would be first for 4-year UW System campuses

Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to freeze student tuition at University of Wisconsin System campuses for the next two years would mark the first two-year tuition freeze for the four-year campuses in the 42-year history of the UW System.

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Related Topix: US Governors, University of Wisconsin Madison, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

TwinCities

Wisconsin tea party group says IRS asked about Walker recall

A Texas tea party group said the Internal Revenue Service asked about its involvement in verifying signatures provided in the effort to recall Republican Gov.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Governors, US News, Tea Party

Fri May 17, 2013

Washington Times

China has Harley Davidson fever, thanks to Gov. Scott Walker

A noisy cultural moment, and a lucrative one: China has embraced Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

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Related Topix: Motorcycles, Harley-Davidson Motorcycle, Harley Davidson, Automakers, US Governors, Milwaukee, WI, Offbeat

Milwaukee Courier Online

Capitol Report - A mutiny in the ranks?

Back in February, Governor Scott Walker announced that he was rejecting Medicaid expansion under the federal health care law.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Healthcare Law, Law, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government

The Nation

Washington Misses the Point on the Tea Party and the IRS

Many of the groups who helped Scott Walker win the Wisconsin recall were 501 Tea Party groups that worked in close tandem with his campaign despite their non-political tax designation.

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Related Topix: Tea Party, US News, Tax, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government, US Governors

WEAU-TV Eau Claire

Planned Parenthood in Chippewa Falls officially closes

Planned Parenthood gets hit with budget cuts and on Thursday, one of four branches closed its doors to people in the Chippewa Valley.

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Related Topix: Chippewa Falls, WI, Eau Claire, WI, US Governors, Abortion, Medicine, Nursing