WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/30/2015) – A study, designed to determine how many Wisconsinites think Governor Scott Walker should accept federal money to fund Medicare in the state, indicates 82 percent say, yes. Wisconsin is one of several states that have chosen not to expand Medicaid with federal funds offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/25/2015) – Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has come under scrutiny by the media, nationally, and in Iowa recently, for a 62 million dollar plus award of state funds to the retail outlet Kohl’s, doled out under his watch as chair of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/21/2015) – Wisconsin State Senator Chris Larson is saying Republicans decided to ignore the will of the public, and side with special interest groups, by repealing Wisconsin’s 48-hour cooling-off period on purchasing handguns. The Milwaukee Democrat says polling has shown the majority of residents in Wisconsin want background checks, but Republican legislators went the other way.
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/17/2015) – A new Marquette University Law School poll shows that 78 percent of Wisconsin voters oppose Governor Scott Walker’s plan to cut aid to schools by $127 million. Nearly that many state voters, 70 percent, do not appreciate the Governor Walker plan to also cut $300 Million from the University of Wisconsin system.
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/07/2015) – Incumbent Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley has been declared the winner of the state-wide election battle. Supporters and the candidate herself are chalking up the win as one that shows most voters wanted to keep partisan politics out of decisions made by the State Supreme Court.
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