Walker calls special elections, GOP drops bill to block them

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker reluctantly issued an executive order Thursday scheduling special elections to fill two vacant legislative seats, as Senate Republicans abandoned their efforts to block the contests amid Democratic criticism that the GOP is… Source: LacrosseTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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Rebecca Dallet – Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Dallet says opponent Michael Screnock has Koch backing

The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Dallet says opponent Michael Screnock has Koch backing The involvement of conservative industrialists David and Charles Koch in Wisconsin politics is no secret. In early March 2018, Concerned Veterans for America — a group underwritten by the billionaire brothers — said it planned to spend $1.6 million to air two ads attacking Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin over past problems at the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center. In 2017, Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin, a conservative group backed by the Kochs, launched what it labeled a "seven-figure" TV ad buy against Baldwin, up for re-election in 2018. Now, state Supreme Court candidate

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Round 2 of the flu

Wisconsin is not finished with the flu season yet. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says a second round of flu is hitting the state, just as it seemed one of the most severe flu seasons in decades was ending. The latest threat comes from influenza-B. It is less severe than influenza-A. , but it’s […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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