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Scott Walker says he’s not interested in a job with the Trump administration. The Republican governor was unequivocal, when asked about that potential after a bill signing at the Capitol on Monday. “I will never willingly leave the role as governor through the end of this next coming term,” Walker said following a bill signing […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

A former police chief in west-central Wisconsin could get up to 60 years in a state prison for sexual assault.  Seventy-four-year-old Richard Boie was found guilty in Clark County court last Friday.  A jury convicted him of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl multiple times in 2013 and 2014.  Boie was police chief for the city of Thorp from 1970-to-1978.  The victim says Boie touched her private area on more than one occasion, and then told her not to tell anyone.  He is scheduled to make a court appearance for sentencing July 11th. Source: WRJC.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Another G-O-P member of the state Assembly has decided to step away from political life and not seek re-election. Representative Joel Kleefisch of Oconomowoc announced today (Monday) that he won’t run again. Kleefisch is married to Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch and he told reporters today that their daughters are 15 and 12 and have never known a parent who hasn’t worked in politics. He said, “it’s time they have one parent without a target on their back.” Kleefisch was first elected to the Assembly in 2004. He becomes the ninth Republican Assembly incumbent to announce they won’t seek re-election. Three Democratic members also have announced they won’t run again. Source:

With Paul Ryan not seeking re-election this November, decisions in the U-S House have to be made to replace him as speaker.  On N-B-C’s “Meet the Press,” the Wisconsin Republican says he believes California Representative Kevin McCarthy is the right person to be the next leader.  After former Speaker John Boehner resigned in 2015, McCarthy failed to get enough votes to become the Speaker of the House, which ultimately went to Ryan.  What’s changed since then, according to Ryan, is House Republican leadership came together as a team in 2015 and has gotten a lot done.  Ryan explained they put together an agenda, ran on that agenda and won an

We'll keep a running list of places people might go today to escape from or enjoy the way-late snowstorm.        Source: WisconsinRapidsDailyTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]