Jonathan Steitz announces candidacy against Wirch but fails to mention state tax warrants

Earlier today Republican attorney Jonathan Steitz announced his candidacy for the 22nd State Senate district seat currently held by Democratic State Sen. Bob Wirch. The press release announcing Steitz’s candidacy noted Steitz previously owned his own event management and production company, but curiously the press release did not mention the…

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Randy Hopper, family man?

Via folkbum and MAL Contends comes this little nugget: Recall target, Sen. Randy Hopper (R-Fond du Lac), talks a good game about family values. But protesters outside the Hopper house this week in Fond du Lac were met by his wife who reportedly came out and told them: Hopper no…

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Protesters storm the Capitol, gather outside Walker’s residence

In case you’ve been living under a rock or really really not paying attention, there was a little get-together yesterday at the Capitol in Madison, where somewhere between ten and twenty thousand hardworking middle class Wisconsinites peacefully assembled to protest Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget “repair” bill, a bill that…

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