Class warfare: Teachers union boss on losing streak
By Scott Reeder | Watchdog.org
MADISON — Mary Bell calls herself an “unlikely advocate” — just a Wisconsin Rapids school teacher who heard the call.
She speaks with an earnest edge to her voice, hoping to persuade Wisconsinites to the rightness of her cause.
The image, of course, is contrived.
She is a handsomely paid activist, who is years [...]
Deli meat is Rehberg’s weapon in latest MT ad
By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org
HELENA — U.S. House Rep. Denny Rehberg is on the attack again, this time using a deli meat as his weapon of choice.
Rehberg, locked in a tight U.S. Senate race with Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, released his second television ad Thursday. The spot mocks a recent Tester commercial in which the incumbent talks of bringing beef from [...]
House speaker calls hypocrisy on gubernatorial candidate’s ticket handouts
By Johnny Kampis| Missouri Watchdog
ST. LOUIS — Missouri House Speaker Steven Tilley has accused Republican gubernatorial nominee Dave Spence of being “hypocritical,” after Spence proposed a $25 cap on gifts from lobbyists while giving lawmakers tickets for the St. Louis Blues.
Spence, who sold his St. Louis-based plastics container company, Alpha Packaging, for $200 million, freely distributes the National Hockey League tickets from his suite [...]
Ineligible, dead voters rampant in FL’s registration list
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog
TAMPA — At first riddled with individuals suspected of not being U.S. citizens, Florida’s voter registration list now is facing scrutiny for the dead and buried on its rolls.
Read More →IL could have highest minimum wage in country
By Jayette Bolinski | Illinois Statehouse News
SPRINGFIELD — A plan to raise Illinois’ minimum wage to more than $10 per hour passed a Senate committee Wednesday, despite protests from business owners who said it will harm their ability to stay afloat in a tough economy.
Read More →Contrary to previous reports, WI economy added 23,000 jobs in 2011
By M.D. Kittle Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – Jensen Metal Products appears to have hit a growth spurt.
The Racine-based manufacturer of fabricated and painted component metal products proposes an expansion that would create 39 jobs at its plants in Racine and Franksville.
Read More →WI’s Walker surges in latest Marquette poll
By Kirsten Adshead | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — Another day, another jump in the polls for recall embattled Gov. Scott Walker.
Marquette Law School in Milwaukee released its latest political poll Wednesday, and it’s almost all good news for Walker and the Republican Party of Wisconsin.
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