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Second judge rejects state voter ID law Requirement will not be in place for fall elections

July 17, 2012
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
By Patrick Marley 
 
 
Madison - A second judge has declared Wisconsin's vot

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Wisconsin governor fended off recall with unprecedented funds

July 5, 2012
Chicago Tribune
By Brendan O'Brien
 
MILWAUKEE, July 5 (Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Scott
Walker raised an unprecedented $37 million since taking offic

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Walker raises $13 million in recall

April 30, 2012
Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. -
Gov. Scott Walker's campaign said he raised more than $13 million from mid-January through last week.

The governor's campaign said the money came from a total of 125,926 contributions. Walker has raised more than $25 million since Jan. 1, 2011, shattering the record for fundraising by any candidate for state office in Wisconsin. Walker himself set the record when he raised $10 million on his way to victory in 2010.

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GOP hoping voters choose fake Dems in Wis. recall election

April 23, 2012
Chicago Tribune
Associated Press


Republican leaders hope their supporters vote for fake Democrats in May 8 recall elections, a move that could result i

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Koch gives $1 million to pro-Walker GOP group

April 20, 2012
Journal Sentinel
By Daniel Bice

David Koch , the billionaire supporter of conservative causes, told a Florida newspaper earlier this year that he would be doing what he could

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Two ex-Walker aides accused of illegally doing campaign work

January 25, 2012
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Two staffers who worked directly for Gov. Scott Walker while he was county executive were charged Thursday with illegally doing extensive political work while being paid by taxpayers to do county jobs.

In addition, Milwaukee County prosecutors expose what they say was a private email network created by top Walker aides to allow them to communicate with one another about campaign and county work without the public or co-workers' knowledge.

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Law firm knee deep in state's many hot-button issues

January 22, 2012
Wisconsin State Journal
CLAY BARBOUR
 
In just over a year, Michael Best & Friedrich has become the go-to law firm for Wisconsin's Republican leadership. The firm has become so associated with Gov.

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Three charged in John Doe investigation of Walker aides

January 5, 2012
Wisconsin Journal Sentinel

By Daniel Bice of the Journal Sentinel
 

Three individuals - including a former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker - were charged Thursday with felonies as part of the ongoing John Doe investigation into Walker staffers.

Tim Russell, a longtime Walker campaign and county staffer, was charged with two felonies and one misdemeanor count of embezzlement. One source said the charges are tied to Operation Freedom, an annual military appreciation day held at the zoo.

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FBI seizes items at home of former aide of Gov. Walker

September 15, 2011
Chicago Tribune

Associated Press

About a dozen law enforcement officers, including FBI agents, raided the home of a former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday as part of a growing investigation into whether county employees did political work while at their jobs.

The home on Madison's east side is owned by Cynthia A. Archer, who until recently was deputy administration secretary to the Republican governor. Archer, 52, now holds a different state job but is on paid sick leave, records show.

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Ethics complaints over Wis. union bill dismissed

May 19, 2011
AP via HTR News (Gannett):

Jason Smathers

8:02 AM, May. 19, 2011|

 MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin state ethics board said Wednesday it dismissed all ethics complaints against lawmakers that arose from the dispute over Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s divisive anti-union bill, including a complaint against Walker after he was recorded saying he and his staff considered planting political agitators

among demonstrators protesting his the bill.

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