Apologies for the light posting -- been under the weather. Blogging will resume today.
Right-to-work veto targeted Manchester Union-Leader ...There may be other bills pending, but right-to-work is the biggest piece of business on the agenda this week...
Wisconsin Orders Recall Election For Three GOP State Senators Think Progress ...Today, the non-partisan state election officials announced the success of their efforts by ordering a recall election for state GOP Sens. Dan Kapanke, Randy Hopper, and Luther Olsen on July 12...
Another GOP candidate in Holperin recall means 3 Republican primaries Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ...A second candidate has announced that he'll run against Sen. Jim Holperin (D-Conover) if a recall election is declared in that northern Wisconsin Senate district...
Wisconsin elections board certifies Supreme Court recount win for Prosser Associated Press ...The Wisconsin board that certifies elections declared Monday that a recount had confirmed state Supreme Court Justice David Prosser defeated challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg in the hard-fought April 5 election many saw as a referendum on polarizing union rights legislation...
Kasich doesn't expect rising state revenue to ease budget cuts The Columbus Dispatch ...Even if revenue improves, local governments and schools should not expect much relief from the cuts proposed in the two-year state budget, Gov. John Kasich said yesterday as he again stressed the need for governments to become more efficient...
Road builders turn up pressure on Scott Post on Politics ...Road builders are upping the pressure on Gov. Rick Scott to veto the Legislature’s decision to pull $150 million out of the state’s transportation trust fund and scatter it across the budget, filling holes...
Petitions for Snyder recall to circulate Detroit News ...A group seeking the recall of Gov. Rick Snyder is to begin collecting signatures today as the Michigan Republican Party begins a fundraising campaign to fight the effort....
