Topic: Milwaukee

Recall effort against Wisconsin GOP governor to start

Reuters US Online Report Politics News - 99 days ago
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Opponents of Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker, who led a controversial move to limit bargaining rights of state employees, will launch a recall effort against him with an online filing on Tuesday, organizers said.United Wisconsin, one of several groups ...
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Wisconsin Democrats want anti-union governor's picture removed

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 138 days ago
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Democrats in the Wisconsin state Assembly want to remove a portrait of a former governor who gave an order that led to the fatal shooting of seven people in a Milwaukee labor dispute 125 years ago.The political battle over ...
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Rally held to ask Wis. gov-elect to back rail line

AP News - 463 days ago
Wis. high-speed rail supporters hold rally to ask governor-elect to reconsider his oppositionLabor leaders and politicians rallied Monday in support of a high-speed rail project, mocking Wisconsin Republican Gov.-elect Scott Walker's efforts to scuttle the deal by refusing the $810 million in ...
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