Tea Party Group Says IRS Asked about Walker Recall
A tea party group says the Internal Revenue Service asked about its involvement in efforts to verify signatures in the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
A tea party group says the Internal Revenue Service asked about its involvement in efforts to verify signatures in the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
UPDATE: A bipartisan group of legislators has introduced a bill that makes some changes to Wisconsin's troubled economic development agency.
If the Marketplace Fairness Act becomes law, Gov. Walker says he'd like to use the additional revenues to offer a tax cut for middle-class families.
Wisconsin's unemployment rate for April was 7.1 percent, unchanged from the previous month.
An administration official says President Barack Obama will name a new acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service this week to replace ousted commissioner Steven Miller.
UPDATE: A group of Democrats and an immigration rights organization which sued the state over redistricting have dropped their efforts to determine why Republicans failed to turn over records in the case.
Gov. Scott Walker's administration is reporting that Wisconsin added more than 32,000 private sector jobs last year.
The Legislature's budget committee has approved reducing wolf hunt license fees.
The Legislature's finance committee has quietly left a provision that would ban night wolf hunting in Gov. Scott Walker's budget.
Republicans on the Legislature's budget committee have proposed dramatically scaling back the Department of Natural Resources' ability to borrow to buy land through the state's stewardship program.
The Legislature's budget committee has approved spending nearly $2 million in federal money to set up private deer hunts.
The Legislature's budget committee has voted to remove the last meaningful duty of the state treasurer, giving the obligation to manage unclaimed funds to the Department of Revenue.
Activists are planning a training session on how to stop a giant iron mine in far northwestern Wisconsin.
Two Wisconsin congressmen are proposing changes to the nation's crop insurance program that they say will save the federal government $11 billion over the next 10 years.
A Republican state senator says he has concerns about adding more workers to collect delinquent taxes because he says Wisconsin Revenue Department workers are "mean and heartless."
UPDATE: The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a bill that would exempt from taxes military income for a soldier killed in combat.
A new Marquette University law school poll says two-thirds of Wisconsin voters favor increasing funding for public schools.
UPDATE: The state Assembly has passed a bill that would allow drivers to show proof of insurance electronically.
UPDATE: The state Assembly has passed a Republican bill that would ensure repeat drunken drivers spend time behind bars.
UPDATE: The state Assembly has approved a Republican bill that would allow bars and liquor stores to sue underage patrons or their parents for $1,000.
A Marquette University law school poll released Tuesday says 51 percent of respondents approve of the way Gov. Scott Walker is doing his job, while 45 percent disapprove.
A Marquette University law school poll released Tuesday says three-fourths of Wisconsin residents support a tuition freeze at the University of Wisconsin.
A Marquette University law school poll released Tuesday said 48 percent of respondents would like to see Wisconsin's voucher program expanded statewide or at least in larger districts with some underperforming schools. Forty-four percent want it frozen or ended altogether.
Gov. Scott Walker says the IRS's screening of conservative political groups seeking tax-exempt status is "more than just a political scandal."
UPDATE: Gov. Scott Walker says he has no problems with a new residency requirement added to the state budget by the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee.
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