Infrastructure
Gov. Scott Walker is all for transportation infrastructure as long as he doesn’t have to be responsible for finding a way to responsibly pay for it.
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Foreign Affairs & Veterans
One does not expect a Governor to be an expert on foreign and military affairs. However, neither does one expect the buffoonery we have gotten from Scott Walker.
Agriculture
When it comes to actually supporting our home state agriculture industry Scott Walker is largely absent.
Religious Issues
Have decisions to try to undermine state law requiring contraceptive equity and lawsuits to block marriage equality been informed by political ambition?
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
As chair of the State Assembly Corrections Committee in his early years Scott Walker toed the early 1990’s GOP party line on crime.
Privatization
From educating our children to incarcerating criminals and everything in between Scott Walker is willing to outsource public functions to private contractors.
Mismanagement
While Gov. Scott Walker is an expert at campaigning, his time in office shows that he is not an expert at governing
Local Government Issues
A consistent theme throughout Gov. Scott Walker’s administration has been power grabs, particularly from local government.
Guns
His flip flop on the issue depending on his electoral audience is yet another example of Scott Walker’s willingness to do or say anything to get elected.
Politics
Gov. Scott Walker is a masterful career politician, willing to do or say anything to get elected, and carefully cultivates relationships with key players.
Environmental Issues
When Gov. Scott Walker has taken action on environmental issues, it has been to the detriment of environmental protections and sustainability efforts.
Working Families Issues
Scott Walker’s policies have been a disaster for working families in Wisconsin, consistently favoring tax breaks that benefit the wealthy.
Higher Education
Gov. Scott Walker likes to tout his tuition freeze, but what he isn’t telling you is that the freeze came after he had already increased tuition substantially.
K-12 Education
Gov. Scott Walker’s education policies would earn him an F grade from anyone concerned with quality public education
Budgets
As governor, Scott Walker’s approach has been to reward the wealthy and corporations with tax cuts, both in the budget and through special legislation.
LGBTQ Issues
Scott Walker's standard response to LGBTQ question had been that because he does not have a role in court decisions, and his opinion does not matter.
Race & Ethnicity
Despite the numerous studies showing that Wisconsin has a serious problem with racial disparities, Scott Walker has not led on this issue.
Labor Issues
Gov. Scott Walker vaulted to national prominence over his attacks on the rights of 175,000 Wisconsin workers shortly after taking office in 2011.
Justice System Issues
For Gov. Scott Walker, the justice system is not about ensuring all are equal before the law, but rather how can he manipulate the system for his benefit.
Health Care
When it comes to Wisconsinites’ health and wellbeing, Gov. Scott Walker knows what should come first - his own political ambitions!
Jobs & the Economy
Scott Walker’s signature promise was to create 250,000 jobs in Wisconsin in his first term. He fell nearly 50% short of that goal.
Women’s Issues
Gov. Scott Walker’s actions have repeatedly undermined women in Wisconsin when it comes to healthcare and economic freedom.
Women’s Health Expert Says New GOP Abortion Ban Could Force Women to Undergo Cesarean Sections
This bill puts politicians, not doctors, where they have no business — making life and death decisions for the women of Wisconsin. This proposal is so extreme and invasive that it includes a provision for government mandated c-section.
Scott Walker to Sign Ban on Abortions for Rape, Incest
Opponents of the Wisconsin bill, including Jenni Dye of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, charge that the language allowing late-term abortions to protect the life of the mother is too narrow. [Daily Beast]
Will College Dropout Gov. Scott Walker Sign Budget Measure to Allow High School Dropouts to Teach in Wisconsin?
An amendment to the 2015 state budget adopted by the Republican controlled Joint Committee on Finance in the middle of the night would eliminate almost all standards for teachers.
Gov. Scott Walker taking heat from both right and left over WEDC
Meanwhile, one of the governor’s loudest critics on the left, Scot Ross of One Wisconsin Now, is saying there will be no improvement at WEDC unless politics can be taken out of the equation. [Capital Times]
Final Numbers Show Gov. Walker Fell Nearly 50 Percent Short on First Term Jobs Promise
The final jobs numbers from the federal government covering the first term of Gov. Scott Walker released today confirm the utter failure of his administration to deliver on his job creation promise.
Are ‘Death Panels’ Coming to Scott Walker’s Wisconsin?
The inclusion of the palliative counseling is critical, but Scott Walker would have saved families a lot of grief if he would have stood up to the Tea Party in 2010. [Daily Beast]
Transparency and Gov. Walker’s Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Don’t Go Together
Gov. Walker is in the hot seat over revelations that his top aides successfully lobbied for a risky state loan to the business of a major Walker campaign donor through WEDC.
Watchdog groups have long warned against WEDC practices
Last year, a report from One Wisconsin Now cited figures showing that nearly 60 percent of some $975 million in assistance distributed by WEDC went to firms that had contributed to Walker or the RGA. [La Crosse Tribune]
Privatization Fail: Scott Walker’s WEDC in Full Meltdown
This new audit confirms that WEDC is the embodiment of the cronyism, corruption and incompetence of the Walker administration. [PR Watch]
Scott Walker to Unaccountable Private Voucher Schools: ‘Let the Good Times Roll’
Back home in Wisconsin it’s “let the good times roll” for the unaccountable voucher program as Republican politicians consider Walker’s scheme for further statewide expansion.
Scott Walker’s Long History of Dirty Tricks
Throughout his nearly quarter-century career running for office, he’s shown he’ll do whatever he thinks he needs to do to win. [Daily Beast]
Scott Walker’s Iowa moment continues with fundraisers
He has always operated in a system by which he looks for the next highest office. It’s unfortunate, because Scott Walker puts his political future ahead of the people of Wisconsin every time. [Capital Times]
Democrats offer counter messages to GOP candidates in Iowa this weekend
Ross accused Walker of being “all about the next election” and quickly shifting to a presidential campaign soon after he won reelection to a second term as Wisconsin’s governor this past November. [Radio Iowa]
The Foundations of Scott Walker’s Agenda: Bradley and Koch
On issues like public education and the environment the foundations of Scott Walker’s agenda are not us. Instead he’s is shilling for right-wing billionaires and their foundations to advance his own political ambitions.
Scott Walker pushes candidate boundaries, from 2012 recall to 2016 presidential election
It's also another example of how the Walker GOP machine has been willing to twist and bend the real purposes of our laws in whatever way benefits him politically. [Capital Times]
Wisconsin’s Great Cost Shift
Declining financial support for higher education has shifted costs onto consumers, increased student loan debt and decreased the affordability of higher ed.
Scott Walker’s Wisconsin is no model to follow
Those who read Gov. Scott Walker’s recent column deserve to know the truth about his record on the economy. There are three critical pieces of information you need to know. [The Gazette]
Scott Walker’s Wisconsin Is No Model to Follow
Despite a lifetime in campaign politics, Governor Walker has much to learn about the economy works.
Wisconsin’s 20-week abortion ban would likely require emergency C-sections
This Walker-backed abortion ban is so extreme that there are no exceptions for rape and incest. [Capital Times]
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Owes Sears Up to $50,000: Report
Both Walker's household and the deficit-laden state of Wisconsin under his purview are spending far more than they bring in. Seems Scott Walker might want to change his slogan to 'Do as I say, not as I do.' [People]
Twenty-Five Years of School Privatization, Twenty-Five Years of Failure
On its silver anniversary, the Wisconsin school privatization experiment is the gold standard for failure and lack of accountability. But that won’t stop its champions like the Bradley-funded propaganda machine.
1T Day: Worst. Anniversary. Ever.
Saturday marks three years since the student loan debt Americans are taking on to pay for their education and job training crossed the one trillion dollar mark.
Gov. Scott Walker’s Economic Development Agency Under the Microscope
Walker has come under scrutiny by media for a $62 million-plus award of state funds to the retail outlet Kohl's doled out under his watch as chair WEDC.
An Earth Day 2015 Primer on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Climate Change
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has been making news on climate change recently with lawsuits, gag orders and an appointee to regulate state utilities
Koch Brothers Support Koch Loyalist Scott Walker in Race for 2016 GOP Presidential Nomination
In what may be one of the least surprising endorsements thus far in the race for the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination, billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch have said they favor Walker.
Wisconsin Walker’s shopping tale doesn’t mention taxpayer millions
“If you look at the Walker record, it has been cuts to infrastructure like public education to fund a trickle-down economic agenda that hasn’t worked,” said Mike Browne, deputy executive director of One Wisconsin Now. [Bloomberg News]
Gov. Walker Fails to Denounce Climate Change Gag Order on State Employees
Gov. Scott Walker failed to come to the defense of science and denounce a gag order prohibiting state employees from mentioning the words “climate change” during their workday.
Budget committee to consider cutting board that oversees for-profit colleges
That Gov. Walker would propose gutting state oversight of the predatory practices all too common in this industry suggests he either doesn’t understand the problem or just doesn’t care. [Capital Times]