Category Archives: Wisconsin Supreme Court

Thompson gets in, Here and Now preview

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Adam Schrager

Former Gov. Tommy Thompson (R-Wisconsin) is now officially a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin). The former chief executive from Elroy made the announcement at a Waukesha machine shop yesterday. In his … Continue reading →

Posted in Money, Recall Election, Scott Walker, State Capitol, U.S. Senate Race, Wisconsin Supreme Court | Tagged Amy Kramer, Frank Lasee, George Quinn, Herb Kohl, Jeff Fitzgerald, Lynn Freeman, Mark Neumann, Rebecca Kleefisch, Scott Walker, Tammy Baldwin, Tommy Thompson, Wisconsin Supreme Court

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No criminal charges for Nickolaus, Primary dates

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Adam Schrager

Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus will not face criminal charges for the errors she made during the April Supreme Court election between incumbent Justice David Prosser and challenger Joanne Kloppenburg. The Government Accountability Board investigated the matter after Nickolaus did … Continue reading →

Posted in Recall Election, Wisconsin Supreme Court | Tagged David Prosser, Joanne Kloppenburg, Kathy Nickolaus, Reince Priebus, Thomas Barland

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Beer protest, No open discussions, Your question, Here and Now preview

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Adam Schrager

When I lived in Milwaukee back in the mid-to-late 1990′s, there was a beer truck that overturned at the Zoo Interchange. Sure, it blocked traffic for a while, but the clean up crews and even some stuck drivers found some … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Money, Scott Walker, State Capitol, U.S. Senate Race, Wisconsin Supreme Court | Tagged David Prosser, Gov. Scott Walker, Herb Kohl, Here and Now, Kurt Schuller, Mark Neumann, Robin Vos, Shirley Abrahamson, Tammy Baldwin, Tony Evers, Unclaimed Property, Wisconsin Humane Society, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Your Question

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Open deliberations, F-35s and Your Questions

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Adam Schrager

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is meeting in public this morning to discuss Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson’s suggestions to do even more in public. We’ve written about this in the past, but among the ideas she’s floating to her fellow justices … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, Wisconsin Supreme Court | Tagged F-35, Shirley Abrahamson, Tammy Baldwin, Truax Field, Your Question

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Details on Chief Justice’s transparency plan

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Adam Schrager

You may remember last month, Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson said she was interested in opening up some of the high court’s functions in an effort to promote collegiality. This comes after very highly publicized spats between court … Continue reading →

Posted in Wisconsin Supreme Court | Tagged Shirley Abrahamson, Wisconsin Supreme Court

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