Latest News on Scott Walker Archive

This archive was created due to the large number of articles posted in the "Latest News" section of the Scott Walker page. Here are the articles that were posted to the "Latest News" section and have since been removed:

• CapTimes, Scott Walker's latest campaign is scandal reunion, Matthew Rothschild, October 31, 2017.

• The Jerusalem Post, Wisconsin becomes latest state to pass anti-boycott Israel law, Benjamin Weinthal, October 27, 2017.

• Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker confirms he's running with campaign video, Jason Stein, October 18, 2017.

• ExposedbyCMD, Secret Scott Walker John Doe Leak Inquiry Underway, Mary Bottari, May 2, 2017.

• PRwatch, Four Whoppers that Sunk Scott Walker, Mary Bottari, September 22, 2015.

• PRwatch, Walker's GOP Poised to Raze Government Accountability Board, Mary Bottari, September 18, 2015.

• PRwatch, Scott Walker's Day One Plan to "Wreak Havoc" Lifted from ALEC, Brendan Fischer, September 10, 2015.

• PRwatch, Right Wing's False Narrative on Criminal Probe Fueling Attack on Election Watchdog, Brendan Fischer, September 8, 2015.

• PRwatch, Walmart and Walker: Always Low Wages, Mary Bottari, September 2, 2015.

• PRwatch, Not Just Trump and Walker: ALEC Called for Ending Birthright Citizenship Too, Brendan Fischer, August 20, 2015.

• The Progressive, The Amazing Scott Walker, Bill Lueders, August 18, 2015.

• PRwatch, Scott Walker's False Promise of Racial Unity, Brendan Fischer, August 17, 2015.

• PRwatch, Was Scott Walker Saved by John Doe Secrecy Order?, Brendan Fischer, August 12, 2015.

• Talking Points Memo, Meet ALEC's (Hoped For) Man in Washington: Scott Walker, Brian Murphy, August 10, 2015.

• PRwatch, Scott Walker Wins Koch Straw Poll, $900 Million in the Offing, Mary Bottari, August 6, 2015.

• PRwatch, Scott Walker Aide's Claim of Prosecutorial Abuse Refuted by New Audio, Brendan Fischer, August 4, 2015.

• PRwatch, Scott Walker Is the Belle of the ALEC Ball, Rep. Chris Taylor (D-WI), July 24, 2015.

• Washington Post, Why Scott Walker is so dangerous, Dana Milbank, July 23, 2015.

• PRwatch, Five Things to Know About the Scott Walker John Doe Ruling, Brendan Fischer, July 16, 2015.

• PRwatch, CMD Denounces Corrupt John Doe Ruling From Conflicted Court, PR Watch Admin, July 16, 2015.

• PRwatch, Scott Walker, Ready to Vindicate America, Mary Bottari, July 14, 2015.

• PRwatch, Scott Walker Begins His 2016 Run for the White House, Mary Bottari, July 13, 2015.

• The Daily Beast, Scott Walker Gets Schooled by His Neighbor, July 10, 2015.

• The Nation, What is Scott Walker Trying to Hide?, John Nichols, July 8, 2015.

• Salon, “More Nixonian than Nixon”: Scott Walker’s latest scandal lays bare his shady tactics, Joan Walsh, July 8, 2015.

• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Public deserves answers on assault on open records, July 7, 2015.

• The Undercurrent, Walker's War on Women, Brendan Fischer and Lauren Windsor, July 7, 2015.

• PRwatch, As Walker Announces, WI GOP Moves to Gut Open Records Law, Brendan Fischer, July 2, 2015.

• PRwatch, Divide-and-Conquer Walker Thinks Equal Pay Is Divisive, Brendan Fischer, June 25, 2015.

• New York Times, Scott Walker, Set for a Bigger Stage, Faces G.O.P. Revolt in Wisconsin, Trip Gabriel, June 23, 2015.

• PRwatch, Scott Walker Dances for Dixie, Mary Bottari, June 23, 2015.

• PRwatch, Scott Walker’s Unprecedented Voucher Expansion, Jonas Persson and Mary Bottari, June 22, 2015.

• Washington Monthly, Scott Walker's Real Legacy, Donald F. Kettl, June/July/August 2015.

• The New York Times Magazine, Scott Walker and the Fate of the Union, Dan Kaufman, June 12, 2015.

• PRwatch, There Is No Budget Surplus in Wisconsin, Jody Knauss, June 11, 2015.

• PRwatch, Scott Walker: Men Can Sue if a Woman Gets an Abortion, but Women Can't Sue for Pay Discrimination, Brendan Fischer, June 4, 2015.

• PRwatch, Scott Walker: The First ALEC President?, Brendan Fischer and Mary Bottari, June 3, 2015.

• PRwatch, Devastating Walker Budget to Be Finalized, Jody Knauss, May 27, 2015.

• Mother Jones, How Scott Walker and His Allies Hijacked the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Pema Levy, May 22, 2015.

• PRwatch, In Search for Truth, CMD Files Public Records Lawsuit Against Scott Walker, PR Watch Admin, May 19, 2015.

• PRwatch, Privatization Fail: Scott Walker’s WEDC in Full Meltdown, Mary Bottari, May 18, 2015.

• Naked News, Scott Walker Lied, GOP Prosecutor Says, Brendan Fischer and Lauren Windsor, May 13, 2015.

• PRwatch, Emails Show Walker Chief of Staff Oversaw Changes to Wisconsin Idea, Jonas Persson and Mary Bottari, May 11, 2015.

• PRwatch, GOP Prosecutor Defends Scott Walker Criminal Probe, Says "Let's Get the Truth Out", Brendan Fischer and Mary Bottari, May 1, 2015.

• PRwatch, Koch Brothers Declare Scott Walker Is Our Man, Brendan Fischer, April 20, 2015.

• PRwatch, Walker's Dark Money Allies Orchestrate Coup of the Courts, Mary Bottari, April 19, 2015.

• Media Matters for America, How Scott Walker's Watchdog Is Using ALEC Data To Defend His Economic Record, Daniel Angster, April 9, 2015.

• PRwatch, Scott Walker’s Supreme Court Coup, Mary Bottari, April 8, 2015.

• PRwatch, WMC Spends $600,000 to Demote Chief Justice as Criminal Probe of Walker Campaign Looms, Mary Bottari, March 31, 2015.

• Bloomberg, The Conservative Group Behind Scott Walker's Political Rise, John McCormick, March 30, 2015.

• Media Matters, The Pay-To-Play Allegation Walker's Watchdog Isn't Defending, Daniel Angster, March 26, 2015.

• Yahoo Politics, Secret $1.5 million donation from Wisconsin billionaire uncovered in Scott Walker dark-money probe, Michael Isikoff, March 23, 2015.

• Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, At Iowa summit, Scott Walker shifts gears on ethanol mandate, Jason Stein, March 8, 2015.

• PRwatch, ALEC Right-to-Work Bill to Be Signed by Walker, Mary Bottari and Jonas Persson, March 6, 2015.

• Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Walker hits Clinton on private email — like one he used as county exec, Patrick Marley, March 5, 2015.

• PRwatch, Scott Walker’s CPAC Stumble is the Tip of the ISISberg, Jonathan Rosenblum, February 27, 2015.

• Wisconsin State Journal, Scott Walker tells CPAC that facing protesters prepares him for Islamic State, later clarifies, Matthew DeFour, February 27, 2015.

• Bloomberg, Scott Walker Is King of Kochworld, Julie Bychowicz, February 17, 2015.

"With three tough statewide election victories under his belt, Walker, 47, is poised to pursue the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. The Kochs have pledged to marshal some $900 million to spend on a fight for the presidency, and although they may not wade directly into the GOP primary muck, their ties to Walker appear stronger than to anyone else considering a run."

• PRwatch, Walker Posse Piles on the Gray Lady and Gail Collins, Mary Bottari, February 17, 2015.

"Gail Collins, the award-winning New York Times columnist, riled the right-wing echo chamber this weekend with a one-sentence error in an opinion piece on Scott Walker."

• Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Scott Walker defers debt principal payment to balance books, Jason Stein, February 17, 2015.

"Gov. Scott Walker's administration in May will skip more than $100 million in debt payments to balance the state's shaky budget, bringing the total such payment delays to more than $1.5 billion since 2001."

• The New York Times, 2016 Ambitions Seen in Walker’s Push for University Cuts in Wisconsin, Julie Bosman, February 16, 2015.

"The mission statement, known as the Wisconsin Idea, has been cherished by educators and graduates for a century. So when Gov. Scott Walker, a second-term Republican, presented a budget this month proposing to delete some of its most soaring passages, as well as to sharply cut state aid to the system, he ignited a furious backlash that crossed party and regional lines."

• Washington Post, Gov. Walker, eyeing a 2016 bid, picks new fight in Wisconsin: Universities, Robert Samuels, February 16, 2015.

"As he woos supporters around the country for a possible presidential bid, Walker (R) is once again picking a fight against a powerful institution at home — public universities."

• PRwatch, Prosecutor in Scott Walker Probe Asks Justices to Recuse, Brendan Fischer, February 13, 2015.

"The prosecutor leading the probe into possible coordination between Governor Scott Walker's campaign and outside groups has asked some Wisconsin Supreme Court justices to recuse themselves from hearing a challenge to the investigation."

• Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Counterspin: James Henry on HSBC, Mary Bottari on Scott Walker, February 13, 2015.

• The Big Picture, Brendan Fischer on The Big Picture, Feb. 12, 2015, February 12, 2015.

"Acknowledging that #Koch has become a dirty word for voters across the political spectrum, brothers Charles and David are now desperately trying to rebrand themselves as "socially liberal" in advance of the 2016 elections."

• Salon, Scott Walker’s lying mess: How a tough Wisconsin teacher schooled the governor, Joan Walsh, February 11, 2015.

"An actual 2010 Wisconsin Teacher of the Year, Claudia Klein Felske, who won the high school award, laid out the extent of Walker’s fib in an open letter to Walker posted on the Marquette Educator site Monday."

• PRwatch, 'Walker Moves to Cut Pay for WI Chief Justice in the Budget Bill, Mary Bottari and Jonas Persson, February 9, 2015.

"Budgets are also not supposed to be for petty vendettas against elected officials."

• Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, For Walker, success on the national front, a stumble at home, Daniel Bice, February 6, 2015.

"It's been this kind of week for Gov. Scott Walker: He has emerged as a media darling on the national front even as he took a beating politically at home."

• PolitiFact, Pants on Fire: Despite deliberate actions, Scott Walker calls change to university mission a "drafting error", February 6, 2015.

• PRwatch, Rumors of the Walker Probe's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated, February 5, 2015

"Critics of the Walker probe claimed that Clevert's ruling had the effect of upending the John Doe prosecutors' legal theory, thereby prohibiting the investigation from continuing even if the Wisconsin Supreme Court gives it the greenlight. But these claims are erroneous."

• PRwatch, Walker Strikes Truth and Wisconsin Idea from UW Mission in Budget, Jonas Persson and Mary Bottari, February 4, 2015.

"In addition to unprecedented budget cuts to the University of Wisconsin (UW) system, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker struck "the search for truth" and the Wisconsin Idea from the university's mission in his executive budget bill unveiled last night." (Story updated February 5, 2015.)