Tag Archive: Wisconsin recall

Jun 15

Monitor Breakfast: Scott Walker Addresses State Budgets, Critics

Fresh off his victory in the Wisconsin recall election last week, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker joined Washington D.C. journalists at a Monitor Breakfast yesterday to discuss how he plans to move his state forward now that voters have reinforced their confidence in his leadership. Walker, who was heavily criticized for his role in how he took …

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Jun 08

How Two California Cities Took Sacramento to Task on the State’s Budget Crisis

While much of this week’s election focus was on the Wisconsin recall of Governor Scott Walker, who created a firestorm of controversy by taking on public sector unions and limited collective bargaining for state employees, voters in California made similar waves with decisions on pension reform. With the California budget approximately $16 billion in the …

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Jun 06

Are Americans Really Divided, Or Is It Just Our Politics?

When it comes to politics in America, the two major parties are about as rancorous toward each other as opposing fans at a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. But if we strip away the game of politics (or baseball) and look a bit more closely, are we really …

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