http://www.mail.com/people/2772-scott-walker.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/2772-scott-walker.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2084204-irs-chief-agency-lacked-sensitivity-screenings.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS acting chief acknowledged Tuesday that the agency demonstrated "a lack of sensitivity" in its screenings of political groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he said those mistakes won't be repeated. In his first public comment on the case, Steven Miller said there was "a shortcut taken in our processes" for determining which group... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:14:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2084204-irs-chief-agency-lacked-sensitivity-screenings.html 2013-05-14T18:14:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2084562-gop-governors-want-special-prosecutor-irs-case.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican governors are urging President Barack Obama to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Internal Revenue Service's admission that it targeted conservative political groups. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker call the allegations "Big Brother come to life." They want a special prosecutor to f... Tue, 14 May 2013 15:15:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2084562-gop-governors-want-special-prosecutor-irs-case.html 2013-05-14T15:15:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2080194-police-memorial-wall-with-tough-calls.html DETROIT (AP) — Deciding which police officers killed in the line of duty belong on a national memorial usually is driven by facts and presents few obstacles. But this year, two cases show that it isn't always so black-and-white to honor the nation's fallen men and women in blue. This year, the cases of two inductees highlight different challenges facing l... Sun, 12 May 2013 15:22:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2080194-police-memorial-wall-with-tough-calls.html 2013-05-12T15:22:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2058896-2016-rare-same-state-pairings-early-stages.html MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The early stages of the 2016 presidential race feature an unusual cluster of high-powered potential candidates hailing from the same states, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Rep. Paul Ryan among them. Walker gained Republican Party cult-figure status when he beat back a labor union attempt to oust him from office last year. A few weeks... Thu, 02 May 2013 18:15:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2058896-2016-rare-same-state-pairings-early-stages.html 2013-05-02T18:15:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2055342-local-setbacks-vex-gop-governors-eyeing-2016-race.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican governors are often seen as innovative policymakers and potential presidential candidates, but a few are struggling with political or ethical problems that might crimp their ambitions. Two governors eyeing possible White House bids — Bob McDonnell of Virginia and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana — suddenly find themselves fending off... Wed, 01 May 2013 14:22:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2055342-local-setbacks-vex-gop-governors-eyeing-2016-race.html 2013-05-01T14:22:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019674-gop-mega-donor-bob-perry-texas-dead-80.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican mega-donor Bob Perry, a Houston real estate magnate who shunned the limelight while generously bankrolling GOP candidates and becoming a force in a new era of lavish spending in American politics, has died. He was 80. Former Texas state Rep. Neal Jones, a close family friend, said late Sunday that Perry had died Saturday ni... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:49:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019674-gop-mega-donor-bob-perry-texas-dead-80.html 2013-04-15T05:49:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1996512-republican-sen-rand-paul-to-speak-nh.html BOSTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul is set to appear in New Hampshire next month, becoming the first potential 2016 presidential candidate to deliver a formal speech in the state likely to host the nation's first presidential primary. The New Hampshire Republican Party confirmed Wednesday that the first-term senator from Kentucky will deliver the keyn... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:42:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1996512-republican-sen-rand-paul-to-speak-nh.html 2013-04-03T21:42:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1982560-gop-ponders-long-list-names-policies-2016.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans' search for a way back to presidential success is drawing a striking array of personalities and policy options, creating a wide-open self-reassessment of the party. GOP activists may need three full years to decide which candidate and which philosophy will serve them best in 2016. Rival factions are trying to tug the party le... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:02:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1982560-gop-ponders-long-list-names-policies-2016.html 2013-03-27T18:02:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1974382-deal-requires-ferry-to-ash-dumping-2-years.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The nation's last operating coal-fired ferryboat would stop dumping waste ash into Lake Michigan within two years under a deal with federal regulators announced Friday. The agreement between Lake Michigan Carferry, which operates the S.S. Badger, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would require the ship to retain its ... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 03:42:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1974382-deal-requires-ferry-to-ash-dumping-2-years.html 2013-03-23T03:42:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1959196-game-on-early-gop-auditions-2016-election.html OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The auditions have begun. Just two months into President Barack Obama's second term, Republican leaders are lining up to diagnose the GOP's ills while courting party activists — all with an eye on greater political ambitions. They have danced around questions about their White House aspirations, but the die-hard conservatives are alr... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:48:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1959196-game-on-early-gop-auditions-2016-election.html 2013-03-16T23:48:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1955566-republicans-searching-their-mr-mrs.html OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Tired of election defeats, conservatives are searching for their next Mr. or Mrs. Right. They say they want a leader brash enough to protect conservative orthodoxy and open-minded enough to help the Republican Party change its image: white, old, and male. And there's no shortage of Republicans angling to fill a void in party leadersh... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:18:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1955566-republicans-searching-their-mr-mrs.html 2013-03-14T21:18:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1953824-conservative-leader-gop-broaden-appeal.html OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — As the GOP struggles to broaden its appeal, the head of the American Conservative Union declared Thursday that the Republican Party is not a home for everyone, as prominent voices in Republican politics gather with thousands of conservatives and tea party activists outside Washington. The Conservative Political Action Conference offe... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:38:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1953824-conservative-leader-gop-broaden-appeal.html 2013-03-14T14:38:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1939670-wisconsin-assembly-passes-sweeping-mining-bill.html MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly approved a polarizing mining bill Thursday and sent the measure to Gov. Scott Walker for his signature, completing a long push to help a Florida-based company open a giant iron mine near the shores of Lake Superior over environmentalists' objections. Minority Democrats dragged out debate for nearl... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:19:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1939670-wisconsin-assembly-passes-sweeping-mining-bill.html 2013-03-08T02:19:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1926602-romney-national-stage.html BOSTON (AP) — Mitt Romney is back, if only briefly. The former Republican presidential candidate is re-emerging after nearly four months in seclusion at his Southern California home. Former aides describe his burst of activity this month — a national broadcast interview, a speech at a gathering of conservatives — as a thank-you tour of sorts designed to c... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:02:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1926602-romney-national-stage.html 2013-03-02T14:02:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1909108-generation-governors-seeking-limelight.html WASHINGTON (AP) — For governors with national ambitions, this is pad — and promote — your record time. Republicans Bobby Jindal of Louisiana is trying to ditch his state's income tax while Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is working to shift people off his state's Medicaid rolls and onto private insurance. They are among the Republicans trying to claim an outs... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:17:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1909108-generation-governors-seeking-limelight.html 2013-02-22T23:17:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1904042-romney-to-address-conservative-conference-march.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will make his first public speech since the 2012 election at a noteworthy gathering of conservatives next month. Romney plans to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on March 15, offering his first extended remarks about national affairs and the conservative mov... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:49:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1904042-romney-to-address-conservative-conference-march.html 2013-02-20T20:49:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1889796-tax-increases-kill-jobs-minn-to-find.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dik Bolger is a lifelong Minnesota Democrat, a gray-bearded baby boomer with a braid down his back whose Minneapolis printing company's plant displays work by local artists and sculptors. He backed Mark Dayton for governor, but his take on the Democratic chief executive's plan for new business taxes could be the voice-over for a Republican campaign commerc... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:46:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1889796-tax-increases-kill-jobs-minn-to-find.html 2013-02-13T20:46:06Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1887114-wisconsin-tribe-threatens-walker-jobs-project.html ODANAH, Wis. (AP) — For generations the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has quietly carved out a hardscrabble existence in the evergreen forests and sloughs along what people here call the Big Water, living off wild rice, fish and game. Little has changed over the decades. They grapple with poverty every day. Their casino is tiny, their homes agi... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1887114-wisconsin-tribe-threatens-walker-jobs-project.html 2013-02-12T20:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1878502-switch-gop-governors-expanding-medicaid.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Once largely united in resisting the Obama administration's new health care overhaul, a growing number of Republican governors are now buying into parts of the system as the financial realities of their states' medical costs begin to counterbalance the fierce election politics of the issue. This week, Michigan's Rick Snyder became ... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1878502-switch-gop-governors-expanding-medicaid.html 2013-02-08T21:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847794-ryan-gop-to-pick-fights-with-obama.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Paul Ryan has a message for fellow Republicans: Let's stick together and carefully pick our fights with President Barack Obama. In a speech Saturday to conservatives, the Wisconsin congressman and 2012 vice presidential nominee outlined a pragmatic approach for dealing with a second Obama administration. Saying that Obama would atte... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847794-ryan-gop-to-pick-fights-with-obama.html 2013-01-26T22:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840368-unions-suffer-sharp-decline-membership.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Union membership plummeted last year to the lowest level since the 1930s as cash-strapped state and local governments shed workers and unions had difficulty organizing new members in the private sector despite signs of an improving economy. Government figures released Wednesday showed union membership declined from 11.8 percent to 11.3 p... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840368-unions-suffer-sharp-decline-membership.html 2013-01-23T20:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1831596-big-party-democrats-quiet-reflection-gop.html WASHINGTON (AP) — For many Republicans, this is a good weekend to get away from it all. With hundreds of thousands of Democrats traveling to nation's capital for President Barack Obama's inauguration activities, Republicans and supporters of last fall's GOP presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, are leaving town, or staying put and trying to avoid the crowd... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1831596-big-party-democrats-quiet-reflection-gop.html 2013-01-19T12:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830532-federal-appeals-court-upholds-wis-union-limits.html MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's contentious law stripping most public workers of nearly all of their collective bargaining rights in a decision hailed by Republicans but not undoing a state court ruling keeping much of the law from being in effect. The decision marks the latest twist in a two-yea... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830532-federal-appeals-court-upholds-wis-union-limits.html 2013-01-18T21:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1829268-gop-eyes-election-laws.html BOSTON (AP) — After back-to-back presidential losses, Republicans in key states want to change the rules to make it easier for them to win. From Wisconsin to Pennsylvania, GOP officials who control legislatures in states that supported President Barack Obama are considering changing state laws that give the winner of a state's popular vote all of its Elec... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1829268-gop-eyes-election-laws.html 2013-01-18T14:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1807102-wisconsin-assemblys-all-nighters-targeted.html MADISON, Wis. (AP) — To young people, pulling an all-nighter usually involves lots of caffeine and staying up to study. To the Wisconsin state Assembly, it's an all-too-familiar method of doing the state's business. The new Republican speaker of the Assembly has some ideas for ending the all-night sessions, but he refused to announce what any of them were... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1807102-wisconsin-assemblys-all-nighters-targeted.html 2013-01-08T22:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1781128-gun-control-debate-heating-up-statehouses.html ATLANTA (AP) — As President Barack Obama urges tighter federal gun laws, state legislators around the country have responded to the Connecticut school shooting with a flurry of their own ideas that are likely to produce fights over gun control in their upcoming sessions. There is momentum in two strongly Democratic states to tighten already-strict gun law... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1781128-gun-control-debate-heating-up-statehouses.html 2012-12-21T20:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1782236-wisconsin-court-upholds-domestic-partner-registry.html MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gay rights advocates scored a major win Friday when an appeals court ruled Wisconsin's domestic partnership registry was constitutional, but the victory could be short-lived as conservatives pledged to take the case to the Republican-leaning state Supreme Court. Conservatives had argued the registry bestows a status similar to marriag... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1782236-wisconsin-court-upholds-domestic-partner-registry.html 2012-12-21T17:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1774608-unions-plan-offensive-michigan-loss.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Blindsided by a new law weakening union rights in Michigan, organized labor is preparing to target Republican governors in politically important states up for re-election in 2014 — part of a renewed offensive against perceived anti-union policies. While unions fared reasonably well nationally last month at the ballot box, their struggle ... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1774608-unions-plan-offensive-michigan-loss.html 2012-12-18T20:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1754480-unions-vow-political-payback-right-to-work-law.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — With defeat in the Michigan Legislature virtually certain, Democrats and organized labor intend to make enactment of right-to-work laws as uncomfortable as possible for Gov. Rick Snyder and his Republican allies while laying the groundwork to seek payback at the polls. Shellshocked opponents of the laws spent the weekend mapping stra... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1754480-unions-vow-political-payback-right-to-work-law.html 2012-12-09T23:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1724004-wis-governor-insists-hes-thinking-2016.html MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Plenty of Republicans are talking about a possible presidential run by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, but Walker insists he's not one of them. Walker told The Associated Press on Monday that he's focused on putting together the next state budget and his job as governor, not a presidential run in 2016. Walker was elected in 2010 and shot... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1724004-wis-governor-insists-hes-thinking-2016.html 2012-11-26T15:27:00Z