Scott Fitzgerald

Politics, sports, art and pop culture, all in one briskly paced podcast. Topics discussed include: • The op-ed duel this morning between Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (read his essay here) and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, House speaker Jeff Fitzgerald...

Wisconsin Republicans said on Friday a measure stripping state public employees of most collective bargaining rights was now in effect after it was published by a legislative agency despite a judge's order against publication. The move looked certain...

After focusing for weeks on his proposal to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights, Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday presented his full budget proposal — a plan that cuts $1.5 billion in aid to public schools and government but avoids...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin State Patrol was dispatched Friday to find a Democratic state senator who fled the Capitol to delay the near-certain passage of a bill to end a half-century of collective bargaining rights for public workers, a...

If you are employed in the private sector and leave work to avoid part of your duty, you can expect to be fired. If  you work for the government, that same scenario appears to be acceptable to some officials. The Republican leader of the Wisconsin state...