Here's a disturbing sign of how truly puzzling the up-and-down weather has been in Wisconsin this year: On Tuesday, when Madison residents enjoyed temperatures that hit 78 degrees, a number of calls filtered into the 911 system with reports of dead people in the grass. Also known as, you know, sunbathers.
Social issues have been mostly ignored nationally this year as Congress and presidential candidates fight over government spending, but on the state level, the fight over sex hasn't gone away.
Democrats keep two seats, holding the GOP majority in the Senate to 17-16
The most recent of political symbolism out of Wisconsin goes to Republicans
Democrats won two out of six contested seats, preserving the GOP majority
Democrats will gain control of the state senate if they take three seats from Republicans
Reading the results from last night's primaries and special election
Milwaukee Public Schools will lay off 519 staff members on Friday
The state Supreme Court overrules a circuit court judge who halted the legislation
Said GOP violated transparency law in passing bill; didn't rule on merits of the law itself
Bush's Health and Human Services secretary eyes retiring Herb Kohl's seat
Says he rejects other Midwestern states "exploiting" fiscal crisis to curb union power
The Democratic House in Boston passed a bill to curb bargaining for health benefits
Incumbent nets 7,500 votes in wild Wisconsin state Supreme Court race
An election with 1.5 million votes is essentially tied, but the new victors are gleeful
JoAnne Kloppenburg is 204 votes ahead in perceived referendum on recent labor debate
The vote--called a referendum on Gov. Scott Walker--is still too close to call
The formerly reliable blue state will be a major battleground in 2012
Carlos Lam is the second Hoosier official to lose his job over violent anti-union messages
Commentators frame the incident in light of the Wisconsin union standoff
Another reason Randy Hopper's wife will support his recall
Wisconsin labor activists knocked on Randy Hopper's and found his wife instead
The GOP has become "fanatically anti-spending," and it won't let you forget
The collective bargaining fight has been a boon for progressive fundraising
The Wisconsin Senate passed a bill barring collective bargaining for public workers
Wisconsin Democrats file ethics complaint over governor's conversation with David Koch impostor
Democrats may return without a concessions on bargaining rights
Governor Scott Walker can only afford to lose two and still pass the legislation
Ohio Senate gets closer to curbing collective bargaining for public employees, while Wisconsin and Illiinois stays stalemated
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