Tom Barrett is asking Governor Walker to release emails, the Governor is criticizing the mayor's efforts on public safety, and ads are running in Senate recall races around the state. Joy Cardin's guest, JR Ross of Wispolitics.com, rounds up the latest news.
Frederica Freyberg looks at the Senate District 21 recall election between incumbent Sen. Van Wanggaard and Democratic challenger John Lehman.
All week on WPR, Joy Cardin and Ben Merens interview candidates in recall races for state Senate, Governor and Lt. Gov. All candidates have been invited, those that have confirmed are listed below:
Monday, Terry Virgil (Lib) Dist. 13 LISTEN
Tuesday, Lori Compas (D) Dist. 1 LISTEN
Tuesday, Mahlon Mitchell (D) Lt. Gov. LISTEN
Wed. John Lehman (D) Dist. 21 LISTEN
Wed., 4pm Tom Barrett (D) Gov.
Wed.,4:30pm, Hari Trivedi, (Ind) Gov.
Thursday, 7:30am Kristin Dexter (D) Dist. 23
Friday, 7am Rep. Donna Seidel (D) Dist. 29
Updates
A new poll of likely recall election voters finds Governor Scott Walker with a slim lead over Tom Barrett.
Former U-S Senator Russ Feingold says Democrat Tom Barrett will defeat Republican Governor Scott Walker if all the people who felt strongly about the recall come out and vote.
Democrat Tom Barrett says Governor Scott Walker's concerns about Milwaukee could hurt the business community there.
A Wisconsin congressman is forming a new group on Capitol Hill called the "Fix Congress Now" caucus. His challenger in this fall's election says the representative himself is part of the problem.
Zac Schultz looks into the debate over changes to collective bargaining in the first segment of a three-part series exploring major issues in the upcoming recall election.
Edgewood College Economist Bill Duddleston explains the latest Department of Workforce Development jobs numbers released by Gov. Scott Walker this week.