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Wisconsin missing out on U.S. jobs gains

Wisconsin desperately needs new jobs. Alone among the 50 states, it has lost private-sector jobs for six straight months, raising the political and economic stakes of the next jobs report, due Thursday for the month of January. Even feeble job creation would bring a sense of relief to a recession-weary state and a pro-business governor who campaigned…

Governors Who Work For You

I just finished a busy weekend with governors from around the country, and the difference in priorities between Democratic governors and their Republican counterparts couldn’t be clearer. While Democratic governors are focused on creating jobs and expanding opportunity for their states, Republican governors have been busy pursuing overreaching anti-union and anti-women agendas. I have one…

GOP Govs Try to Deflect Focus from Extreme Views, While Dems Talk Jobs

After a busy weekend with governors from around the country in town for the National Governors’ Association winter meeting, the difference in priorities between Dem govs and their Republican counterparts couldn’t be clearer: Democratic governors are focused on creating jobs and expanding opportunity for their states, while Republican govs were busy deflecting scrutiny of their…

Washington Governors Race is a Dead Heat

BY TOM JENSEN | PPP | LINK TO POLL Washington Gubernatorial candidates Democrat Jay Inslee and Republican Rob McKenna are tied with 42% each, with 16% of voters undecided, a new survey of Washington voters from Public Policy Polling finds. About 1/3 of voters still don’t know enough about each candidate to form an opinion of them, with 36% holding a favorable…

Voting Rights Act Under Siege

BY JOSH GERSTEIN | POLITICO | LINK TO ARTICLE “The view that states should have free rein to change their election laws even in places with a history of Jim Crow seems to be gaining traction within the GOP.” Read the full article here.

Spence gets his RGA endorsement "pulled back"

BY ELI YOKLEY | POLITICMO | LINK TO ARTICLE Missouri Republican Dave Spence hopes to take on popular incumbent Governor Jay Nixon this fall. But Spence has been having a little trouble with his primary challenger. Late last month, PPP had Spence losing to primary opponent Bill Randles. Then yesterday, the Chair of the Republican Governors Association was…

California Moving Forward

I was thrilled to see this week that things are headed in the right direction again in California under the leadership of Governor Jerry Brown. S&P just upgraded its bond outlook for California to positive for the first time in almost five years, and GDP growth is expected to pass 3% this year – almost…

Dayton Stresses Jobs, Unity in State of the State Address

BY BILL SALISBURY AND MEGAN BOLDT | PIONEER PRESS | LINK TO ARTICLE Gov. Mark Dayton told lawmakers Wednesday night that creating jobs must be their top priority, and he called for setting aside partisan differences and working together to spark economic growth. In his second State of the State address, delivered to a joint session of…

Governor is Trying to Get Along

BY BILL MILLER | MISSOURIAN | LINK TO ARTICLE Gov. Jay Nixon is as government savvy as anyone in Missouri. His experience as a state senator, attorney general and going on four years as governor gives him an astuteness that places him at the head of the class of most of the politicians he rubs shoulders with.…

State of the States

State Text/Video Speech date Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe (D) no address California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) Text Jan. 18 Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) Text Jan. 12 Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) Text Feb. 8 Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D) Text/Video Jan. 19 Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) Text/Video Jan. 24 Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn…

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