Wisconsin would close loopholes that allow drug dealers to sell versions of the fearsomely powerful drug fentanyl, under a bill passed by the state Senate Tuesday. Fifty times stronger than heroin, fentanyl is spreading through Wisconsin and leaving death behind it. > Stevens Point Journal
In the nearly six years since Kestrel executives and Gov. Scott Walker announced a partnership that committed $25 million in taxpayer money, Kestrel has defaulted on state loans worth several million dollars and has delivered a small fraction of the 665 promised jobs. > FOX 6 Milwaukee
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson stood by his declaration that Robert S. Mueller III should resign, even as the first indictments were handed down Monday in the probe into Russian interference in the presidential election led by the special counsel. > Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When asked on WTMJ Radio Milwaukee Monday about the charges against former Trump campaign staff, House Speaker Paul Ryan made it clear these indictments are part of a long process: “We need to let the investigators do their jobs and let the process and our legal course play itself out.”
Gov. Scott Walker’s re-election team contains familiar long-time advisers, including a target in the John Doe criminal investigation that looked into campaign fundraising during the 2012 recall election. > Wisconsin State Journal
Gov. Scott Walker is in Israel for a trade mission and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu one-on-one in Jerusalem for an hour on Monday. A release from Walker’s office said they discussed issues facing Israel and how to bolster the relationship between the country and Wisconsin. > Associated Press / WLUK
The Wisconsin State Journal lays out how Gov. Scott Walker did on some of his 2014 campaign promises plus some of the key issues from his second term.
