The Wisconsin governor is rolling in cash as he turns his recall fight into a national cause célèbre for conservative and Tea Party groups.
Abby Rapoport
Abby Rapoport is a freelance journalist and former staff writer at The American Prospect. She was previously a political reporter for the Texas Observer. Follow @ rarapoport
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
This Should Be Good News for Texas Planned Parenthood (But Isn’t)
A judge grants an injunction after lawmakers exclude the organization from the state’s Women’s Health Program—but if the lawsuit is successful, the state may shut down the whole program.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Voter ID’s $7 Million Ohio Price Tag
Building barriers to the ballot box isn’t cheap.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Move Over Housewives: The Real Governors of Virginia
Tareq Salahi, the famed White House party-crasher and reality tv star, may soon be on your television set—as a candidate.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama, Focused Largely in Wisconsin
The national Tea Party group has focused almost all its energy and spending on the state recall, where leaders say the fate of the presidential election lies.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Six States, Six Fates for Pro-Life Bills
From Missouri to Minnesota, a look at different bills advancing to limit access to abortion or defund Planned Parenthood.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A New Kind of Gold Standard?
The Missouri House gives preliminary support for a bill to designate gold and silver coins as legal tender. And it’s hardly the only state considering such legislation.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Relax, Ladies! The Texas GOP Has Your Back
After doing their best to dismantle the Women’s Health Program—and losing federal funding in the process—the state’s Republicans promise they’ll find the money somehow.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
ALEC Gives In, But There’s No Reason to Celebrate
The shadowy group of legislators and corporations has disbanded its Public Safety and Elections Task Force. But that’s no reason to stop the pressure.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Mad Money
With right-wing fears rising over the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, Republican state legislators want to create their own currencies.
