Governor Walker signs bill prohibiting people from bothering hunters in Wisconsin woods

ROTHSCHILD, Wisconsin — Governor Scott Walker has signed a bill prohibiting people from bothering hunters in the Wisconsin woods.Walker signed the bill Saturday, April 2nd at the Wisconsin Bear Hunters' Association's 52nd annual convention in Rothschild.In a statement, Walker calls hunting, fishing and trapping "major pastimes" in Wisconsin, and says the bill provides hunters with "additional protections from interference."The bill's Republican authors say concerns about hunter harassment have grown since the Wolf Patrol, a group of animal rights activists, followed and filmed wolf hunters in Wisconsin and Montana in 2014.The bill expands the definition of interference with a hunter to include remaining in a hunter's sight and photographing or confronting a hunter more than twice with the intention to interfere.

Governor Walker orders flags lowered after former Rep. Tamara Grigsby's death

MADISON -- Governor Scott Walker issued Executive Order #193 to lower the flags of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin on Thursday, March 31st in honor of former Representative Tamara Grigsby, who passed away unexpectedly on March 14th.Governor Walker released the following statement:Tonette and I send our thoughts to the family and friends of former Representative Tamara Grigsby.

Gov. Walker to make "formal decision" in Republican presidential primary Tuesday

MILWAUKEE -- Governor Scott Walker is set to make a "formal decision" in the Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, March 29th."Friends of Scott Walker" announced Monday Walker will make the announcement Tuesday morning, at 9:05 a.m. on Newsradio 620 WTMJ.Just last week, Walker was still not ready to endorse any of the Republican presidential candidates."My views are more aligned with two of the three candidates remaining and not one of them.