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Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others. He has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for over three decades. A longtime aide to state Senate Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature, Kevin can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, "InterCHANGE," on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10, and heard filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their lovely baby daughter, Kyla Audrey, in Franklin.
Week-ends (12/01/12)
A look back at the people and events that made news the past week. Week-ends is a regular weekly feature of This Just In...
HEROES OF THE WEEK
Lawrence DePrimo ...MORE
Colts cheerleaders
Secret Santa
LEGO
Jazz Little
VILLAINS OF THE WEEK
To some Democrats, Bob Wirch
Jamie Foxx
Michael D'Antuono
Arlington Heights, Illinois
A real-life Grinch
These teachers
San Antonio school district
State of Florida
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
"I've worked far too hard to become the governor and governor again to worry about anything else after that."
Gov. Scott Walker insisting he is not thinking about running for president in 2016.
" in 2009 (Barack Obama) outlined his strategy for economic success. Alas, poor Obama did the opposite but nevertheless was re-elected. Bye, bye Miss American Pie. The Communists have won in
The Russian newspaper Pravda
“A pledge you signed 20 years ago, 18 years ago, is for that Congress. For instance, if I were in Congress in 1941, I would have supported a declaration of war against
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) discussing his decision to end his commitment along with other Congressional Republicans to an anti-tax pledge they signed from American for tax Reform’s Grover Norquist.
“Hey, if you think a commitment is not for as long as you make it for, the commitment for the pledge, as Peter King well knows when he signed it, is that as long as you’re in Congress, you will [rein in] spending and reform government and not raise taxes. It’s not for 500 years or two generations. It’s only as long as you’re in the House or Senate. If he stayed too long, that’s his problem. But you don’t tell the bank, ‘Oh, the mortgage, wasn’t that a long time ago?’ The pledge is not for life, but everybody who signed the pledge including Peter King, and tried to weasel out of it, shame on him. I hope his wife understands that commitments last a little longer than two years or something.”
Grover Norquist
“If you're going to run from the police, you'd better be in better shape."
Monroe, WI police chief Fred Kelley, after a
Tampon Nativity scene is a hit.
DHS promotes gov't handouts to immigrants on its website.
Sandy victim upset at being played by Obama.
MOST UNDER-REPORTED STORY OF THE WEEK
What recession?
MOST OVER-HYPED STORY OF THE WEEK
Powerball
STRANGEST, MOST UNUSUAL STORY OF THE WEEK
Woman raises baby girl as a boy for two years.
Take another look at that woman in church.
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