Todd Richmond, Author at Valley News

State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, holds a press conference in the Assembly parlor, Tuesday Dec. 4, 2018 at the Capitol in Madison. The Senate and Assembly are set to send dozens of changes in state law to Gov. Scott Walker's desk. (Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Wisconsin GOP Votes to Weaken Democrat Who Defeated Governor Walker

by Scott Bauer Associated Press, and Todd Richmond Associated PressDecember 5, 2018

Madison, Wis. — The incoming Democratic governor of Wisconsin said on Wednesday that he plans to make a personal appeal to his defeated rival, Gov. Scott Walker, to veto far-reaching GOP legislation that would restrict the new administration’s…

In this April 21, 2017 photo, Cris Van Houten explains how the shoreline of Huron Lake, has receded over the years in Oasis, Wisc. Van Houten and other central Wisconsin lake property owners insist a proliferation of high-capacity wells are draining the region's lakes. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)

Farms’ Thirst for Water Dries Up Wisconsin

by Todd Richmond Associated PressApril 29, 2017

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump, left, stands with investor Wilbur Ross after meeting at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. Trump is poised to offer the position of commerce secretary to the head of a private-equity firm, Wilbur Ross. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

With Recounts Looming, Trump Adds New Cabinet Picks

by Steve Peoples Associated Press, and Todd Richmond Associated PressNovember 25, 2016

Police move in on a group of protesters throwing rocks at them in Milwaukee, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. Police said one person was shot at a Milwaukee protest on Sunday evening and officers used an armored vehicle to retrieve the injured victim during a second night of unrest over the police shooting of a black man, but there was no repeat of widespread destruction of property. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Police Chief Was Surprised By Violence After Fatal Shooting

by Todd Richmond Associated PressAugust 15, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis., Wednesday, March 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump Backtracks on Question of Punishing Women For Abortion

by Todd Richmond Associated Press, and Jill Colvin Associated PressMarch 31, 2016