Email date: 7/11/07
In this update:
1. Alliance of citizen groups created to get the truth out about AT&T cable bill
2. Spotlight intensifies on business subsidies without scrutiny
3. Legislator pushing pet bill
4. Brennan Center takes deeper look at Supreme Court ruling on McCain-Feingold
Email date: 7/23/07
In this update:
1. Big campaign donors stand in the way of health care reform
2. Justice delayed . . . and delayed . . . and delayed
3. Some signs of progress
4. A different type of porn
Email date: 7/24/07
In this update:
1. Cost of state Supreme Court tops $5.8 million
2. Report on health care reform opponents’ donations makes statewide news
Email date: 7/30/07
In this update:
1. Interests with stake in outcome of health reform debate donated $21 million since ’99
2. Ziegler to take office with cloud overhead
3. Is AT&T starting to sweat?
4. Cindy Sheehan to headline Fighting Bob Fest
5. Living in Richistan
Email date: 8/2/07
In this update:
1. Doyle "cleared" of wrongdoing, Ziegler joins court that could soon discipline her
2. Governor says he wants action on campaign reform this fall
3. FCC to hold hearing in Chicago on media ownership
Email date: 8/13/07
In this update:
1. $2 million in campaign donations raised during state budget process
2. Interest groups spend $3 million on lobbying in first half of 2007
3. Updated campaign finance profiles of state officials now available
Email date: 8/16/07
In this update:
1. Broad coalition seeks to awaken FCC as transition to digital TV proceeds
2. Legislators offer redistricting reform proposal
3. Lobbying reports available online
Email date: 8/20/07
In this update:
1. Political "tourists" come in droves to Wisconsin
2. More trouble for voter registration project
3. Campaign fundraisers get in the way of budget talks
Email date: 8/22/07
In this update:
1. First meeting of Government Accountability Board tomorrow
2. Scrutiny of judges’ conflicts of interest intensifies as ethics probe continues
3. The importance of asking questions
4. Fighting Bob Fest schedule, speakers set
Email date: 9/4/07
In this update:
1. Kenosha man charged with conspiracy in campaign fund laundering scheme
2. Criminally charged California fundraiser had ties to Wisconsin politicians
3. What’s behind the state budget stalemate
4. How citizens can make things better