e-lerts 2014

Assembly Voting Thursday on Wrong-Way Bills

Email date: 3/18/14

In this update:
1. Assembly set to vote Thursday on anti-voter, pro-lobbyist bills
2. Senate succumbs to public pressure on cancer drugs

Playing Politics With Cancer

Email date: 3/18/14

In this update:
1. Legislative leaders block votes on cancer drug bill
2. Sunshine laws on thin ice

Only in the Capitol

Email date: 3/13/14

In this update:
1. Senators rein in voters, unleash lobbyists
2. Why no prosecution of clear violations of Open Meetings Law?
3. Monitoring the 2014 election hijackers

Can't Relax Yet

Email date: 3/7/14

In this update:
1. Public outcry making senators leery on more-money-in-politics bills
2. Lessig to headline WDC membership meeting
3. Money in politics on the April ballot in 13 communities

Senate Moving on Campaign Finance Deform

Email date: 3/4/14

In this update:
1. Senate launching sneak attack on campaign disclosure, donation limits
2. The candidacy tax

Republicans Open an Early Lead

Email date: 2/26/14

In this update:
1. GOP legislators open early lead in money chase
2. The legislation with nine lives
3. Supreme Court takes up voter ID law
4. What those emails say

Some 'Splaining to Do

Email date: 2/21/14

In this update:
1. Truth begins to come to light in John Doe 1
2. Efforts to derail John Doe 2 intensify
3. Picking and choosing who covers the Capitol
4. Taking WDC’s message on the road

Look Who's Back

Email date: 2/17/14

In this update:
1. If at first you don’t succeed . . .
2. Look who’s back in the Capitol
3. Money talks. Big money shouts.
4. Foreign nationals taking advantage of Citizens United

Nobody Cares

Email date: 2/12/14

In this update:
1. Nobodies pack a hearing room
2. Assembly votes to deny voters a chance to have their say

Where Walker's Haul Came From

Email date: 2/4/14

In this update:
1. Walker leans heavily on rich, out-of-state donors
2. Money flows while Kenosha casino decision remains on hold
3. Retiring senators to hold public meeting on redistricting reform