Posted: July 14, 2015
Updated: July 23, 2015
Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign filed a campaign finance report last month that appeared to be riddled with erroneous information about hundreds of contributions he received in the homestretch of his 2014 reelection contest, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign review found. (Click here to download a copy of the report as a zip file.)
July 13, 2015
On Friday, the Wall Street Journal, in an opinion piece, tried to smear Kevin Kennedy, the executive director of Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board.
July 6, 2015
The Republican leaders in the Wisconsin legislature tried to pull a fast one last week, but they didn’t get away with it.
July 6, 2015
A proposal to expand the products and services offered by payday lenders, who have contributed more than $161,000 to majority GOP legislators in recent years, has been tucked into the proposed 2015-17 state budget.
July 3, 2015
In a brazen attempt to shield themselves from Wisconsin’s open records laws, Republican legislators on the Joint Finance Committee snuck some sweeping provisions into their omnibus motion that would deny the people of Wisconsin from knowing just about anything about how the legislature functions—or who is wielding influence behind closed doors.
July 2, 2015
Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law that relaxes regulations on state-chartered banks.
June 30, 2015
Business, construction, municipal utilities, and a conservative ideological group that spent more than $2.8 million in recent years to help elect GOP legislators are the influential special interests trying to change Wisconsin’s prevailing wage laws.
June 29, 2015
Today’s decision on the Arizona redistricting case is cause for celebration.
June 26, 2015
Republican Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill into law that allows a developer who has contributed more than $21,000 to his campaign and the state Republican Party to receive public grants or loans to build high-end golf courses.
June 24, 2015
Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who has benefited from $3.5 million in outside electioneering support and campaign contributions from the National Rifle Association (NRA), signed new laws Wednesday that loosen rules for buying and carrying guns in Wisconsin.
June 23, 2015
Owners and executives from 10 of 24 companies that received more than $124 million in state grants, tax credits and loans without a formal review by the Walker administration contributed more than $104,000 to Republican Gov. Scott Walker since January 2010.
June 22, 2015
A Catholic group says it’s concerned there are plans to use the proposed 2015-17 state budget to weaken state regulations on the rent-to-own industry, which has contributed nearly $12,000 since the beginning of 2010 to Republican legislators and the governor.
June 22, 2015
On April 30, the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign published an article, “Scott Jensen Named First Influence Peddler of the Month.”
June 17, 2015
Real estate and construction interests, which have contributed about $1.9 million to legislators since January 2011, are backing a bill that would loosen lead paint inspection requirements in Wisconsin.
June 16, 2015
Legislative Republicans who are trying to determine how many hundreds of millions of dollars to borrow and spend on major highway projects in the next two years have accepted more than $540,000 since January 2011 from road building interests that benefit from state contracts.
June 15, 2015
No communities would be able to prohibit bow hunting in their jurisdictions under a plan inserted in the proposed 2015-17 state budget by Republicans who control the legislature.
June 12, 2015
The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign is urging Democratic Sen. Julie Lassa of Stevens Point to delay a June 18 fundraising event until after the proposed 2015-17 state budget is approved.
June 11, 2015
The nation’s most influential pro-gun group is the subject of tax and campaign finance complaints over its federal election spending.
June 10, 2015
Executives from five companies whose $5.6 million in state loans were forgiven by the Walker administration contributed nearly $18,000 to the governor’s campaign since January 2010.
June 9, 2015
A provision in the proposed 2015-17 state budget that would require local governments to use more of the room taxes they collect to promote tourism has support from tourism lodging interests, which have contributed about $34,000 in recent years to Republican lawmakers who control the legislature.
June 9, 2015
Madison - Three leading good government groups in Wisconsin today are condemning a proposed bill in the State Assembly that would do away with the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau and the bipartisan Joint Audit Committee.
June 5, 2015
Wealthy retirees and homemakers were Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s most generous contributors in 2014, giving more than $4.7 million of the nearly $22.2 million in large individual and political action committee contributions he accepted from special interest groups to fuel his reelection.
June 3, 2015
Business interests are backing a GOP bill that would protect wood stove manufacturers from tougher federal air pollution standards.
June 2, 2015
A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows that Americans across the board recognize that big money has contaminated our politics.
June 2, 2015
Republican Gov. Scott Walker has appointed two attorneys to circuit court judgeships who helped the Walker administration and legislative Republicans consolidate power. They defended laws that slashed public employee collective bargaining rights, redrew legislative districts that enabled Republicans to increase their control of the legislature, and require citizens to present a photo ID to vote.