April 13, 2016

Peter Barca, the Democrats’ minority leader in the state Assembly, just appointed two people to the state’s new partisan ethics and elections commissions who have contributed more than $100,000 to Democratic legislative and statewide candidates.

April 11, 2016

For all their talk about wanting a more educated workforce, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) and other business groups were oddly silent on bills related to this in the last session.

Committee on Campaigns and Elections April 1, 2016 Informational Hearing

Posted: April 8, 2016

We enthusiastically support the effort by Wisconsin legislators to adopt the Iowa model for drawing Wisconsin’s political maps. Assembly Bill 328 and Senate Bill 58 authorize the Legislative Reference Bureau to draw Wisconsin’s district maps in an impartial, nonpartisan manner, which is vital to help restore people’s faith in our democracy.

April 6, 2016

On April 5 in Wisconsin, 11 towns held referendums on whether to overturn Citizens United, the disastrous U.S. Supreme Court decision of 2010, and amend the U.S. Constitution to proclaim that corporations are not citizens and money is not speech.

April 6, 2016

In the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, outside groups supporting Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley outspent those supporting Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg almost 4 to 1.

April 5, 2016

A GOP bill to repeal Wisconsin’s 33-year-old ban on nuclear power plant construction was signed into law by Republican Gov. Scott Walker.

April 4, 2016

The two candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court who face off in Tuesday’s spring election received about 75 percent of their large contributions from contributors who gave to the 2014 Democratic and Republican candidates for governor.

March 31, 2016

As camping season in Wisconsin quickly approaches, two Republican lawmakers have told the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to stop prohibiting guns on state campgrounds.

Posted: March 30, 2016
Updated: March 31, 2016

The latest campaign fundraising and spending reports filed by the two candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court show top Republican donors favor incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley and longtime Democratic contributors back her challenger, Appeals Court Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg.

Posted: March 29, 2016
Revised: March 30, 2016

Here’s a mystery: In most highly contested Wisconsin Supreme Court races over the past decade, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce and Wisconsin Club for Growth have spent lavishly in support of conservative candidates. But in this spring’s contest between JoAnne Kloppenburg and Rebecca Bradley, they don’t appear – emphasis on “appear” -- to be spending anything.

March 29, 2016

The two candidates who will face off in next week’s spring election for a 10-year seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court have raised just over $1 million since the beginning of the year.

March 28, 2016

Besides the one for President and for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, there will be another important vote to cast on April 5 in 11 Wisconsin towns or cities. And that’s to vote to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s horrendous decision in the Citizens United case back in 2010 and to proclaim, once and for all, that corporations aren’t persons and money isn’t speech.

Posted: March 24, 2016

Letter to DAs in John Doe II Case Appeal

March 22, 2016

Today is World Water Day, a United Nations designation to celebrate the importance of water in our daily lives and the working world.

March 21, 2016

A Republican bill to reduce state regulation of sulfur dioxide pollution caused by coal-burning utilities and some large manufacturers and cut funding for a popular energy efficiency program awaits action by GOP Gov. Scott Walker.

March 17, 2016

A Republican bill that forbids communities from banning or regulating plastic bags, takeout containers and other packaging, including coffee cup insulating sleeves, is on Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s desk.

March 16, 2016

A bill that would make it harder for many citizens to register and vote by effectively ending voter registration drives was signed into law this morning by Republican Gov. Scott Walker.  The governor signed the measure less than 24 hours after it was given final approval by the GOP-controlled Senate.

March 15, 2016

A bill backed by the banking industry that would make it more difficult for communities to get rid of abandoned homes is poised for final approval Tuesday by the GOP-controlled state Senate.

March 11, 2016

Agriculture interests and the state’s largest business group are pressuring the GOP-led Senate to pass a bill next week that would loosen rules on controversial high-capacity wells.

March 11, 2016

Former Democratic Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager was named by Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling to the state’s new partisan ethics board.

March 10, 2016

A half dozen environmental organizations asked the federal government to step up and provide safe drinking water to Kewaunee County residents who have contaminated wells.

March 8, 2016

Agriculture interests, which spend big on campaign contributions and lobbying, have scored well so far this year on bills approved by the legislature and signed into law by Republican Gov. Scott Walker.

March 7, 2016

A former veteran GOP state representative who has contributed nearly $17,900 to Republican legislative and statewide candidates was appointed to the state’s new partisan ethics board.

March 4, 2016

The former leader of a conservative ideological group that secretly raised and spent an estimated $2.8 million on negative ads in statewide and legislative elections was appointed Friday to the state’s new partisan elections board.

March 3, 2016

Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign paid a $28,150 penalty in 2015 for accepting contributions from 11 individuals who exceeded the $10,000 individual limit to statewide candidates in an election cycle by contributing between $11,000 and $15,500 to the governor.