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December 8, 2015
Former Department of Natural Resources (DNR) employees have told federal regulators that state environmental enforcement has suffered under the Walker administration because the agency is beleaguered by budget cuts and political pressure to please business.
December 7, 2015
The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign strongly condemns the recent actions of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court in the John Doe II cases. The John Doe II prosecution revolved around credible evidence that Scott Walker or his campaign illegally coordinated with outside groups during the recalls of 2011 and 2012.
December 7, 2015
Republican lawmakers are seeking support for a bill that would allow the state to alter penalties for violations of animal feed regulations.
December 7, 2015
In a terse order late on Friday, December 4, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court gave five district attorneys just two weeks to decide whether they wanted to jump into the John Doe II case.
December 3, 2015
December 2, 2015
December 2, 2015
The Wisconsin Supreme Court, by a vote of 4-1, today rejected a request from John Doe prosecutor Francis Schmitz to reconsider its July decision that shut down a secret investigation into alleged coordination between electioneering groups and Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign during the 2011 and 2012 recall elections.
December 2, 2015
Two Republican lawmakers are pushing bills that would restrict the authority of state and local governments to enforce numerous environmental, construction and other rules and standards that affect what individuals and businesses may do on their property and adjacent bodies of water.
November 30, 2015
A Canadian oil company that has paid more than a billion dollars for environmental law violations and oil spill cleanups is considering a new pipeline to expand the amount of crude oil it pumps the length of Wisconsin.
November 24, 2015
A company that manufactures and markets recreational and utility vehicles is supporting bills that would let younger children use them.
November 23, 2015
With the gun-deer season under way in Wisconsin, legislators are considering a bill that would allow children of any age to hunt here.
November 19, 2015
The head of a globally recognized plumbing manufacturer embroiled in a strike with about 2,000 of its unionized workers is a major contributor to Republican Gov. Scott Walker, whose anti-union policies have been a hallmark of his administration.
November 18, 2015
Employees from Johnson Controls, which is laying off 277 employees after getting $1 million in state aid in 2014 to create nearly all of those jobs, contributed about $5,700 last year to Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s reelection campaign.
November 17, 2015
The huge factory dairy farm company, Milk Source, whose executives gave more than $130,000 to Gov. Scott Walker, stands to benefit from a recent court ruling on high-capacity wells. The state has no legal authority to require factory farms and businesses that want high-capacity water wells to monitor water use as a condition for granting their permits, an Outagamie County Circuit Court judge says.
November 13, 2015
Two GOP bills that would blindfold the public to special interest influence on legislative and statewide elections, and dismantle Wisconsin’s nationally recognized campaign finance and ethics watchdog are slated for final legislative approval on Monday.
November 13, 2015
November 12, 2015
Democratic and Republican lawmakers are circulating legislative proposals that would increase railroad safety for transporting crude oil, chemicals and other hazardous materials after two train derailments in Wisconsin last weekend.
November 10, 2015
The National Rifle Association and state gun and hunting groups are backing GOP legislative proposals that would make it a crime to photograph or videotape hunters on public land in Wisconsin.
November 7, 2015
It happened in the dark of night. Almost no one was around. But just about at midnight on Nov. 6, the Republican-dominated Wisconsin State Senate struck at the heart of open and clean government in Wisconsin, dealing it a mortal blow.
November 4, 2015
Dear Fellow Wisconsinites,
Democracy and clean government in Wisconsin are on the chopping block on Friday when the state Senate convenes in an extraordinary session to take up two bills that could drive a stake through the heart of good government in Wisconsin. The bills have already passed in the Assembly.
November 6, 2015
Don’t fall for the so-called “compromise bills” that the Wisconsin State Senate will be voting on today.
November 4, 2015
Trade associations (listed below) that represent more than a dozen powerful special interest groups are pressuring a GOP-controlled tax and spending committee to approve $200 million in borrowing to pay for major road and rehabilitation projects.
November 2, 2015
Dear Fellow Wisconsinites,
Democracy and clean government in Wisconsin are on the chopping block this week.
November 3, 2015
Legislative proposals backed by big business, lawyers, utilities and the insurance industry at the expense of consumers, workers and local control are among the bills the state Assembly is scheduled to act on today.
October 28, 2015
A GOP lawmaker who also owns an insurance company is sponsoring bills backed by the insurance industry that would reduce the liability of dog owners when their pets injure people or damage property.