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April 2, 2020
The state Democratic Party raised nearly $4.7 million during the first three months of 2020, about nine times more than the $513,000 raised by the state Republican Party, thanks to a handful of tony contributors.
March 31, 2020
The two candidates vying for a 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in next week’s spring elections have raised nearly $4 million combined since they entered the race.
March 30, 2020
Special interest groups spent more than $3 million as of Monday morning in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
March 26, 2020
Some stores owned by John Menard Jr., the state’s richest man and a major GOP campaign contributor, have been cited by Wisconsin and Michigan authorities for price gouging on products in high demand because of the coronavirus pandemic.
March 25, 2020
Wisconsin contributors gave about $4.8 million in 2019 to unregulated electioneering groups that frequently smear state and federal candidates. About $4 of every $5 went to Democratic-leaning groups.
March 23, 2020
Outside election spending by special interest groups topped $1.1 million as of Monday morning in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
March 18, 2020
A Virginia group has spent about $55,100 on electioneering activities attacking one of two candidates in a suburban Milwaukee mayor’s race.
March 17, 2020
Outside electioneering groups have spent about $735,000 so far in this spring’s Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
March 4, 2020
A bill that cuts from 60 days to 45 days the advanced notice that insurers are required to give policy holders about premium increases was signed into law on Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
March 3, 2020
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly held a fundraiser at a shooting range a day after a gunman killed five people and himself at the Molson Coors brewery in Milwaukee.
February 27, 2020
A northern Wisconsin shipbuilder was awarded a $29 million state grant on Tuesday by the administration of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers after making first-time contributions to a group that helps elect Democratic governors.
February 26, 2020
Republican lawmakers who control the legislature had four times more money in their campaign accounts at the start of the 2020 election year than their Democratic counterparts, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign review found.
February 19, 2020
The GOP-controlled state Assembly passed a resolution on Tuesday that calls for a convention of the states to amend the U.S. Constitution. It’s part of an effort by Republicans nationwide in recent years to add a federal balanced budget requirement, term limits on federal offices, and restraints on federal government authority to the U.S. Constitution.
Posted: February 18, 2020
Updated: February 19, 2020
Outside electioneering groups have spent about $55,500 to support or oppose candidates in yesterday’s spring primary for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
February 14, 2020
(Open letter to legislators about the lack of adequate public notice for public hearings from Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Executive Director Matthew Rothschild.)
February 13, 2020
GOP lawmakers are working on a bill that would allow people to carry concealed weapons in churches and other places of worship.
February 12, 2020
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) and four other special interest groups opposed to bills aimed at regulating so-called “forever chemicals” have spent more than $13.3 million on lobbying and elections in the last five years.
February 11, 2020
Three candidates who face off in next week’s spring preprimary election raised a combined $275,000 during the first five weeks of 2020. The top two finishers will go on to face each other on the April 7 ballot.
Testimony Before the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections
February 11, 2020
(Testimony delivered on February 11, 2020 by Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Executive Director Matthew Rothschild.)
February 7, 2020
Business, construction, and real estate interests are backing bipartisan bills that would double the tax breaks in a program aimed at encouraging housing projects in poor neighborhoods.
February 4, 2020
On the morning of Feb. 4, the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign filed formal complaints with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission against the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the Wisconsin State Senate Democratic Committee, and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
February 4, 2020
The state Democratic and Republican parties and four legislative fundraising committees accepted more than $1.1 million in corporate contributions in 2019, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign preliminary review found.
February 3, 2020
At the kickoff for Black History Month in the State Capitol Monday morning, Gov. Tony Evers raised the issue of independent, nonpartisan redistricting, as he did in his State of the State address.
January 21, 2020
On the 10th anniversary of the Citizens United decision, five Democratic legislators held a press conference in the Assembly Gallery to denounce the impact this decision has had – and to offer solutions to it.
January 16, 2020
The three candidates on the February spring primary ballot for Wisconsin Supreme Court raised a combined $860,000 in the last half of 2019, and the largest contributors to some of the candidates were longtime partisan donors. The most anyone can give to a candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court is $20,000.