May
2013 6
2013 6
Constitutionality of Wisconsin’s Anti-Worker Act 10 Still Uncertain as Law Heads Back to Court
The fate of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s now infamous Act 10, which stripped collective bargaining rights from public employees, is still up in the legal air as the State Supreme Court decides if it should decide the constitutionality of the law. Two years after its passage and a year after the failed recall of Gov. ...
Mar
2013 22
2013 22
Scott Walker’s Rejection of Obamacare Funds to Cost Wisconsin Businesses Upwards of $30 Million
According to a national study by Jackson Hewitt Tax services, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s opposition to Obamacare will cost Wisconsin employers between $24.1 million and $36.1 million a year. The news comes a month after Walker rejected expanding the states Badgercare program. Walker’s decisions on Medicare have created a...
Feb
2013 22
2013 22
Walker Transfers $40,000 More to Legal Defense Fund, All But Confirms He is a Target of the WI John Doe Investigation
The Wisconsin John Doe Investigation — affectionately known as Walkergate — has already brought six former aides to now-Governor Scott Walker to justice. More convictions are expected and recent actions taken by the Governor suggest he, too, is a target of the investigation. While spokespeople for the Governor ensure the press that...
Feb
2013 20
2013 20
Wisconsin GOP Rushing Through Farrow-Brooks Bill, a Government-Sponsored Kneecapping of Private Sector Unions
As Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker prepares to reveal a new budget which has already been labeled more radical than his previous radical budgets, reports out of the dairy land suggest that a bill is being fast-tracked in the Republican controlled legislature that represents a direct attack on organized labor. The Farrow-Brooks bill would act as ...
Feb
2013 19
2013 19
ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Strict, Misguided New Rules in Place at Wisconsin Capitol
New rules set in motion by Wisconsin lawmakers that limit visitor activities in the state Capitol building are being challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union. The overly broad rules — which restrict visitors from wearing hats, taking pictures, and doing pretty much anything that could be construed as a slight to state lawmakers...
Feb
2013 7
2013 7
HANDS OFF, SCOOTER: Wisconsin Investment Board Rejects Gov. Scott Walker’s Ridiculous Request to Borrow $200M from State Pension Fund
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is asking government workers to bet part of their retirements on a plan to subsidize new businesses in the state. That’s right. Walker is asking something of workers whom he treats like dirt. The requested funds would go to the quasi-public Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) of which Walker is...
Feb
2013 5
2013 5
Hidden Computers, Secret E-mail, Subpoenas and Legal Fees Mar Wisconsin Legislature as Gerrymandering Trial Heats Up
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is on a shortlist of Republicans who have been subpoenaed as part of a long running legal fight over redistricting. Vos, Senate Chief Clerk Jeffrey Renk, Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller, and the Legislative Technology Service Bureau were all issued subpoenas as state investigators continue to search for...
Feb
2013 4
2013 4
Forget Cameras, Wisconsin GOP Now Disallowing Hats, Food, Computers in Capitol (but Guns are OK!)
MISS THIS? That was their intention… Wisconsin lawmakers recently changed the laws pertaining to open meetings in order to stop the practice of late night sessions, a change that upset few people. Tucked in the switch, though, was a provision that did get under peoples’ skin: new rules allowing for visitors to be ejected from ...
Jan
2013 23
2013 23
Gov. Walker, in Complete Secrecy, Signed a Proclamation Making the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade “Protect Life Day” in Wisconsin
On the first day of the new legislative term, January 7th, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker went behind the scenes to issue a proclamation that his state would recognize January 22nd, 2013 (yesterday) as “Protect Life Day.” Not-so-coincidentally, that specific date marked the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case...
Jan
2013 22
2013 22
MUST WATCH: In MLK Award Acceptance Speech at WI Capitol, Woman Gives Gov. Walker Hell to His Face
This. Is. Awesome. In a public ceremony yesterday at the Wisconsin Capitol, Dr. Margaret Rozga accepted the MLK 2013 Heritage Award for her husband, the late Father James Groppi. She used her acceptance speech to deliver a pointed attack on Governor Scott Walker as he sat just feet from her Among the countless highlights of ...
Jan
2013 3
2013 3
Did Anyone Else Get an Unwanted Christmas Card from Scott Walker?
Needless to say when I arrived back to my humble abode after holiday traveling the first thing I wanted to see was NOT Scott Walker’s smug mug. Alas, that is what I was greeted with when I checked the mail on the way into my apartment building. It’s odd that I would receive this piece ...
Dec
2012 19
2012 19
GOLF-ERNOR WALKER: 54 Personal Days Off in 2012 “Didn’t Change Our Job”
With nearly two months off this year — not including weekends — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is making the most of a state law that allows elected officials to take unlimited personal days. This according to Wisconsin Reporter analysis shows that Walker had taken 54 personal days in 2012 as of November 30th. These personal ...
