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Bradley Foundation Bankrolls Controversial Billboards, Treading onto Controversial New Ground

by Brendan Fischer — November 2, 2012 - 8:04am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Election 2012, Democracy, Politics, Wisconsin Protests

    • Although the Einhorn Family Foundation admitted to being the "private family foundation" behind the controversial "Voter Fraud is a Felony!" billboards that recently appeared in neighborhoods of color in Milwaukee and two Ohio cities, news broke Wednesday they secured the funds for similar billboards in 2010 from the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, a major funder of right-wing organizations that push the voter fraud myth.

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    Can Democrats Hold on to Hard Won Wisconsin State Senate?

    by Rebekah Wilce — November 1, 2012 - 1:02pm
  • Topics: Election 2012, Campaign Finance, Democracy, Wisconsin Protests

    • Democrats have a one-seat majority in the Wisconsin Senate after three Republicans lost seats in historic recall elections, but 16 seats are up for grabs in November, and with them the balance of power. In recent weeks, many have focused on the race between Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin and former governor Tommy Thompson, which may determine who holds the majority in the U.S. Senate, but the state Senate races are significant because many Wisconsinites are concerned about having a firewall against embattled Governor Scott Walker's 2013 legislative agenda.

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    CMD and Common Cause Prevail in Open Records Lawsuit Against ALEC Legislators in Wisconsin

    by PRW Staff — October 30, 2012 - 12:43pm
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Corporations, Democracy, Politics, Wisconsin Protests

    • Lawmakers Acknowledge That They Cannot Evade the Open Records Law by Shifting Official Correspondence to a Personal E-Mail Account

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 30, 2012
    CONTACT: Brendan Fischer, Brendan@prwatch.org; Nick Surgey, nsurgey@commoncause.org

    Five Wisconsin state legislators have agreed to turn over any correspondence and documents with or related to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and held on their personal email accounts; the action settles a lawsuit brought by the Center for Media and Democracy and Common Cause.

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    Will Pennsylvania Follow Wisconsin's Lead on Voter ID?

    by Brendan Fischer — September 18, 2012 - 7:00am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Democracy, Race / Ethnic Issues, Wisconsin Protests

    • Last month, a Pennsylvania court upheld the state's American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) - inspired voter ID law, but in hearings on appeal that state's supreme court has given the law a harsh reception. Might the Pennsylvania Supreme Court follow Wisconsin's lead and throw out the voter ID law before the 2012 election?

    On Jobs Promise, Walker Fooled Wisconsin Once; New Romney Ads Promise 240,000 State Jobs

    by Will Dooling — September 17, 2012 - 6:30am
  • Topics: Advertising, Election 2012, Democracy, Economy, Labor, Wisconsin Protests

    • On September 6th, the Detroit News reported that Republican candidate for president Mitt Romney took a look at the latest polls and decided to pull down ads in Michigan and Pennsylvania. Romney-friendly SuperPACs did the same. The campaign and its allies are looking to move the money to swing states where the polling is more favorable.

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    Wisconsin Judge Strikes Down Sections of Walker's Act 10 as Unconstitutional

    by Brendan Fischer — September 14, 2012 - 4:47pm
  • Topics: Economy, Labor, Wisconsin Protests

    • A Wisconsin judge has struck down as unconstitutional sections of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's controversial collective bargaining law, Act 10, at least as applied to municipal and school district employees, who are the majority of public workers in the state. Act 10 prompted months of protests after it was introduced in 2011, and inspired a hard-fought recall effort that Walker survived in June of this year.

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    Walker's New Capitol Police Chief Cracks Down on the First Amendment

    by Harriet Rowan — September 7, 2012 - 6:49am
  • Topics: Activism, Democracy, Wisconsin Protests

    • On September 5, 2012, eight people were arrested, handcuffed, and ultimately given citations for simply holding signs in the Wisconsin State Capitol. This may come as a surprise to the hundreds of thousands of people who marched through the Capitol in February and March of 2011 proudly holding home-made signs that denounced Governor Scott Walker's attack on collective bargaining rights, but there's a new sheriff in town -- a new Capitol Police chief to be exact.

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    ALEC Member "American Chemistry Council" Drops $649K on Wisconsin U.S. Senate Race

    by Brendan Fischer — September 6, 2012 - 7:52am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Election 2012, Corporations, Democracy, Politics, Wisconsin Protests

    • The chemical industry trade group American Chemistry Council, a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), has spent $648,600 on ads supporting Tommy Thompson, a former ALEC member and the Republican candidate for Wisconsin's open U.S. Senate seat.

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    Risk of Voter Suppression Resurfaces: Wisconsin Attorney General Seeks to Reinstate Voter ID Law

    by Brendan Fischer — August 23, 2012 - 8:04am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Democracy, Politics, Wisconsin Protests

    • Wisconsin's Republican Attorney General is fighting to get vote-suppressing laws in place for the November election, asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reinstate the voter ID law that has been found unconstitutional by two separate state judges, despite that Court rejecting a similar request in recent months.

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    Outside Groups Push WI GOP to the Right in U.S. Senate Primary

    by Brendan Fischer — August 13, 2012 - 9:41am
  • Topics: Right Wing, Election 2012, U.S. Congress, Democracy, Politics, Wisconsin Protests

    • Wisconsin's hotly-contested race to select its GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate is another battle between out-of-state Super PACs and Tea Party-associated nonprofits spending millions to convince election-weary voters to select their preferred candidate. The influx of outside spending is fueling a race to the right as candidates compete for the label of "true conservative." Here is a rundown of the groups spending big to influence Wisconsin's GOP primary.

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