A breakdown of what changed under Wisconsin’s Act 2, passed in January, 2011.
Posted on 17 February 2013 in Sidebar
A breakdown of what changed under Wisconsin’s Act 2, passed in January, 2011.
Posted on 17 February 2013 in Sidebar
In January, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services began publishing state inspection reports of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other health care providers on its website. Records are available from July 2012 onward.
Posted on 16 May 2012 in Government, Latest, Money & Politics
Walker’s official calendars from his first 13 months in office chronicle these and scores more hours he spent building credentials with conservatives in Wisconsin and across the nation. The second installment in a three-part series.
Posted on 13 May 2012 in Government, Latest, Money & Politics
Last year, Gov. Scott Walker crisscrossed the nation, breaking fundraising records and netting about half his donations from out of state. But his calendars show the consequences of fame and fundraising. The first in a three-part series.
Posted on 08 March 2012 in Latest, WisWatch Blog
It’s time once again for proponents of open government and the free flow of information to celebrate Sunshine Week. But this year, we’ll be doing it under a cloud.
Posted on 20 October 2011 in Money & Politics Column
Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) has introduced a bill to end the requirement that those who give more than $100 a year to state political campaigns disclose their principal place of employment.
Posted on 06 March 2011 in Government, Justice & Safety, Latest
Donald Henriksen is one of at least 45 registered sex offenders living among other nursing home residents, according to a Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism review of addresses for the state’s nearly 20,000 registered sex offenders and 399 licensed nursing homes.
Posted on 19 January 2011 in WisWatch Blog
Opengovernment.org, a promising new tool that tries to scrape pretty much everything you could want to know about the Wisconsin state legislature.