The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and MAPLight.org announced a major initiative to help the public and journalists investigate the influence of money in Wisconsin state politics and policymaking.
Tag: Accountability
Zweifel to be honored at first-ever WisconsinWatch.org Awards; public is invited
Dave Zweifel, editor emeritus of The Capital Times, will be honored April 20 at the first WisconsinWatch.orgdog Awards reception and dinner, presented jointly by the nonprofit Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.
Suffering in silence: Campus sexual assaults vastly underreported
At University of Wisconsin campuses, most victims do not report crimes. The statistics are inconsistent. And most rapists go free.
State employees misused state credit cards, auditors say
Auditors released a report Wednesday documenting state employees’ misuse of state credit cards on 131 charges totaling nearly $75,000, including a fox fur stole, pricey airline tickets to Europe and $16,686 in inappropriate purchases by a state worker who subsequently resigned.
Doyle’s travel records deficient 64 times, not 145
Gov. Jim Doyle and his staff submitted receipts 70 percent of the time in 2007 and 2008 for travel expenses reviewed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, newly released records show, and not 28 percent of the time as the newspaper reported nine weeks ago.
Doyle chided; lawmaker offers to track receipts
The offer by Rep. Bill Kramer (R-Waukesha) comes after a collaborative report on Gov. Jim Doyle’s failure to properly document his spending.
Newspaper: Doyle refuses questions on travel expenses
At a Milwaukee event, the governor declined to respond to our report showing deficiencies in his reporting of travel expenses.
Republican legislators want hearings into travel by Doyle, others
In response to reporting by the Center, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and University of Wisconsin-Madison students, Republican lawmakers are asking for hearings on travel by state elected officials.
Doyle’s travel reports deficient: Documentation lacking 145 times over two years
In 2007 and 2008, Gov. Jim Doyle and his staff did not always file travel expense reports as required by state policy.