Has the legislature given up its effort to gut Wisconsin’s Open Records law?
Coveted Records Exemption Wrong for Wisconsin
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
Wisconsin
The Anti-Transparency Agenda Hailed Inside ALEC
By Chris Taylor | at
Inside ALEC’s push against transparency laws and link to Wisconsin’s criminal investigation surrounding Scott Walker.
Koch Money Trail Reveals Great Interest in 2016 State Elections In WI, OK, and TX
By David Armiak | at
The Kochs have invested money and network resources in state races in Oklahoma, Texas, and Wisconsin.
CMD Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Prosecutors’ Appeal in John Doe II Corruption Case
By Lisa Graves | at
Will the U.S. Supreme Court take a hard look at conflicted Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling shutting down the criminal investigation surrounding Scott Walker and groups orchestrated by his campaign team?
Hi-Tech Hyper-Partisan Gerrymandering on Trial in Wisconsin
By Mary Bottari | at
“The maps will determine who is here 10 years from now,” said one GOP aide.
Secret Money Advocates Prepare to Unload on Milwaukee DA John Chisholm
By Mary Bottari | at
The Milwaukee prosecutor is up for reelection. Will Eric O’Keefe finally get his man?
WAR on Voters: Big Money Streams into WI Supreme Court Race with No Disclosure
By Jessica Mason and Mary Bottari | at
Here we go again. Another dark money shell game in a critical Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
Scott Walker’s Legacy of Double-Dealing for Friends and Donors Revealed in New John Doe Emails
By Mary Bottari | at
What would have happened had prosecutors brought charges in 2011?
WI GOP Begins Retroactive Decriminalization of Scott Walker Fundraising
By Mary Bottari | at
Three bills are moving to decriminalize the behavior at the heart of the John Doe investigation, to exempt politicians from similar corruption probes and to defang the nonpartisan agency that aided the investigation.
Documents from Open Records Lawsuit Further Undermine Claims that ALEC Is Legislator-Driven
By Brendan Fischer | at
Newly-released ALEC documents obtained as part of CMD”s open records litigation provide more evidence that lobbyists and special interests are calling the shots within ALEC, undermining that group’s latest PR spin that it is a “legislator-driven” organization.