Private jets, private schools and private equity fund managers win, the vast majority of Wisconsinites, especially student loan borrowers, lose.
A news report says Republican Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman may be in line for a job in the Donald Trump administration.
Bryan Kelly talks with Analiese about reforms to help student loan borrowers refinance their debt. [WRRD-AM]
A poll of Wisconsin voters commissioned by One Wisconsin Institute found nearly two-thirds of poll participants would favor a student loan refinancing program. [The Student Loan Report]
The State Senate is set to debate legislation today that would provide the largest ever state subsidy to a foreign corporation.
The poll, commissioned by the liberal policy group One Wisconsin Now and conducted by Public Policy Polling, shows just 31 percent of voters are against such a plan. [WKOW-TV]
Results of a new poll commissioned by One Wisconsin Institute finds broad support for reforms to help student loan borrowers.
“As attorney general, Brad Schimel is putting the ‘AG’ in swag,” said One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross in a news release. [Eau Claire Leader-Telegram]
Meanwhile the rest of us will continue to have to deal with crumbling roads and bridges and delayed projects as these same Republicans take a budget mulligan. [RawStory]
It sure looks like Mr. Keiser's campaign contributions to Scott Walker and Republicans teed up millions in taxpayer-funded improvements. [Associated Press]
Joanna Beilman-Dulin, One Wisconsin Now’s research director, said in a statement that Schimel should spend the department’s money on fighting crime. [Associated Press]
One Wisconsin Institute compiled a list of the organizations that have been funded by the far-right Bradley Foundation of Milwaukee. [Diane Ravitch]
Newly released records show Attorney General Brad Schimel has spent about $83,000 on state Justice Department promotional items over the last three years. [Associated Press]
Records obtained by One Wisconsin Now show that controversial commemorative coins aren’t the only swag purchased by Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel’s office purchased SWAG like custom-made fortune cookies, stress balls, coffee mugs and tumblers, candy, pens and flashlights to hand out.
Scott Walker and the Republicans are now taking away the right of Wisconsin taxpayers to have their day in court against a foreign company, no matter the harm.
One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross released the following statements regarding plans by Republican Donald Trump to end the DACA.
Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, said that is exactly what is happening with his organization. [Wisconsin State Journal]
This pro-education documentary film examining the true costs of college aired on CNBC in September 2017. It features research from One Wisconsin. [CNBC]
Noah Williams has received grants worth $340,000 from right-wing mega funders Koch and Bradley Foundations this year.
I will never understand what is so hard about unequivocal condemnation of neo-Nazi and other hate groups. Why must there always be a caveat?
One Wisconsin Now revealed that in February, 2015, Williams used his UW-Madison email account to offer “economic analysis and advising” to Walker. [Capital Times]
Scott Walker’s longtime campaign manager working with the firm lobbying for the state subsidy for Foxconn epitomizes how Scott Walker operates.
If we don’t learn the lessons of other states, it will be our public schools and Main Street businesses paying for Scott Walker’s desperation for generations.
Williams connected to Walker after aggressively selling himself to the governor, as university emails reviewed by One Wisconsin Now documented in a press release. [Urban Milwaukee]
One Wisconsin Now pointed to open record showing that in 2015 Williams had sought to advise Walker on his unsuccessful presidential campaign. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
One Wisconsin Now pointed to open record showing that in 2015 Williams had sought to advise Walker on his unsuccessful presidential campaign. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
White protesters beckoned a revival of the cause for which Lee and his army fought: preserving a society built upon white supremacy. [Janesville Gazette]
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel has made no public comments in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s comments coddling white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
If Taiwanese billionaire Terry Gou wants taxpayers to give him $3 billion, Terry Gou ought to come to Wisconsin and answer questions from legislators.
The State Assembly is scheduled to debate legislation today to implement the largest subsidy by a state to a foreign corporation in history.
One Wisconsin Now is demanding all members of the Wisconsin Republican Assembly Caucus meeting at the State Capitol today condemn by name their party’s leader
Scott Walker’s decades-long record of undermining social justice and attacking the rights of people of color is appalling.
Scott Walker’s record on attacking the voting rights of people of color for political gain is unconstitutional and the definition of racism.
Savion Castro, a Madison native who works at One Wisconsin Now, says a public display calling Confederate soldiers “unsung heroes” is offensive. [Isthmus]
One Wisconsin Now says that the $3 billion being offered by the state to Foxconn would be the largest gift ever given by a state to a foreign company. [WTMJ-TV]
Leading student debt advocates have joined together to mobilize support for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program with online resources at ProtectPSLF.org.
Scot Ross, head of the liberal One Wisconsin Now, said it was unbelievable that Kleefisch, was hanging out with anti-government folks. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Wisconsin's $3 billion incentive offer to Foxconn is "the largest gift ever by a state to a foreign company." [PolitiFact]
The best available source indicates the $3 billion would be the largest ever subsidy provided by a state to a foreign company.
One Wisconsin Now executive director Scot Ross is spot on about what the Foxconn deal is missing with regard to care and safety of workers. [Capital Times]
Wisconsin taxpayers will literally be writing checks for hundreds of millions of dollars to boost the bottom line of a foreign corporation.
That same wisdom applies to Gov. Walker’s proposed $3 billion-plus subsidy to induce Taiwanese-based Foxconn to locate a factory in Wisconsin. [Capital Times]
That same wisdom applies to Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $3 billion-plus subsidy to induce Taiwanese-based Foxconn to locate a factory in Wisconsin.
Thanks to Scott Walker and the Assembly GOP, Wisconsin taxpayers are about to get a $3 billion case of the Mondays and at least a 25-year financial hangover.
Scott Walker and Brad Schimel have let their partisan political loyalty trump common sense and decency time and again when it comes to Donald Trump.
“Even the best case, rosiest scenario shows Wisconsin taxpayers losing money on this deal for decades.” [Bloomberg]
“The only time when Scott Walker passes 50 percent is on Election Day,” Ross said. “He closes strong.” [Wisconsin Gazette]
Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed deal with Foxconn is floundering in the legislature following a devastating analysis from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
Joanna Beilman-Dulin has joined the organization as Research Director. She will oversee One Wisconsin Now's groundbreaking in-state research program.