Federal agency visits Milwaukee to hear student debt concerns
The message is clear: many student debt services deserve an "F" grade, and the federal government wants to improve the mark. [WTMJ-TV]
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One Wisconsin Now Joins Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Forum on Student Loan Debt Crisis
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau convened a field hearing in Milwaukee today to hear from the public about their experiences with student loan debt and the servicing of their loans.
State Budget Committee Republicans Reject Common Sense Student Loan Debt Refinancing Plan
Republicans on the state legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance today rejected a common sense state-based plan to allow borrowers to refinance their loans, just like you can a mortgage.
Report Shows How Higher Education Great Cost Shift Hurts Wisconsin Families and State Economy
Declining financial support for higher education by the state of Wisconsin has shifted costs onto consumers, increased student loan debt and decreased the affordability of higher education.
Wisconsin’s Great Cost Shift
Declining financial support for higher education has shifted costs onto consumers, increased student loan debt and decreased the affordability of higher ed.
Scott Walker’s Wisconsin is no model to follow
Those who read Gov. Scott Walker’s recent column deserve to know the truth about his record on the economy. There are three critical pieces of information you need to know. [The Gazette]
Scott Walker’s Wisconsin Is No Model to Follow
Despite a lifetime in campaign politics, Governor Walker has much to learn about the economy works.
Wisconsin’s 20-week abortion ban would likely require emergency C-sections
This Walker-backed abortion ban is so extreme that there are no exceptions for rape and incest. [Capital Times]
Governor Kleefisch?
“The chances of (Kleefisch becoming governor) are infinitesimal,” said Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now. [Wisconsin Gazette]
UNSPUN: May 06, 2015
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Well-Compensated Career Politician Sen. Steve Nass Thinks It’s His Job to Cut Your Pay
In an interview late last week with a right-wing radio show host, Sen. Steve Nass declared he’s just “doing my job” by pushing legislation to cut Wisconsin worker pay.
Longtime Legislator Fast-Tracking Pay Cut for Thousands of Middle Class Wisconsin Workers
The last thing Wisconsin workers and their families need right now is a pay cut. But that's just what career politician Steve Nass, who's been paid over $1 million in salary by taxpayers, wants to do.
Wisconsin school voucher expansion remains possible while accountability bill flounders
Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, called the program "the gold standard for failure and lack of accountability." [Capital Times]
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Owes Sears Up to $50,000: Report
Both Walker's household and the deficit-laden state of Wisconsin under his purview are spending far more than they bring in. Seems Scott Walker might want to change his slogan to 'Do as I say, not as I do.' [People]
Testimony Against Elimination of the Educational Approval Board
One Wisconsin Now Program Director Analiese Eicher offered the following testimony on provisions of Assembly Bill 163 related to the elimination of the Educational Approval Board.
Twenty-Five Years of School Privatization, Twenty-Five Years of Failure
On its silver anniversary, the Wisconsin school privatization experiment is the gold standard for failure and lack of accountability. But that won’t stop its champions like the Bradley-funded propaganda machine.
Assembly Speaker Vos Goes Soft on Accountability for Taxpayer Funded Private Voucher Schools
Speaker Robin Vos is rescinding his promise Assembly Republicans would pass an accountability bill to protect taxpayers and students against poorly-performing privatized schools.
1T Day: Worst. Anniversary. Ever.
Saturday marks three years since the student loan debt Americans are taking on to pay for their education and job training crossed the one trillion dollar mark.
Gov. Scott Walker’s Economic Development Agency Under the Microscope
Walker has come under scrutiny by media for a $62 million-plus award of state funds to the retail outlet Kohl's doled out under his watch as chair WEDC.
New bill would require photo identification on food stamps
Mike Browne, deputy director of liberal group One Wisconsin Now, said the bill does nothing to reduce poverty and contributes to a culture of shaming the poor. [Badger Herald]
An Earth Day 2015 Primer on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Climate Change
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has been making news on climate change recently with lawsuits, gag orders and an appointee to regulate state utilities
Koch Brothers Support Koch Loyalist Scott Walker in Race for 2016 GOP Presidential Nomination
In what may be one of the least surprising endorsements thus far in the race for the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination, billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch have said they favor Walker.
Wisconsin Walker’s shopping tale doesn’t mention taxpayer millions
“If you look at the Walker record, it has been cuts to infrastructure like public education to fund a trickle-down economic agenda that hasn’t worked,” said Mike Browne, deputy executive director of One Wisconsin Now. [Bloomberg News]
Wisconsin Republicans introduce bill to require photo IDs for food stamp recipients
"Jesse Kremer needs to provide the evidence to back up his call for this despicable policy, and if he can't, the first thing he should do after apologizing to the people of Wisconsin is resign." [Capital Times]
Gov. Walker Fails to Denounce Climate Change Gag Order on State Employees
Gov. Scott Walker failed to come to the defense of science and denounce a gag order prohibiting state employees from mentioning the words “climate change” during their workday.
Budget committee to consider cutting board that oversees for-profit colleges
That Gov. Walker would propose gutting state oversight of the predatory practices all too common in this industry suggests he either doesn’t understand the problem or just doesn’t care. [Capital Times]
Gov. Walker’s Budget Plan for Fewer Protections for Students From Predatory For-Profit College Industry Up for Joint Finance Consideration
That Gov. Walker would propose gutting state oversight of the predatory practices all too common in this industry suggests he either doesn’t understand the problem or just doesn’t care.
Inside Scott Walker’s Secret Brain Trust
"The MacIver Institute is a propaganda factory for the failed Walker policies that have put Wisconsin near the bottom of the Midwest in job creation.” [Daily Beast]
Diving Into The Dark Money Of Scott Walker’s Bradley Foundation Donors
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty is not simply a conservative, public interest law firm. It is a virtual extension of the political apparatus surrounding Gov. Scott Walker. [Crooks & Liars]
Scot Ross of One Wisconsin Now featured on Capitol City Sunday
One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross was featured on WKOW's Capitol City Sunday to talk wiith Greg Neumann about Gov. Scott Walker and Attorney General Brad Schimel. [WKOW-TV]
No Joke: Gov. Walker’s 2015 Budget Plan for Higher Education So Bad University of Wisconsin Forced to Raise Tuition Before it Passes
Today’s vote by the Board of Regents is a grim preview of what’s to come under Gov. Walker’s 2015 budget.
Remember Gov. Walker, An Eagle Scout is an Eagle Scout for life
Judge for yourself if Scott Walker is living up to these ideals not only as an Eagle Scout but also as the governor of Wisconsin.
Gov. Walker’s 2015 Budget Scheme Already Resulting in Tuition Hikes, Could Limit Wisconsin Students Access to University of Wisconsin School of Their Choice
The UW System Board of Regents Finance Committee today approved large tuition increases for out-of-state students attending UW schools and for students seeking advanced degrees.
State Attorney General Brad Schimel Votes to Impose Climate Change Gag Order on State Employee
The support of State Attorney General Brad Schimel for State Treasurer Matt Adamczyk's anti-science jihad raises troubling questions.
Photographic Evidence of Scott Walker’s Phony Badger Boosterism
A picture paints a thousand words. And this one really captures the essence of Scott Walker's rank hypocrisy and phony fandom.
Third Time Not a Charm as Nonpartisan Analysis Finds Gov. Walker Breaks Campaign Pledge to Keep Policy Out of State Budget, Again
Gov. Scott Walker has produced a third straight state budget larded with policy which has no fiscal impact, despite as a candidate vowing to halt the practice.
UNSPUN: April 07, 2015
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Gov. Scott Walker’s Phony Badger Boosterism
Being a true Badger fan means supporting the university system that the extraordinary student athletes of the UW men’s basketball team have so ably represented.
Scott Walker has spent most of life planted firmly in middle class
One Wisconsin Now said for the past two decades Walker has gotten a public salary, some $1.75 million in all, not counting the generous pension and health benefits. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Thousands Sign One Wisconsin Now Petition Demanding Wisconsin Cease Business with Indiana
The people of Wisconsin are sending a clear message: bigotry disguised as ‘religious freedom’ is still bigotry.
Audio Reveals Walker’s ‘April Fool’ on Campaign Finance Laws
Audio from an Iowa event in March reveals Gov. Scott Walker joking with the crowd about his effort to evade campaign finance laws.
Group plans ad blitz in support of measure that would likely oust Shirley Abrahamson as chief justice
It’s very clear that the corporate special interests and lobbyists are trying to undo the results of the 2009 election in which Chief Justice Abrahamson was overwhelmingly reelected. [Capital Times]
Corporate WISTAX Attacks Wages with Industry-Paid Junk Science Report
The conservative, pro-corporate Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance has joined the fight to reduce wages for hard-working Wisconsinites by authoring "junk science" propaganda.
Scott Walker opponents question his WEDC role after Menard report
"It’s so bad that after almost four years, every time WEDC comes out of his mouth, you know an excuse is on its way." [Capital Times]
Tammy Baldwin, Ron Johnson differ on how to solve student debt crisis
One Wisconsin Now executive director Scot Ross said Johnson's comments added "insult to injury" for Wisconsin's student loan borrowers. [Capital Times]
Frequent Non-Taxpayer Sen. Tom Tiffany Pushing $270 Million Property Tax Hike on Wisconsin Homeowners to Benefit His Big Business Backer
Serial non-taxpayer Sen. Tom Tiffany is out with a new plan to shift $270 million in state taxes from businesses onto Wisconsin homeowners.
GOP Trying to Cover Their Tracks, Limit Disclosure on Sources of Big Campaign Donations
State legislative Republicans are circulating a proposal to hide even more information on the sources of their campaign cash.
Gov. Walker Touts Rank as Eagle Scout as His Leading Qualification for Commander-in-Chief of the United States of America
Walker used his attainment of the highest rank a Boy Scout can achieve to answer the the question, “...does the prospect of being commander in chief daunt you?”
Scott Walker hits the campaign trail armed with what works (for him)
Prior to November’s Election Day, Walker was “utterly and completely dishonest about his intentions,” said One Wisconsin Now executive director Scot Ross. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Do Wisconsin Republicans really want to ‘repeal the weekend’?
Having rolled back child labor laws and criminalized union activity, the Republican Legislature now has the weekend in their legislative crosshairs. [Capital Times]