Arena plan prompts different reactions from area groups
Scot Ross, executive director of One Wisconsin Now, a liberal group, said his organization had "serious questions about the priorities of Gov. Walker." [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
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UPDATE: If Wisconsin Legislature Passes a Right-to-Work Bill, Walker Will Sign It
Right to work is wrong for Wisconsin workers and families. It’s a complicated scheme that tilts the system even further in favor of corporate CEOs. [WUWM]
Reporters at Scott Walker, Rudy Giuliani event didn’t know it would be off the record
That Scott Walker won’t condemn Rudy Giuliani’s dog whistle racism against President Obama says even more about Walker than it does Giuliani. [Capital Times]
Gov. Walker’s Profile in Cowardice on the ‘Wrong for Wisconsin’ Right to Work Law Provides Preview for Nation
Scott Walker is politics incarnate and he will say and do anything to get elected. He did it before and he’s doing it again. Far from being unintimidated, he is a profile in cowardice.
Republican Legislature Rushes to Limit Debate and Pass Right to Work Legislation That’s Wrong for Wisconsin
Republican legislative leaders have indicated they will seek to ram through controversial right to work legislation in mere days next week.
Walker Refuses to Condemn ‘Dog Whistle Racism’ at His New York Meet and Greet
For the second time in two weeks, Gov. Scott Walker is refusing to condemn alarming comments made by prominent Republicans on his behalf or in his presence.
Private School Voucher Industry Keeps Giving Big Campaign Cash, Keeps Getting Special Treatment from Gov. Walker and GOP Legislature
According to the latest round of campaign finance filings, individuals associated with the private school voucher industry kept busy filling the campaign coffers of Gov. Walker and others, even after Election Day.
Jenni Dye: Why doesn’t Scott Walker condemn Limbaugh’s rape comment?
By refusing to speak out now and allowing Limbaugh’s sick comments to stand, Walker is showing us where he really stands. [Capital Times]
Walker: No Rush to Condemn Rape Joke
By refusing to speak out now and allowing Rush Limbaugh’s sick comments to stand, Scott Walker is showing us where he really stands.
Scott Walker announces administrative shake-up
Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, accused Walker of using the appointments to reward political allies. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Gov. Walker Appoints Industry Insiders, Special Interest Lobbyists and Political Cronies to Top State Jobs
With his appointments today of industry insiders, lobbyists and political cronies to top state posts he can be sure the special interests will continue to get the preferential treatment they’ve come to expect.
One Wisconsin Now Demands Private School Voucher Industry Lobbyists Give Parents Answers About How Data They Seek to Force Schools to Turn Over Will Be Used
The voucher industry owes parents concerned about the safety of their children answers about how this extremely sensitive data will be used and who will be able to access it.
Scott Walker budget would remove oversight of for-profit colleges
"The for-profit college industry has engaged in the kinds of tactics and activities that should earn them more, not less, scrutiny," said Analiese Eicher, program director for the liberal group One Wisconsin Now. [Capital Times]
Pro-Voucher Group Seeks Student Info For Marketing Efforts
What we have is voucher industry lobbyists forcing districts to turn over minor's personal information. [Wisconsin Public Radio]
School choice group seeks personal data on students
We're not saying what they did was illegal, we're saying it's sleazy, and given the voucher industry's record on accountability, there are legitimate concerns about how this data is used, resold and transmitted. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
In Context: Rush Limbaugh on Scott Walker’s lack of a degree and issue of rapes on college campuses
One Wisconsin Now called on Walker to "denounce Limbaugh for his words and the flippant attitude toward violence against women that they demonstrate. [Politifact]
One Wisconsin Now Calls on Gov. Walker to Denounce Outrageous Rape Comments of Right Wing Talk Show Host Rush Limbaugh
Gov. Walker must immediately denounce Limbaugh for his words and the flippant attitude toward violence against women that they demonstrate.
One Wisconsin Institute Files Brief in Support of Appeal to Wisconsin Photo Identification Requirement for Voting
One Wisconsin Institute has filed an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Supreme Court hearing an appeal of Wisconsin’s photo identification law, suspended from enforcement by the high court in October 2014.
The campaign to destroy Scott Walker has begun
According to Bloomberg, a group called One Wisconsin Now is doing unprecedented opposition research on Walker with the goal of destroying him. [Examiner]
Wisconsin Gov. Walker declines to answer evolution question
One Wisconsin Now, a liberal advocacy group that tracks Walker's statements, said they had no record of him previously addressing his beliefs on evolution. [Associated Press]
UNSPUN: February 11, 2015
One Wisconsin Now takes on Scott Walker's 2016 Presidential Run. [WMTV-TV]
Scott Walker’s politics of confrontation
Scot Ross, who runs One Wisconsin Now, a progressive activist group that has been among the governor’s fiercest foes, describes Walker as “politics incarnate.” [MSNBC]
Behold the Group Dogging Scott Walker’s Every Move
Between the state capitol and the University... a half dozen people work long days to do everything they can to make sure Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is never elected president. [Bloomberg]
Scott Walker decides to punt on evolution
One Wisconsin Now, a liberal advocacy group that tracks Walker’s statements, said they had no record of his previously addressing his beliefs on evolution. [Associated Press]
State Republican Party Donating Staff and Research Services to Supreme Court Candidate James Daley
According to Daley's campaign finance reports the Republican Party of Wisconsin donated nearly $7,000 worth of staff and research services to Daley between January 1 and February 2 this year.
Financial impact still unclear for Scott Walker’s plan to drug test public aid recipients
He wants a talking point for the Republican presidential primary and he believes targeting those in need is a political advantage for him. [Chippewa Herald]
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Scott Walker, the Wisconsin Idea and the race for 2016
"GOP primary voters don't reject the notion that public education is a public good that creates jobs and opportunity," said Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now. [Capital Times]
The War on the Wisconsin Idea
Rather than reinforcing the university's commitment to public service, Walker made clear he does not consider public education a virtue worth preserving.
Gov. Walker Explanations of ‘Drafting Error’ Laughable, Impact of Proposed Budget Cuts to University System and Unlimited Tuition Increases No Joke
While Gov. Walker attempts to explain away either an intentional attack on the Wisconsin Idea, he is standing by egregious cuts that will hurt current and prospective UW students and explode student loan debt.
Scott Walker: Scrapping ‘Wisconsin Idea’ was a ‘drafting error’
Quick to capitalize on the "drafting error" buzz, the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now tweeted a series of #draftingerror digs on the governor, a likely 2016 candidate for president. [Capital Times]
Walker says state budget won’t eliminate Wisconsin Idea
Ross said if Walker hadn’t intended to seek that change, he would have said right away that it was a drafting error, rather than saying that hours later. [Badger Herald]
Gov. Walker Sticks Middle Class, Schools and Students With Tab for His Fiscal Mismanagement
Walker’s higher education budget is a recipe for more even more student loan debt for a nation that already has 40 million Americans who worked hard for their education or job training.
U.S. Representative Mark Pocan Takes on Student Loan Debt Crisis With New Bill for Common Sense Student Loan Refinancing
U.S. Representative Mark Pocan announced today he is re-introducing legislation to allow borrowers to refinance their federal student loans and take advantage of lower interest rates.
Scot Ross: Scott Walker’s budget would explode student loan debt
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s recently unveiled higher education budget plans would only exacerbate the burgeoning student loan debt crisis. [Capital Times]
Take it to the Bank: Gov. Walker’s Budget Plan Will Explode Student Loan Debt In Wisconsin
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s recently-unveiled higher education budget plans will only exacerbate the burgeoning student loan debt crisis.
Our Democracy 2020 launches to promote government, election reform in Wisconsin
Analiese Eicher, program and development director for One Wisconsin Now, said the coalition's focus on the right to vote aligns closely with the OWN's priorities. [Capital Times]
Gov. Walker Proposes Big Cuts to University of Wisconsin System, Big Tuition Hikes for Wisconsin Students and Big Payday for Milwaukee Bucks
Gov. Scott Walker today announced he is calling for $300 million in budget cuts to the University of Wisconsin System and allowing unlimited tuition hikes beginning in 2017.
Senate Republicans make a bad school idea even worse
Proving that it can always get worse, Wisconsin Senate Republicans have entered the debate on school accountability with a proposal, Senate Bill 1, even weaker than the bill proposed by their counterparts in the state Assembly. [Capital Times]
Scott Walker makes his case to Iowa conservatives, says he’ll be back ‘many more times’
One Wisconsin Now noted that Walker had timed the announcement of his plan to drug test applicants for public aid and his decision to reject a proposed Kenosha casino both in the week before his Iowa appearance. [Capital Times]
“Scott Walker is politics incarnate”
Scot Ross released this statement about the Governor's trip to Iowa: "Scott Walker is politics incarnate. He's been running for office his entire adult life, and has spent about 75% of it in elected office." [WTMJ-TV]
Liberal activists hurl insults at Iowa-bound Republicans
Scot Ross of One Wisconsin Now zapped Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, pegging him as a career politician who's spent "75 percent of his adult life in office." [Des Moines Register]
Leaving His Job in Wisconsin Behind Gov. Walker Hits the Presidential Campaign Trail
Before jetting off to California to meet with the right-wing billionaire Koch brothers he’s making a stop in Iowa to address Tea Party Republican Rep. Steve King’s Freedom Summit.
Gov. Walker Jetting Off to California, Again.
Gov. Scott Walker is off to California for the second time in as many weeks, this time seeking the support of the ultra-wealthy right-wing power broker Koch brothers in his quest for the GOP presidential nomination.
State Senate Republicans Make a Bad Idea Even Worse
The efforts of both Assembly and Senate Republicans fall woefully short of protecting our children and tax dollars, instead putting ideology and political payback before helping our schools be the best that they can be.
Candidate for State High Court Flips His Flop on ‘Supreme Injustice’ Constitutional Amendment
In comments to the media yesterday, Daley is again supporting the GOP authored power grab also backed by the conservative special interest lobby WMC.
Scott Walker Just Pulled Off a Supreme Court Coup in Wisconsin
One Wisconsin Now called the decision a “get-out-of-jail-free card” for powerful interests that invest in Supreme Court races. “The vast majority of spending to elect these four justices was done by these entities,” Ross said. [Daily Beast]
One Wisconsin Now Praises President Obama’s Call for Free Community College in State of the Union Address
President Obama's vision for an educated, well-trained, debt free workforce stands in marked contrast to what we've gotten in Wisconsin from Gov. Scott Walker.
GOP Puts ‘Supreme Injustice’ Partisan Power Grab on Legislative Fast Track
Legislative Republicans have fast-tracked resolutions to undo Wisconsin's 125 year-old system of selecting the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court.
Mark Pocan reflects on student loan debt work, dysfunctional Congress
[U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan] credits the Madison-based advocacy group One Wisconsin Now with doing the work that created the foundation for his legislation. [Capital Times]