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Bradley left Supreme Court early for speech

"Instead of doing her job, Rebecca Bradley left a hearing to run off and pledge 'I am your public servant' to the state's big business lobby," said One Wisconsin Now. [Associated Press]

Supreme irony

The Alliance spent $748,100 on broadcast TV ads, $140,064 on cable TV ads, and $116,065 on radio ads, according to One Wisconsin Now, a liberal advocacy group that paid a media tracking service. [Isthmus]

Don’t Let the GOP Stop You from Voting

The voter ID law places the responsibility for issuing IDs on the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). But as HBO’s comedic pundit John Oliver and One Wisconsin Now (OWN) argue, the DMV isn’t up to the task. [Shepherd Express]

Latino Activists Fight Wisconsin’s Anti-Immigration Bills

As the One Wisconsin Now advocacy group said in a statement on their site, this bill could negatively impact “immigrants, transgender people, the homeless, formerly incarcerated people, seniors, foster youth, and other marginalized communities.” [GOOD.is]

New to hunting, Rebecca Bradley dons blaze orange for flier

Scot Ross, the executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, criticized Bradley for the flier. "Rebecca Bradley doesn't even have a hunting license, but that didn't stop her from giving a literal 'hat tip' to the gun lobby," he said in a statement. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Brian Evans: GOP should flush bathroom bill once and for all

Given that all of these issues can be traced to the failed policies of Kremer’s Republican-led Legislature, maybe he should be focusing his “time” in the next legislative session on priorities more important than shaming transgender students [Capital Times]

Assembly passes college affordability bills

One Wisconsin Now released a statement condemning state lawmakers who vote in favor of passing the package, saying the measures do not go far enough to address student loan debt. [Milwaukee Business News]

Cruz taps far-right conservatives for Wisconsin team

Scot Ross, head of the liberal activist group One Wisconsin Now, said Cruz “has assembled a cast of unlikable and unaccomplished right wing extremists from Wisconsin.” [Associated Press]

County executive ban draws critics

Scot Ross, executive director of liberal group One Wisconsin Now, called it an effort to “rig” the 18th district race for political advantage. [Associated Press]

Democratic legislators push for student debt solutions

“I carry with me the stories of hundreds of folks across Wisconsin and how this debt is holding them back from achieving their version of the American Dream,” Analiese Eicher said. [La Crosse Tribune]

Democrats to hold student debt listening session

The listening session will include a presentation from One Wisconsin Now on the student loan debt crisis, the impact state budget cuts have had on the University of Wisconsin System and its funding, and the ramifications for higher education affordability for students. [Wausau Daily Herald]

Scot Ross: Scott Walker gets an ‘incomplete’ on student debt

Make no mistake, Walker didn’t create Wisconsin’s student loan debt. But his attacks on higher education, combined with his anemic response to the $19 billion crisis, are much like his own college career: incomplete. [Capital Times]

Ethics at Stake in State Supreme Court Election

Last week, One Wisconsin Now discovered that the right-wing front group Wisconsin Alliance for Reform bought nearly $415,000 of pro-Bradley TV ad time in advance of the Feb. 16 primary. [Shepherd Express]

Conservative group makes 6 figure ad buy for Supreme Court race

Liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, which tracks media buys, said on Friday that the total amount, including ads purchased for cable stations, is far higher, although that could not be independently confirmed. [Wisconsin State Journal]

Wisconsin: One Wisconsin Institute v. Nichol

One Wisconsin institute, Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund, and six Wisconsin residents filed a complaint against a series of provisions that Wisconsin has made since 2011 to its voting and election laws. [State of Elections]

Administrators give nod to Walker college affordability plan

"They are not going to make college more affordable and they are not going to reduce the monthly payment of any of the million people with student loan debt in the state of Wisconsin," Ross said. [Wisconsin Public Radio]

Minnesota unveils a college affordability plan of its own

“It’s common-sense solutions like allowing loans to be refinanced that will help these borrowers, not the excuses and empty political gestures Gov. Walker and the Republican Legislature are offering up,” said Scot Ross. [Capital Times]