Act 10 Has Mixed Results for Whitnall, Greenfield Districts
"Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance is even more Republican than Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, so this is hardly a surprise." [Greenfield Patch]
Earned Media
WI: Senator’s son’s investigation wrapping up, political charges heating up
Whitewater police are wrapping up an investigation into the alleged attack on a state senator’s son who claims he was brutally beaten last month by two men who allegedly attempted to steal his Romney-Ryan campaign yard sign, according to the police department’s top cop. As the investigation nears conclusion, One Wisconsin Now, a left-wing organization that asserts […] [Watchdog]
Accusations Fly About Wisconsin Election Law Violations in 2012 Races
A week before the Nov. 6 election, Americans for Prosperity tried to pump up support for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The conservative advocacy group offered $1.84 per gallon gas to motorists in Rib Mountain, a town near Wausau, by paying the $1.70 per gallon difference. The line was so long that the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department came […] [Isthmus]
Election Law Violations Not Easy to Prove
A week before the Nov. 6 election, Americans for Prosperity tried to pump up support for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The conservative advocacy group offered $1.84 per gallon gas to motorists in Rib Mountain, a town near Wausau, by paying the $1.70 per gallon difference. The line was so long that the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department came […] [Wisconsin Watch]
‘Motor voter’ system would happen if Wisconsin dumps same day voter registration
Wisconsin is one of only eight states where people can register to vote on Election Day, and it will be 10 after new laws take effect in California and Connecticut. But if the Badger State trashes it – as Governor Scott Walker is talking about – the state must adopt a “motor voter” registration system, […] [WHBL]
Walker Calls for Changes to Same Day Voter Registration Rules
Gov. Scott Walker has joined one of the Legislature’s most powerful Republicans in saying he’s considering ending the state’s same-day voter registration law, drawing quick criticism from leading Democrats, including Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. Wisconsin is one of nine states that allow voters to register at their polling place on the day of the election, […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Analysis: Years of GOP domination coming for Wisconsin
Democrats in the state certainly had reason to rejoice last week as they watched President Obama and Tammy Baldwin coast to victory. Not only did their party win on the national level, but Obama’s re-election seriously hinders the ability of Gov. Scott Walker to turn Wisconsin into a conservative paradise. The governor can no longer, […] [Capital Times]
Walker Defers Health Exchange Formation to Federal Government
As expected, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced today that he will not attempt to create a state health care insurance exchange for Wisconsin residents and will instead defer that chore to the federal government. To comply with the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, the governors of the states must inform the Obama administration […] [Biz Times]
Wisconsin to Let Federal Government Run Health Care Exchange
The Progressive group One Wisconsin Now says that with the decision, the governor put his presidential aspirations ahead of the people of Wisconsin. [WBAY-TV]
Title-loan officials donated $24,000 to GOP Assembly candidates
Wisconsin is open for business – the sketchy title-loan business. Officials with LoanMax, a Georgia-based firm with branches throughout Wisconsin, poured $24,000 into the campaign coffers of more than a dozen Republican Assembly candidates in targeted districts during the past year. More than three-quarters of the campaign cash came in the final weeks before Tuesday’s election. […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
VC sends voter fraud message via billboards
Scot Ross, executive director of One Wisconsin Now (a civil rights group), issued a statement Monday raising several questions for the Einhorns. [Upstart Business Journal]
This Week in Voter Supression highlights dark money investigation
On this week’s Melissa Harris-Perry show, Perry highlighted a joint investigation by theGrio and One Wisconsin Now that uncovered the secret funderbehind a series of billboards that popped up in minority areas around Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 2010 and 2012 warning of the consequences of alleged “voter fraud.” [theGrio]
Foundation Behind ‘Voter Fraud’ Billboards Exposed
Thanks to reporting done by The Grio's Joy Reid and the advocacy organization One Wisconsin Now, Melissa Harris-Perry is able to name names for 'This Week In Voter Suppression” in exposing the foundation behind billboards that splashed false information on voter fraud. [MSNBC]
This Week in Voter Suppression: Ohio’s Husted Is at It Again
Melissa Harris-Perry explains how Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted is at it again with an "11th hour voter suppression Hail Mary." With commentary from One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross on the Bradley Foundation and racist voter suppression billboards. [MSNBC]
Bradley Foundation Bankrolls Controversial Billboards
Although the Einhorn Family Foundation admitted to being the “private family foundation” behind the controversial “Voter Fraud is a Felony!” billboards that recently appeared in neighborhoods of color in Milwaukee and two Ohio cities, news broke Wednesday they secured the funds for similar billboards in 2010 from the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation. [PR Watch]
Obama, Baldwin stick together in Wisconsin
President Barack Obama will visit Wisconsin three times during the five days before the election to lock up votes in a battleground state where polls now show him leading Republican Mitt Romney. His trips also could help another Democrat locked in tight race: U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin. She plans to appear with Obama at every event, including a Monday rally […] [San Francisco Chronicle]
War on Democracy
One Wisconsin Now notes that “In 2010, Reince Priebus was cited by name, in an aborted voter caging plot targeting minorities and college students." [Brad Blog]
Commentary: Voter Intimidation and our Obligation to Fight Back
Through investigative work by The Grio and One Wisconsin Now, it was discovered that the Einhorn Family Foundation was behind the ads. [BET]
One Wisconsin Now Uncovers more problems with right wing poll watcher training
One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross commented, “It appears that the right wing extremists either don’t know the law in Wisconsin or don’t care about providing poll watchers with correct information.” [Wisconsin Happy Farm]
Bradley Foundation helped pay for 2010 voter fraud sign
The liberal organization One Wisconsin Now was the first to disclose the role the Einhorn foundation had in footing the bill for the billboards. Scot Ross, head of the Madison-based group, called it “reprehensible” that private foundation money was spent on billboards that Ross said were intended to suppress the vote during the 2010 election in which Scott Walker was […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Einhorn Foundation Confirms it Paid for ‘Voter Fraud’ Billboards in Wis.
An obscure family foundation has confirmed that it paid for a billboard advertising campaign warning of the legal penalties for voter fraud. [America's Black Holocaust Museum]
Venture Capitalist behind fraud billboards
TheGrio and One Wisconsin Now first reported Monday that the billboards were funded by the Einhorn Family Foundation. In a statement, the Einhorns confirmed that they were behind the ads. [Washington Post]
Open Thread: Today in Chickenshit and Cowards News
Scot Ross, executive director of One Wisconsin Now, issued a statement Monday raising several questions for the Einhorns. [Balloon Juice]
Author of voter fraud billboards steps forward
The renters of the Milwaukee-area billboards stating voter fraud is a felony were revealed Monday night after an investigation by One Wisconsin Now and African-American news website The Grio. [Badger Herald]
Venture capitalist revealed as mystery buyer of voter fraud bills
The group questioned “why the Einhorns only felt it was necessary to target legal voters in minority communities” and why they hid “behind the cowardly veil of anonymity. [Raw Story]
Right Wing foundation revealed as funder of voter-intimidating billboards
After outstanding detective work, One Wisconsin Now and theGrio revealed that funding to buy voter-intimidating ads came from the Einhorn Family Foundation. [DailyKos]
Family admits it paid for voter fraud billboards
One Wisconsin Now was among the groups criticizing the billboards’ owner, Clear Channel Outdoor, for allowing the anonymous signs. [Wisconsin Radio Network]
Walker promotes public land accessibility
Wisconsin private landowners have registered more than a million acres in an open-managed forest program for recreational public use in exchange for tax subsidies. The report from a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation indicated that in certain areas public use has been denied. Monday, legislators promised legislation to remove the legal loopholes in the hope of preventing […] [Badger Herald]
Who’s Right in County Budge Battle?
The liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now and the African-American website theGrio tracked down the information and reported it. [Urban Milwaukee]
Obama and Romney to visit Wisconsin again
Neither of the two leading presidential candidates are through with Wisconsin quite yet as both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama announced upcoming visits to Wisconsin this week. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will speak in West Allis on Monday evening while Obama is set to visit Green Bay Tuesday evening. This is not the first […] [Badger Herald]
Venture Capitalist Einhorn paid for voter fraud billboards
Scot Ross, executive director of One Wisconsin Now, issued a statement Monday raising several questions for the Einhorns. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Little known Wisconsin foundation behind ‘voter fraud’ billboards
When Scot Ross heard about more than a dozen billboards going up in largely minority neighborhoods around Cleveland, Ohio, bearing ominous images of the legal penalties for voter fraud, the story had a familiar ring. [theGrio]
Dark Money Fueled by Little-Known Organizations
Scot Ross of "One Wisconsin Now" joins Melissa Harris-Perry and her guests to dig into the details on the Bradley Foundation, what is called the "big granddaddy of political money that no one knows about." [MSNBC]
Student loan debt threatens economy
Research by One Wisconsin Institute reveals that Wisconsin household's share of the student loan debt burden has a dramatic impact on their spending decisions. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Walker hires interim CEO for WEDC
“Walker’s WEDC has come up so short because there is no accountability in handing out millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded giveaways to businesses,” Ross said. “And Walker’s ‘solution’ is to put a board member from the state’s biggest business lobby in charge.” [Badger Herald]
WEDC loses track of $8M in past due loans
“Gov. Walker’s WEDC has proven to be as unaccountable and unsuccessful at getting the job done for Wisconsin as critics said it would be,” said One Wisconsin Now. [Wisconsin State Journal]
FEC Complaint Take Two: Paul Ryan Misusing Funds?
Seems that the Romney-Ryan ticket just can’t seem to keep the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) off its back. First, one of Mitt Romney’s fat cat corporate supporters, had a complaint filed against it for allegedly threatening employees if they did not attend a Romney rally, and now the GOP’s Boy Wonder, Paul Ryan, has had a complaint […] [VeracityStew]
Student Loan Debt Reaches $1 Trillion
Student loan debt has become an economic crisis across the nation. Researchers with One Wisconsin Institute and student leaders presented findings on the debt crisis. [KBJR-TV]
Is Wisconsin Journal Broadcasting Grooming The Next Glenn Beck?
Scot Ross, Executive Director of One Wisconsin Now, a statewide progressive organization, agreed: “A news organization that’s creating a position to explicitly promote conservative politics? Even Fox News has shown more restraint. The shame of this is that the fine work done by exceptional journalists at their stations in Wisconsin is now under a cloud because […] [Media Matters]
Rindfleisch may plead guilty
One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross said Rindfleisch agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in their ongoing John Doe investigation, which has been focused on Walker’s county executive office. Ross emphasized Rindfleisch was one of Walker’s top aides, which may reflect badly on him. “We’ll have to see what the plea deal was and what […] [Badger Herald]
Swing-State Billboards Warning Against Voter Fraud Stir Backlash
“I think that these billboards are designed to suppress the vote. That is their intention,” says Scot Ross, executive director of One Wisconsin Institute. [NPR]
Milwaukee Marathon to feature 20-Mile ‘Paul Ryan Finish Line’
One Wisconsin Now, a progressive research and advocacy group, will host a “Paul Ryan Finish Line” at mile 20 of Sunday’s Milwaukee Marathon to highlight how the Romney-Ryan plan comes up short for Wisconsin’s middle class families according to Executive Director Scot Ross. [The Paul Ryan Watch]
Madison Politiscope: Liberal group creates blog for Wisconsin’s ‘dumb senator’
One Wisconsin Now unveiled a new blog, Our Dumb Senator, dedicated to the alleged intellectual shortcomings of Wisconsin’s junior senator, Ron Johnson. [Capital Times]
Student Loans Hurt Economy
One Wisconsin Institute conducted a survey of 2,700 state residents that showed over one-third of individuals with bachelors or advanced degrees have outstanding student loan payments. [Badger Herald]
Grant to fund UW foreign language courses for military officers-in-training
A new study [by One Wisconsin Institute] quantifies the economic gut punch that many young adults in Wisconsin feel from student loan debt. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Student loan debt deepens
One in five American households now owes money on student loans – more than double the percentage of households and nearly triple the average amount of college debt of two decades ago. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Research shows impact of student loan debt
Scot Ross, Executive Director of the Institute for One Wisconsin, a Madison-based group with a liberal orientation, said they received 2650 responses to a survey on student debt in the state. Findings include the loss of $200 million in new car purchasing power, and decreased chances of home ownership, as people struggle to pay student loans. […] [Wisconsin Radio Network]
Student debt up 15 percent since 2007, Pew report finds
A recent report from the Pew Research Center shows a 15 percent increase in student debt since 2007, leaving one in five families in the U.S. with student debt. A statement from left-leaning advocacy group One Wisconsin Now said the national student debt bill is at $1 trillion. [Badger Herald]
Walker’s petition initiative undermines Supreme Court
In response, an activist group known as One Wisconsin Now has started its own petition initiative to match Walker’s fundraising efforts. The organization asks signers to “Stand with the Constitution,” referring to the ruling made by Dane County Circuit Court Judge Juan Colas, who believed Walker’s law violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. […] [Badger Herald]
$114,000 Worth of TV Money for Gudex ALREADY!
The great people over at One Wisconsin Now sent out a press release today talking about the private school supporting out of state group spending money on TV advertising in the 18th State Senate District. Their ad hasn’t been posted online yet, but it’s fairly amateurish. It’s got a stock photo of Gudex that pans over stock footage of a factory […] [Wisconsin Soap Box]