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Bad River Tribal Chairman Questions Wisconsin State Legislators Mining Consultation Practices

Gogebic Taconite, owned by coal-mining magnate Chris Cline, had direct input into the writing of the 2013 bill weeks before it was made available to the public, according to One Wisconsin Now, a statewide non-profit, non-partisan communications network specializing in advancing progressive leadership and values. The group claims it has secured bill drafts that were […] [Indian Country Today Media Network]

Scot Ross: Walker’s on 2016 Campaign Trail

Gov. Walker’s address to the Legislature on Jan. 15 is termed the “State of the State,” but is more appropriately called the “State of the Walker 2016 Presidential Campaign.”It is no coincidence that the first post-November election comments on his policy agenda for the coming year were made by Walker at the Reagan Library in […] [Capital Times]

Walker Welcomes New Legislative Session

Another statement came from the activist group One Wisconsin Now executive director Scot Ross, who said after two years of partisan political strife and stagnant economy, Walker’s pledge this week didn’t mean much. “Two years ago we got the same song and dance from Gov. Walker and the Republican legislative majorities, but they put raw […] [Wisconsin Gazette]

Plain Talk: Massive Student Debt Bad for Young People – and Rest of Us Too

One Wisconsin Institute is out to shame us into doing something to fix the nation’s student debt problem. And that it’s a problem is unmistakable. We’re drowning young college graduates in years and years of unconscionable loan payments, and there’s growing evidence that it’s having a profoundly negative impact on the nation’s economy. The institute, […] [Capital Times]

Citizens unite to defend same day voter registration

One Wisconsin Now executive director Scot Ross denounced the GOP’s latest voting law shenanigans as “the real electoral fraud in Wisconsin”, at the press conference. He stated, “There is nothing more sacred in a democracy than the right to vote and our government ought to be working to protect and expand rights, not take them away. Unfortunately the right to vote […] [Milwaukee Courier]

Common Cause WI: Incoming Senate Majority Leader Launches Nonsensical Attack on the Non-Partisan Elections Board

Yesterday, State Senator Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau), who will again become the State Senate Majority Leader in January, inexplicably launched a vicious attack on the under-funded and under-staffed Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (G.A.B.). Why? Yesterday, State Senator Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau), who will again become the State Senate Majority Leader in January, inexplicably launched a vicious attack on the under-funded and under-staffed […] [Center for Media and Democracy]

Commission recommends increase in state college aid

Citing swelling numbers of Wisconsin college students who are eligible for state aid, but denied because of limited state funding, the University of Wisconsin System, the state association for independent colleges, the state technical college system and the College of Menominee Nation jointly endorsed a commission finding Tuesday calling for increased college aid in the […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Conservative enters state school superintendent race

Liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, citing Pridemore’s immigration bill and voting for nearly $2 billion in education funding cuts last year, said “Pridemore may have the worst resume on education and children that Wisconsin has ever seen.” Evers has said accomplishments during his first term include adoption and implementation of new state standards, the […] [Green Bay Press-Gazette]

Candidate for Wisconsin schools chief backed biggest education spending cuts in state history, liberal group says

The liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Nowhas long been critical of state Rep. Don Pridemore, especially when blasting bills he authored that would affect police treatment of immigrants and require voters to present photo identification. Now that Pridemore, a Republican from suburban Milwaukee, is challenging state schools superintendent Tony Evers in the April 2013 election, One Wisconsin Now has […] [PolitiFact]

Tim Russell pleads guilty

Scot Ross, executive director of One Wisconsin Now, said this investigation may have significant political implications in regards to Walker running for reelection in 2014. Ross also believes the investigation could go on, and voters will likely ask questions aboutScott Walker’s connections to the cases. “It was a very clear and corrupted effort when Scott Walker was a […] [Badger Herald]

One Wisconsin Now says it’s legal to sign Walker recall petitions more than once

The liberal group One Wisconsin Now, worried about possible confusion over who can sign petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker, issued a “recall petitioners’ rights” memo in late November 2011. We can’t predict whether all multiple signers will be found, but state law makes clear that one — and only one — signature is to […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Eliminating Election Day registration wouldn’t have blocked state’s known cases of voter fraud

Officials with One Wisconsin Now, United Wisconsin and We Are Wisconsin, all made similar assertions at a Capitol press conference Thursday. The groups collected 15,000 online signatures in a week’s time from Wisconsin residents opposed to the discontinuation of Election Day registration. The petitions were delivered to the Governor’s Office Thursday. “The politicians trying to […] [Capital Times]

Petitions Delivered to Walker’s Office

Three Wisconsin advocacy groups collected almost 15,000 signatures in objection to Governor Scott Walker’s comments about ending same-day voter registration. Walker recently made a one-hour speech in California outlining his achievements and policy proposals for next year. During the speech, he said he supports ending same-day voter registration, leading to the responses Thursday from We […] [Badger Herald]

On Politics: Groups Deliver Nearly 15k Signatures to Save Same Day Voter Registration

A coalition of advocacy groups said Thursday that it was delivering nearly 15,000 signatures on a petition aimed at saving same day voter registration to the office of Gov. Scott Walker. The coalition included the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, We Are Wisconsin and United Wisconsin. Scot Ross, the executive director of OWN, accused Walker […] [Wisconsin State Journal]

Should same-day voter registration end? Walker, clerks don’t agree

Three liberal advocacy groups, One Wisconsin Now, We Are Wisconsin and United Wisconsin, at 10 a.m. today in Madison will discuss implications of elimination of same-day voter registration. They also will deliver petitions signed by 15,000 people to Gov. Scott Walker to express their [support for] same-day voter registration. [Green Bay Press-Gazette]

Conservative groups create own news outlets

And when, several years ago, WPRI hired UW-Madison professor Ken Goldstein to conduct polling on a variety of political issues, liberal group One Wisconsin Now filed an open records request that revealed emails between Lightbourn and Goldstein in which Lightbourn urged the professor to downplay results showing poor support for school choice around the state.”I’m […] [Capital Times]

Emails Link Walker’s office with Campaign

While he was Milwaukee County Executive, Gov. Scott Walker held regular meetings with county staffers and those running his 2010 governor’s campaign to review press releases and his schedule, according to emails released Tuesday. Mike Browne, One Wisconsin Now deputy director, said the emails go far beyond scheduling, such as discussing whether press releases are not being […] [Badger Herald]

Election Law Complaints in Limbo

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 by paying the $1.70 per gallon difference. The line was so long that the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department came out to control traffic. […] [Wisconsin Rapids Tribune]

On the Capitol: He’s politicizing it. No, he is!

But this week, the liberal group One Wisconsin Now accused Kedzie’s taypayer-funded legislative office of inappropriately coordinating communications between Kedzie’s son and the Romney campaign after the incident. The group pointed to two emails it obtained through an open records request that were sent by a Kedzie staffer to Sean Kedzie seeking to facilitate a telephone call […] [Wisconsin State Journal]

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]

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 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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]