the Walkergate Scandal
The Scandal That Plagued Scott Walker Throughout His Tenure As Governor
Scott Walker
the Scott Walker Failure Files
An Archive of Scott Walker's Cronyism, Corruption and Incompetence
Will Federal Court Obstructionist U.S. Senator Ron Johnson Call on Gov. Walker to Wait Until After Election to Appoint New State Supreme Court Justice?
If anyone should have to wait to fill a judicial vacancy until after the next election, it’s Scott Walker, and if anyone should tell him to do so it should be Ron Johnson.
Gov. Walker and Speaker Vos Make Stunningly Hypocritical Excuse for Lack of Voter ID Education Campaign
Gov. Scott Walker and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos have in public comments both suggested the absence of an educational campaign on the state voter ID law is in part due to the lawsuits over the law.
Privatization Fail: Scott Walker’s WEDC in Full Meltdown
"This new audit confirms that WEDC is the embodiment of the cronyism, corruption and incompetence of the Walker administration,” One Wisconsin Now’s Scot Ross told CMD. [Center for Media and Democracy]
As Tax Filing Deadline Looms, Gov. Walker and GOP Legislature Miss Another Chance to Help Wisconsin Student Loan Borrowers
Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican legislature did nothing as the student loan debt crisis worsens, refusing to act on the ‘Higher Ed, Lower Debt’ Act.
Analiese Eicher: Gender pay gap adds to student loan debt crisis for Wisconsin women
Gov. Scott Walker and the people voting for his backward policies are failing Wisconsin women. [Capital Times]
Gov. Walker: Endorser of Ted Cruz, Recipient of Donald Trump Donations, Lends His List to John Kasich for Fundraising Effort
Scott Walker has managed to be on all sides of a three-candidate race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Wisconsin Voter ID Law Challenged
The Wisconsin primary will be the first big test of the state's controversial voter ID law. Scot Ross, Executive Director of Wisconsin Now, joins Al Sharpton to discuss. [MSNBC]
One Wisconsin Now Demands Voting Hours Be Extended After Computer Crash
The people of Wisconsin ought not have their right to vote endangered by the incompetence of Gov. Scott Walker and his administration.
One Wisconsin Now: Follow the money when it comes to Walker
Walker failed to mention the most obvious reason for his support - Cruz is the only candidate still in the race who actively solicited money to help retire his massive campaign debt, says One Wisconsin Now. [Lakeland Times]
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker names specialist on student loan crisis
The announcement drew criticism from One Wisconsin Now, a left-leaning advocacy group. Many in the state have called for allowing student loans to be refinanced, like mortgages and car loans. [UPI]
Follow the Money: Gov. Walker Endorses Ted Cruz in Republican Presidential Race
Ted Cruz is the only candidate still in the race who actively solicited money to help retire his massive campaign debt.
($)10,000 Reasons Gov. Walker Isn’t Going After Trump
Gov. Walker is the only state Republican to have received campaign contributions from Trump, a maximum $10,000 contribution, on June 23, 2014.
Scott Walker names student loan debt specialist
One million Wisconsin student loan borrowers want action and Gov. Scott Walker's 'solution' is reassigning a bureaucrat to answer the phone. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Scott Walker #Unintimidated, Except With Trump
When it comes to Donald Trump, you’ve got a better chance of seeing a wall along the Canadian border than Scott Walker criticizing Donald Trump by name.
The ‘me-first’ session? 10 ways Walker and the Republican-led Legislature have moved to diminish accountability
The Walker administration cited the [records denial] provision... when the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now requested visitor logs to the governor's mansion earlier this year. [Capital Times]
Scott Walker reversals piling up as presidential bid looms
“Walker’s propensity for saying one thing while doing another and the subservience of principle to political expediency in order to advance his own ambitions has come to the fore,” the liberal One Wisconsin Now said after Walker’s reversal on ethanol policy. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Walker’s college affordability bills pass, minus cornerstone provision
Analiese Eicher said she believes Republicans only intended to pass "political talking points." The group has highlighted the issue of student loan debt for several years. [Capital Times]
Landscape shifts as Wisconsin primary nears
"I think that's an interesting question, what does Walker today say about this?" said Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now. [Appleton Post-Crescent]
State Big Business Lobby Discouraged State Economic Development Agency From Trying to Keep Major Corporation in Wisconsin … And Gov. Walker’s Administration Listened
It is appalling that Gov. Scott Walker’s WEDC would not do their job because a special interest lobby told them not to.
Scot Ross: Give Gov. Scott Walker 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. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Gov. Walker to Wisconsin: My Partisan Political Vendettas are More Important Than Your Health
Scott Walker today added an exclamation point to his and his fellow Republicans' misguided belief that they know better than Wisconsin women.
Gov. Walker Signs Invitation to More Scandal, More Incompetence and More Cronyism in State Government
Repeal of Civil Service Protections Removes Last Line of Defense From Walker Administration for State Employees
Gov. Scott Walker Divided Wisconsin in 2011, Five Years Later Wisconsin Uniting in Opposition to His Agenda, Disapproval of Job He’s Done
Today marks the five year anniversary of the introduction of one of Gov. Scott Walker’s most notorious attacks on the working people of Wisconsin.
One Billion Dollars in Cuts to K-12 Public Schools … And Counting
Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled legislature have cut over $1 billion from K-12 public schools since taking office.
Walker vs. Legislators: Addressing student loan debt crisis
I would describe Walker’s alleged college affordability plan in the same way I would characterize his own personal higher education experience — woefully incomplete. [Badger Herald]
Scott Walker’s Gubernatorial Campaign Spent Big Money While He Ran for President
Did Reckless Spending Lead Him to Desperate Move to Tap State Campaign Funds to Pay Bills for Federal Political Ambitions?
Madison advocacy group files complaint over DNR’s handling of open records requests
The board’s decision drew little notice when it was made in August. But it came under scrutiny last month after Walker’s administration cited it to explain why it had no records on file in response to requests from the Wisconsin State Journal and liberal group One Wisconsin Now. [Racine Journal Times]
Student Debt Rises, Gov. Walker and Republican Legislature Refusing to Clean Up Their Mess
A newly-released report shows Wisconsin as one of only nine states that have adopted their budget cutting funding for higher education.
During presidential bid, Scott Walker also spent on state campaign
"A career politician like Scott Walker knows better than this, you amass a war chest three years out from the campaign instead of draining it," he said. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Governor ‘Incomplete’ on Student Debt
I would describe Scott Walker’s college affordability scheme the same way I would characterize his own personal higher ed experience — woefully incomplete.
‘Politics First’ Gov. Walker Hand-Picks Who He’ll Listen To and Who He Tells About His Plan on Student Debt That Fails to Help Borrowers
The Governor has been advertising a 'listening tour' as an opportunity for citizens to share their opinions on issues with him is not open to the general public.
State of Gov. Walker’s Response to Student Loan Debt Crisis: ‘Woefully Incomplete’
Gov. Scott Walker has a glaring omission in his plan on student debt – any help lowering the monthly payments for Wisconsin borrowers
Walker administration won’t explain what happened to WEDC text messages
Jenni Dye, research director for One Wisconsin Now, said she doesn’t believe the police logs meet the definition of “transitory” records. [Capital Times]
Minnesota Gets Student Loan Re-Fi Program While Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Blames Connecticut for His Inaction
Meanwhile in Wisconsin, borrowers got a new excuse from Gov. Scott Walker for his continued opposition to common-sense refinancing legislation.
Walker half-solutions don’t come close to fixing Wis. higher ed crisis he caused
Feeling the heat from One Wisconsin Now, Gov. Scott Walker felt the need this week to try to look like he was do something on the issue of student loans and the costs of higher education. [Daily Kos]
Scott Walker says DOA decision to not release WEDC text messages doesn’t match his policy
Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday indicated a decision by his administration to not release an employee's text messages related to a questionable WEDC loan goes against his own open records policy. [Capital Times]
Editorial: On open records, Public Records Board does the right thing
The Walker administration also cited the August redefinition of “transitory correspondence” when denying a records request from the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now. [Racine Journal Times]
Gov. Scott Walker Refuses to Help Wisconsin Student Loan Borrowers Refinance Their Loans to Lower Monthly Payments, Blames Connecticut
Gov. Scott Walker continues to oppose a common sense plan that could help student loan borrowers by allowing them to refinance at a lower interest rate.
Walker’s Secretive Governing Style
Then there was the open records request by One Wisconsin Now, asking for visitor logs at the governor’s mansion from November 2014 through early April 2015, during the time Walker was planning for and then campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination. Walker’s assistant legal counsel David J. Rabe claimed there were no visitor logs for […] [Urban Milwaukee]
Wisconsin rolls out college affordability plan: more grants, tax breaks
Walker "has come up with his most ridiculous excuse to date for his intransigence on the refinancing issue, blaming Connecticut." [UPI]
Public Records Board under intense scrutiny
The action drew objections from groups on both sides of Wisconsin’s partisan divide, such as the as the liberal One Wisconsin Now . [Wisconsin Radio Network]
Scott Walker announces GOP college affordability initiative
Forgive the debt, or allow students to refinance their loans at lower rates under the Higher Ed, Lower Debt bill. The first would cost $19 billion, the other, costs nothing. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Legislators pitch competing student debt bills
Scot Ross, executive director of liberal group One Wisconsin Now, said refinancing student loans is one of the best ways to solve the student loan "crisis." [Appleton Post-Crescent]
Records Board backtracks amid public outcry on access
The change drew criticism from conservative and liberal groups alike, including the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and One Wisconsin Now. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Gov. Walker and Legislative Republicans’ Student Debt Plan Denies Real Help to Wisconsin Borrowers With Student Debt
Any plan that doesn’t include simple, common sense student loan refinancing reform is not a serious attempt to help with the student loan debt crisis.
Records board must reverse bad decision
Concealing a list of people who visit a public building, presumably to meet with the state’s most powerful leader, is arrogant and immediately suspect. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Walker climbs over corpses of mass shooting victims to grab a little attention
“I think Wisconsin is probably one of a select few states that has joined every single one of these lawsuits against the Obama administration,” said Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now. [Wisconsin Gazette]
Devil’s Advocates Radio: January 14, 2016
One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross appeared on the Devil's Advocates radio show to discuss Gov. Scott Walker's bogus student loan debt plan. [Devil's Advocates Radio]