Category: Politics
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Top donors to Wisconsin political parties in 2023 (so far) – loophole allows wealthy to bypass legal limits and steer millions to Supreme Court candidates
Rich, liberal donors like George Soros, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman are repeatedly exploiting the loophole left open by state Republicans.
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UPDATED: Top campaign donors to former Justice Daniel Kelly, right-wing candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Hendricks, Uihleins, Gentines of Sargento Foods, and Don Zietlow of Kwik Trip all have made large donations to Kelly.
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UPDATED: Top campaign donors to Janet Protasiewicz, left-wing candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Herb Kohl, Bud Selig, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and attorney David Gruber have all given the Milwaukee County judge the maximum, or close to it.
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Females justices: A list of states with the most – and least – women on their supreme courts
Wisconsin has the highest percentage of women on its Supreme Court, followed by Washington and Illinois. South Carolina has the only Supreme Court with no women.
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Wisconsin has highest percentage of female justices on top state court in U.S.
The April election could alter the gender makeup of the court. Research suggests the addition of female justices has little effect on court rulings, with one notable exception.
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Sen. Ron Johnson slightly losing direct donation battle, but dominating in outside spending
Independent groups allied with Johnson have spent a total of $76 million supporting him and attacking Barnes, compared to $49 million spent by groups allied with the Wisconsin Democrat.
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Johnson, Senate Republicans block bill aimed at disclosing big donors’ identities
COVID prevented Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a cosponsor of the DISCLOSE Act, from voting on the bill, her office said.
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Wisconsin GOP leaders have no Dem opposition in 2022, but plenty from their own party. And an ex-president.
The Assembly Speaker and Senate Majority Leader each face primary challenges, and Donald Trump has endorsed one upstart candidate.
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The most expensive race in the history of the Wisconsin State Legislature
Record $2.2 million raised and spent in Green Bay area for $53,000-a-year job Political donations continue to accelerate after campaign finance laws relaxed in 2015
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Tiffany sole Wisconsin rep to ask SCOTUS to flip election results in swing states
Election experts and politicians from both parties slammed the suit — aimed at Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — as a cynical attempt to disregard the will of voters.
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The rock ‘n’ roll congressman priest from Wisconsin who was benched by the pope
A largely-forgotten public figure today, Cornell is a reminder — particularly relevant in the current toxic, dysfunctional political climate — that principled service and congeniality have value.
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Record cash raised in SW Wisconsin State Senate race for Howard Marklein’s seat
Big name spenders include DeVos, Steyer, Koch, Jobs in rural district
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CARTOON: The Blue Wave vs. The Red Wall
Blue Wave or Red Wall?
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Six members of Wisconsin State Assembly have declared personal bankruptcy
Thousands of dollars in debts to a Las Vegas resort and casino. Hundreds of thousands in back taxes owed to the state of Wisconsin. And huge credit card debt.
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No college degree fraud found in Wisconsin State Legislature …but we couldn’t check everybody
By Peter Cameron, THE BADGER PROJECT Lying about receiving a degree you never earned is pretty easy. For the most part, so is verifying it. In a 2015 survey of employers by the company CareerBuilder, 28 percent reported having caught a job seeker lying about an academic degree on their resume. Some politicians aren’t above exaggerating or
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Wisconsin state Rep. Kooyenga pleaded no contest in 2000 to punching teen
Dale Kooyenga tackled and punched a 17-year-old boy in 2000 during a dispute outside a summer party in Sheboygan. Now a 39-year-old Republican state representative from Brookfield, Kooyenga was 21 at the time police filed a criminal charge of disorderly conduct against him.