The Wisconsin State Legislature meets in full just a few days per year, but is considered – and paid like – a full-time legislative body. What’s up with that?
Wisconsin’s Full-Time (Lite) Legislature
Million Dollar Race for $53k Job
After change to state law, campaign donations doubled in a 2018 race for Fox Valley state Senate seat.
Million Dollar Checks
Court decisions, law change create rivers of cash from ultrarich donors to candidates, as long as they flow through the party
After Loosening of Campaign Finance Laws, Cash Poured into 2018 Race for NW WI State Senate Seat
Democrat incumbent survived huge wave of independent spending Follow Follow Follow Follow Print Email
Restoring the Balance of Power
We are restoring the balance of power!
Brookfield politician pleaded no contest in 2000 to punching minor
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.