Wealthy supporters of school vouchers lavished an
eye-popping $10 million on Wisconsin campaigns in the past 10 years, spending
half of that amount in 2011 and 2012 alone, according to a new analysis by the
Wisconsin
After more
than two years of highly visible, highly polarized and highly acrimonious
political campaigns, it’s almost a relief to have a relatively subdued race for
state Supreme Court. But don’t discount its importance
The Wisconsin Supreme Court race,
the most important election of the year, begins with a primary Tuesday, Feb.
19, involving three candidates the media have told you very little about.
Wisconsin Supreme
Court Justice Patience Roggensack carries a rare distinction on the right-wing
majority that controls our state’s highest court. She is the only
Gov. Scott
Walker promises that jobs will be the No. 1 priority of the next session of the
Republican-controlled Legislature in January.
Anyone who
remembers Walker
State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser has utterly disgraced himself. Even before his April re-election there were serious questions about his temperament—most prominently evidenced by his calling Chief Justice...
Gov. Jim Doyle and state Superintendent Tony Evers announced their plan to reform the state’s education system—and possibly net some funds from the federal government. They trotted out some ideas for the press, including lengthening the school day, linking teacher pay to performance, changing the...
All I can say is wow. Talk about an activist judge! In his latest decision, State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, who had defended his right to lie in campaign ads, has ordained a first grade teacher. The ethically challenged justice is now defending the right of religious institutions to discriminate against their employees. And to get to that result,...