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Too busy to follow the rules
State legislators are busy people and in the case of State Representative JoCasta Zamarripa maybe so busy they don’t have time for the rules. Still, doing political work in your state office is a big deal and that appears to…
Release: Dressing up Baldwin’s record for Halloween
League of Conservation Voters dress up Senator Baldwin’s record for Halloween Madison, WI – The League of Conservation Voters got the Halloween season underway early with their efforts to disguise Senator Tammy Baldwin as a bipartisan politician. When it…
The ever-rising cost of Obamacare Premiums
With open enrollment just around the corner, the state of Wisconsin announced that Obamacare premiums will increase 36% next year. This increase follows a 93% increase in the four years since Obamacare became law, leaving Wisconsin families with a total…
It’s not for the kids or the teachers
The new state budget allows teachers with three or more years of experience to receive a permanent teacher’s license. The change will save teachers thousands of dollars throughout their career. But the state’s largest teachers’ union isn’t cheering. WEAC opposes the…
Taxpayers are the biggest winners in budget
Thanks to Governor Walker and conservatives in the legislature taxpayers scored several key victories in the ongoing struggle against big government and their special interest allies. Going forward property taxpayers will no longer pay a state portion of their property…
What is the Public Finance Authority
Few people have ever heard of the Public Finance Authority (PFA) and that’s by design. Why? Because the PFA is quasi –public agency that provides high risk, tax-exempt bonding to private entities. In Wisconsin a handful of counties and one…