Liberal Challenge to The Wisconsin Photo ID Law
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 113 Current Event According to Madison.com Posted: Friday, October 21, 2011 Wisconsin’s controversial voter identification law violates the state constitution by creating a new class of ineligible voters, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court. Unlike lawsuits in other states challenging similar voter ID laws, [...]
City Or State Control of Sick Leave
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 106 Current Event According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, May 5, 2011 Governor Scott Walker signed into law Thursday a measure that voids Milwaukee’s paid sick leave ordinance that was passed by voters in a referendum and upheld recently by the state Court of Appeals. Walker, in Milwaukee on Thursday [...]
Current Events v. Founding Documents: Fed Judge Opposes Nat’l Day of Prayer
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 87 Current Event According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on April 16, 2010 (full article available on-line) A Wisconsin federal judge on Thursday found the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional, saying it violates the First Amendment prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion. The decision by U.S. District [...]
Current Events v. Founding Documents: Collective Bargaining and the 10th Amendment
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 86 Current Event According to Wall Street Journal/AP June 17, 2010 The Senate is moving closer to passing legislation that would require states to grant public-safety employees, including police, firefighters and emergency medical workers, the right to collectively bargain over hours and wages. The bill, known as the Public [...]
Milw Journal Sentinel Poll Results: How do you feel about Gov. Walker’s plan for the public workers’ unions?
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has conducted a poll, asking: “How do you feel about Gov. Walker’s plan for the public workers’ unions?” Poll Results: I like it. The unions need to be reined in (78%) Something needs to be done with the unions, but this is a little harsh (3%) Hate it. These are dedicated [...]
Analysis of Governor Walker’s State of the State Address
In his first State of the State Address as Wisconsin’s governor last week, Scott Walker reiterated his panoply of campaign promises and pledged to make job creation, business development, balancing the budget, and restoring economic prosperity his foremost priorities in the current legislative session. Even though Governor Walker’s speech lacked much on these issues, he [...]
Special Session of Wisconsin Legislature Promises Important Gains
During his campaign for the Wisconsin governorship, Scott Walker pledged to create 250,000 new jobs by November 2014; reduce the tax burden for Wisconsin families and businesses; and return the state to a sound fiscal footing. In order to accomplish this ambitious legislative tripartite, Governor Walker called for an emergency legislative session, which commenced early [...]
WI Dept. of Workforce Development Sends Mixed Signals on Growth of WI’s Economy
Download PAI Summary & Analysis of WI Dept. of Workforce Development Report PAI PAI WI Dept. of Workforce Development Sends Mixed Signals on the Growth and Stability of the State’s Economy The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development released a report indicating that unemployment in Wisconsin decreased from 7.8 percent in October to 7.6 percent in [...]
Governor-elect Scott Walker Outlines Chief Legislative Priorities
This week, Governor-elect Scott Walker unveiled a bold and ambitious agenda for the upcoming legislative session. Walker made it clear that he intends to enact all of the reforms described below within the first year of his governorship. With a large Republican majority in the Assembly and a six vote majority in the Senate, it [...]
Immigration Bill Pending in Wisconsin – Bill Summary
Bill Highlights: The Bill is smaller in scope than the Arizona law, SB 1070. If someone was unable to prove their identity and the legal status of their citizenship, they would be held in jail for up to 48 hours. If they could not prove legal presence in the state by then, they would be [...]
