After a scorching two-year controversy involving a "John Doe" criminal investigation into potential illegal coordination between Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's campaign and outside big money groups, state GOP leaders are readying a legislative package to dismantle the nonpartisan elections board.
The Kochs and other big donors wield massive influence in the post-Citizens United era.
Sen. Joni Ernst giving the GOP response to the State of the Union address is further proof that the Koch political network has become a dominant political force.
The push to end public education in Wisconsin marches on.
Democrats appear to have learned some lessons from their 2014 mid-term whipping.
Wisconsin GOP pushes constitutional amendment to strip Chief Justice Abrahamson of her title.
A new study by Alex Hertel-Fernandez, a PhD student in Government and Social Policy at Harvard University, sheds disturbing light on the extent to which ALEC has succeeded in its mission to quash family supporting jobs and undermine public-sector unions in the United States.
For almost 40 years, Wisconsin's judges have been working without a mandatory retirement age. But all of a sudden, some state GOP leaders have decided that this is a major problem.
“You look out your window and see people protesting, and then look at ‘Selma,’ and it looks similar”
The Mall of America's response to Black Lives Matter protests highlight important questions about free speech in an era of privatized public spaces.
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