Three Current and Former UW-Madison Diversity Officials Accused of Academic Fraud

By MacIverNews - February 1, 2024

DEI, Diversity, Fraud, Harvard, LaVar Charleston, Plagiarism, UW-Madison

They were caught trying to pass off old data as new research. Experts say that’s fraud. Read More Three Current and Former UW-Madison Diversity Officials Accused of Academic Fraud

Shouting Match in WEC Meeting Over Voter Fraud

By MacIverNews - September 16, 2020

Absentee Ballots, Dean Knudson, Fraud, Mark Thomsen, Robert Spindell, Voter Fraud, WEC

WATCH – Wisconsin Elections Commissioner Thomsen explodes at mention of undetected absentee voter fraud in Wisconsin. He says there could be up to 80,000 absentee ballots that don’t come in time to count by election day, and wants an extra week to count them. Read More Shouting Match in WEC Meeting Over Voter Fraud

Johnson Demands Oversight, Accountability On State-Led Medicaid Schemes

By Matt Kittle - September 25, 2018

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS, Fraud, Gene Dodaro, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Medicaid, Ron Johnson, Seema Verma

By M.D. Kittle – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants to know what government officials intend to do about what has been described as “almost limitless” Medicaid funding schemes employed by states, gimmicks that could be costing federal taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Read More Johnson Demands Oversight, Accountability On State-Led Medicaid Schemes

Anti-Fraud Watchdog Reports Tremendous Success

By Brett Healy - March 9, 2016

Department of Health Services, Entitlement Fraud, Entitlements, FoodShare, Foodshare Fraud, Fraud, inspector general, Public Assitance, Scott Walker

MacIver News Service – Early in his first term, Gov. Walker created the Office of the Inspector General within the Dept. of Health Services by consolidating staff and resources that had been previously dispersed. The effort has been a resounding success, according to a report recently released by the OIG. Read More Anti-Fraud Watchdog Reports Tremendous Success

Senate Committees to Take Up More Public Benefits Reform

By MacIver Institute - January 13, 2016

Food Stamps, FoodShare, Fraud, Jacque, Kapenga, Penalties, Public Benefits Reform, SNAP, UI, Unemployment Insurance, Waste Fraud and Abuse

MacIver News Service – The Wisconsin Legislature is taking up public benefits reform yet again. Off the backs of their fall 2015 session, during which the Legislature passed several reformative measures focusing on FoodShare and Unemployment Insurance fraud, the start of 2016’s session looks to be continuing on the same path. Read More Senate Committees to Take Up More Public Benefits Reform