By M.D. Kittle — An amendment on an amendment in the “11th hour” of this week’s legislative floor session sounded alarm bells about a possible end-around to Wisconsin’s open records laws. Read More Transportation Reform Amendment Raises Open Records Concerns
Wisconsin conservatives have a long, long list of remarkable accomplishments that would’ve been unthinkable just a few years ago, but there’s still a lot of heavy lifting to do. That’s what Brett Healy, president of the MacIver Institute, wrote at Right Wisconsin in their “state of Wisconsin conservatism” series. Read More Healy: The State of Wisconsin Conservatism
MacIver News Service – The Assembly is taking up four bills that tackle fraud and abuse in entitlements programs. Three bills address the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. A fourth bill will work to reform Wisconsin’s Unemployment Insurance program. Read More Assembly to Tackle Fraud in FoodShare and Unemployment Insurance Programs This Week
MacIver News Service – The Assembly voted to pass Assembly Bill 373 (AB 373), a bill to reform the state civil service, on Tuesday. The floor debate lasted several hours. Included below are highlights from the MacIver Institute’s social media coverage of the debate. If you were not watching or following along on Twitter, you can read our coverage here. Read More The Civil Service Reform Debate
MacIver News Service – On Wednesday, two related bills on civil service reform passed through their respective committees, moving them one step closer to the Assembly and Senate floors. Read More Bills to Reform Civil Service Move Forward