An in-depth analysis of more than 1,500 emails sent to Sen. Jon Erpenbach’s (D-Middleton) office during the 2011 protests shows that many government workers not only used government resources during normal business hours to lobby the senator on Act 10, but they also made outlandish claims that publicly available data shows never materialized. Read More Teacher that Cried Poverty Over Act 10 Still Lives in $550K Home
MacIver Investigations – After a failed legal battle with the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton) turned over 1,571 separate emails containing over 2,100 total pages from public employees across the state and country who contacted him about Act 10. Read More Taxpayer Resources Appear to Have Been Widely Used to Lobby Erpenbach on Act 10
The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy recently picked up copies of thousands of emails that were requested from Sen. Jon Erpenbach’s (D-Middleton) office in the wake of Act 10. Read More MacIver Institute Obtains Emails Requested in Erpenbach Open Records Request
The MacIver Institute’s Nick Novak sat down with David Ade from CBS58 on Wednesday to discuss the Institute’s win in their open records lawsuit against Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton). The Wisconsin District Two Court of Appeals decision was published on Wednesday and overturned a previous decision by Grant County Circuit Court Judge Robert P. VanDeHey. Read More MacIver’s Nick Novak Discusses Its Open Records Court Case Win with CBS58
MacIver News Service – The Wisconsin District Two Court of Appeals found in favor of the MacIver Institute on Wednesday in the case of The John K. MacIver Institute vs. Jon Grant Erpenbach. The Court of Appeals also directed the Circuit Court to order the release of all requested documents without redaction. Read More Wisconsin Appeals Court Finds in Favor of the MacIver Institute in Sen. Erpenbach’s Attempt to Shield Public Data