Former Democratic Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager was selected Monday as chair of Wisconsin's new Ethics Commission, and the job of administrator was offered to a former analyst of the nonpartisan board the panel was created to replace.
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3 finalists named for Wisconsin Ethics Commission leader
Three finalists from a list of 23 applicants have been selected to be interviewed to become the first leader of Wisconsin's new Ethics Commission.
Read More »Judge issues ‘benediction’ for eliminated elections board
A member of Wisconsin's nonpartisan state elections board says he prays that the public "come to its senses" and demand a reversal of a state Supreme Court ruling ending an investigation into Gov. Scott Walker.
Read More »Judges Davis, Kinney named to new ethics commission (UPDATE)
Members of the newly created commission to regulate ethics and campaign finance laws for Wisconsin office holders and lobbyists continued their organizational work Thursday with the simplest of tasks: deciding on a name.
Read More »Former Sheboygan County Clerk appointed to new elections commission
Gov. Scott Walker has appointed a former Sheboygan County Clerk to one of the new entities that will replace the board that oversees elections.
Read More »Server failure cuts clerks from Wisconsin voter system (UPDATE)
Wisconsin state agencies' computers are back online after a server failure.
Read More »Democrat names former attorney general to ethics commission
Former Democratic Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager has been named to the state's new ethics commission.
Read More »Ten percent turnout predicted for Supreme Court primary
Wisconsin officials are predicting only about 10 percent of eligible voters will turn out for Tuesday’ s primary election for the state Supreme Court and various local offices.
Read More »Elections board pushes voter ID information
Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board is pushing to inform people about new voter photo ID requirements with two weeks left before the spring primary.
Read More »Corporate political spending can stay secret in Wisconsin
Wisconsin lawmakers are insisting that they didn’t intend to allow corporate political donations to remain secret under the recent overhaul of the state’s campaign finance laws.
Read More »CLOSING ARGUMENTS: Is the breaking up of the GAB justified?
Will the breaking up of the state’s Government Accountability Board into two agencies controlled mostly by representatives of the main political parties result in nothing more than gridlock and inaction?
Read More »Elections board settles lawsuit over Walker recall lawsuit
The state's elections board and the Wisconsin Club for Growth say they've reached a settlement over a lawsuit related to an investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's 2012 recall campaign.
Read More »Walker signs law eliminating elections board; new panel will have 2 judges (UPDATE)
Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Wednesday that eliminates Wisconsin's nonpartisan state elections board and replaces it with a pair of commissions made up of political appointees, despite opponents' concerns about the potential for corruption and a lack of transparency.
Read More »Elections board preps for campaign finance changes
The state Government Accountability Board is getting ready to implement changes to Wisconsin's campaign finance laws.
Read More »State costs for John Doe lawsuits top $1.2 million (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Department of Administration says taxpayer costs for private lawyers defending state officials from lawsuits stemming from a secret investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's recall campaign have topped $1.2 million.
Read More »Assembly sends campaign finance overhaul to Walker (UPDATE)
The state Assembly gave final approval Monday to a pair of Republican-backed bills that would significantly alter the flow of money into Wisconsin political campaigns and dramatically change oversight of elections, campaign finance and ethics laws.
Read More »Assembly passes bill eliminating elections board
The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a bill dissolving Wisconsin's nonpartisan board overseeing elections, campaign finance and ethics laws.
Read More »Democrats, advocacy groups make final push to stop elections board bill
Democrats and advocacy groups are making a final push to stop bills that would do away with Wisconsin's unique nonpartisan elections board and rewrite state campaign finance laws.
Read More »Senate GOP votes to overhaul campaign finance, revamp board
Wisconsin Republicans early Saturday pushed through a pair of bills to loosen campaign finance law and end the state's nonpartisan elections board after hours of late-night debate in the state Senate.
Read More »Senate GOP says they have agreement on elections board (UPDATE)
Republican state senators said Friday they are ready to vote on a bill that would put retired judges on a commission overseeing ethics and campaign finance laws, but still undecided about whether to require donors to disclose who they work for.
Read More »Republican leader says he has votes for elections board bill (UPDATE)
Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Wednesday he has the votes to pass a compromise bill that would put two retired judges on a new ethics commission, a move that also won support from the measure's sponsor and other reluctant lawmakers.
Read More »Elections board says new John Doe law moots lawsuit claim (UPDATE)
The state's elections board is asking a judge to dismiss as no longer relevant one of the claims that Wisconsin Club for Growth made against it in a lawsuit related to the investigation into Gov. Scott Walker.
Read More »Senate leader hoping to vote on elections board next week
The Republican leader of the state Senate is optimistic that bills dissolving Wisconsin's unique nonpartisan elections board and rewriting the state's campaign finance law will be passed next week.
Read More »Senate scraps session to instead discuss GAB, campaign finance bills
Republicans who control the state Senate have canceled a floor session Tuesday and plan to use the time instead to discuss bills that would overhaul the state's elections board and campaign finance statutes.
Read More »Senator says elections board bill doesn’t have votes to pass
The Wisconsin Assembly was poised Wednesday to vote to dissolve the state's nonpartisan elections board, however a Republican state senator said the bill in its current form doesn't have enough support to pass in his chamber.
Read More »Clerks voice support for embattled elections board (UPDATE)
Election clerks registered their support Tuesday for Wisconsin's embattled nonpartisan elections board, which would be eliminated under a bill moving quickly through the Legislature.
Read More »Democrats lash out at John Doe, elections board changes (UPDATE)
Three Republican-backed proposals to eliminate Wisconsin's unique nonpartisan elections board, do away with secret investigations into political wrongdoing and legalize coordination between issue advocacy groups and candidates will usher in a new era of corruption, Democrats said Monday.
Read More »Bill dissolving elections board bill advances
The head of Wisconsin's nonpartisan elections board is defending the agency from Republicans who want to do away with it.
Read More »Assembly to vote on elections board, John Doe
The Wisconsin state Assembly plans to vote next week on bills dissolving the nonpartisan state elections board to create a partisan commission and prohibiting the use of secret John Doe investigations into political crimes.
Read More »Republicans call elections board ‘failed experiment’
Wisconsin's unique nonpartisan elections and government ethics oversight board is a failed experiment that has not lived up to expectations, Republicans who support moving to a new partisan model argued at a joint legislative hearing Tuesday.
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