On December 16, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed Assembly Bill 388, which eliminates the nonpartisan Government Accountability Board as of June 30, 2016, and replaces it with two partisan committees […]
Isthmus on WORT: GOP Prevails on GAB, Campaign Finance
(WORT)– The Republican majority is muscling two bills through the state Legislature, one that would do away with the Government Accountability Board and another that would rewrite Wisconsin’s campaign finance […]
Gravely Ill But Surviving in Wisconsin
(WORT) — Election watchdog Mike McCabe finds the silver lining in the GOP bills making their way through the Wisconsin legislature this week.
Wisconsin Assembly Passes GAB Overhaul, Changes to Campaign Finance
(WORT) — Democrats are predicting a new era of rampant corruption if the GOP-backed bills are signed into law, but Republicans are defending their legislation as common sense reform.
Wisconsin Dems Predict The End of ‘Open and Transparent Governme...
Next week, the full Assembly will vote on legislation that limits the scope of secret John Doe investigations. The other two bills make significant changes to state election law and how ethics laws are enforced. As part of the reform package, the independent Government Accountability Board would be scraped for two commissions compromised of partisan appointees.
GOP Fast-tracking Assembly Bill 388 and Other Partisan Measures
8 O’Clock Buzz host, Jan Miyasaki, talks with Jay Heck, of Common Cause, about WI Assembly Bill 388, which looks to restructure the Government Accountability Board (GAB). Jay says that […]
