WisWatch Blog
Drafting notes silent on author of open records overhaul
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Sixty pages of drafting documents included only initials and partial names of legislative service agency staffers.
2015-2017 Wisconsin Budget
Update: Gov. Scott Walker backs away from changes to open records law but is mum on his role
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The governor and legislative leaders declined to say whether the governor himself was behind the original measure. A review by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism shows similarities between recent records request denials from the governor’s office and the state Department of Administration and changes inserted in the budget Thursday by Republican leaders — similarities that raise questions about whether Walker himself was involved in the budget proposal.
Environment
Layoffs at Wisconsin DNR would trigger terminations of limited-term employees
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A state law requires that before the DNR can lay off a single permanent staffer, it must let go any limited-term employees or probationary employees with the same job classification. According to numbers DNR furnished the Legislative Fiscal Bureau in early May, the science bureau has 95 LTEs.
2015-2017 Wisconsin Budget
Board overseeing Wisconsin’s for-profit schools fights for its life
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With the Wisconsin Educational Approval Board on the chopping block in Gov. Scott Walker’s budget, EAB Executive Secretary David Dies fears the for-profit schools it oversees will ramp up practices that could harm students.
Family Care
Gov. Scott Walker’s budget would shake up long-term care programs; disabilities advocates concerned
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Gov. Scott Walker is proposing sweeping changes to the state’s long-term care programs for the elderly and disabled, but the lack of detail has advocates concerned.