Money & Politics
Secret corporate cash funded posh convention hideaway for Paul Ryan, GOP lawmakers
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Bank records: Comcast, Microsoft, Koch among bankrollers of nearly $1 million ‘cloakroom’ at Republican National Convention in Cleveland
Police to Trump, Clinton and Sanders: Pay your bills already
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At least three dozen municipal governments and law enforcement agencies say presidential campaigns have ignored hundreds of thousands of dollars in outstanding bills stemming from police security for campaign events.
Blogs
State Integrity Investigation gives D grade to Wisconsin
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The Center for Public Integrity’s State Integrity Investigation report, which provides state-by-state data on laws and practices that deter corruption and promote accountability and transparency, will launch Nov. 9.
Center for Public Integrity
Wisconsin better off than many, in new report on ethics enforcers
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Many states’ ethics agencies aren’t provided with the resources and independence needed to carry out their responsibilities, according to a new report that casts Wisconsin’s efforts in a favorable light.
Accountability
Wisconsin receives C- for government accountability
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Wisconsin receives a C- in a nationwide ranking of states’ accountability and risk of corruption. The State Integrity Investigation, released today, ranks Wisconsin 22nd, with a score of 70 percent — a score boosted by the creation in 2008 of the state Government Accountability Board to help clean up government.
Accountability
GAB dings ethics, campaign finance violators
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More than one hundred people or groups paid fines for violating Wisconsin’s campaign finance and ethics laws in the past three years. The violator list reads like a Who’s Who of Wisconsin politicians, and includes some noteworthy outsiders as well.
Accountability
Capitol chaos shines spotlight on secretive state institutions
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The backdrop for many of Wisconsin’s current ethical controversies is an unprecedented flow of money into the state’s political machinery. With last year’s Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case, some loopholes in the state’s campaign finance laws have grown even wider.
Accidents
Fatal blast at Wisconsin ‘model workplace’ raises questions about OSHA program
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American Packaging Corp. in Columbus is supposed to be one of the safest places to work. In 2009, the company was recognized as a model of safety when it joined other Wisconsin workplaces, now totaling 49, in a voluntary compliance program run by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. But accidents happen, even in the safest places.
Accountability
Suffering in silence: Campus sexual assaults vastly underreported
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At University of Wisconsin campuses, most victims do not report crimes. The statistics are inconsistent. And most rapists go free.
Center for Public Integrity
Wisconsin receives “C” for lawmakers’ disclosures
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The state’s financial disclosure requirements rank 22nd in a Center for Public Integrity survey, partly because elected officials don’t need to report information about their spouses’ property.
Center for Public Integrity
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation awards $100,000 grant
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The Center gets its first major grant to report on government integrity and issues affecting the quality of life in Wisconsin.