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Money & Politics Column

Records: Lobby spending down; Walker had huge funding edge

By Bill Lueders | February 17, 2015

Wisconsin’s 700-plus registered lobby groups reported spending $11.5 million seeking to influence state law and policy in the last half of 2014. That brought total lobbying expenditures for the two-year legislative session to $57.5 million.

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Reports illuminate lobby efforts; Wisconsin Property Taxpayers again top spender

By Bill Lueders | August 6, 2014

In the first six months of this year, Wisconsin’s 700-plus registered lobby groups collectively invested $14.1 million trying to shape state law or policy, according to new filings with the state Government Accountability Board.

John Doe

Making sense of John Doe II

By Bill Lueders | April 29, 2014

The ongoing John Doe probe into alleged illegal activities concerning Gov. Scott Walker’s recall election campaign is nothing if not complicated. Here’s an attempt to make it understandable.

Money & Politics Column

Lobbyist bill draws sharp reactions

By Bill Lueders | April 1, 2014

“No one outside of the Capitol Square in Madison has been clamoring for increasing the ability of lobbyists to make campaign contributions to legislators,” declared Jay Heck of Common Cause in Wisconsin.

Money & Politics Column

Reports track campaign cash, lobbying

By Bill Lueders | February 11, 2014

Donations to Walker of $1,000 or more accounted for $2.6 million, more than half his total take. Burke got about $870,000 in donations of at least $1,000, or 68 percent of her total, excluding herself.

Climate Change

State cool to climate-change action

By Bill Lueders | September 11, 2013

Of the more than 600 bills introduced in Wisconsin’s 2013-14 legislative session, none contains the terms “climate change,” “greenhouse gases” or “global warming,” and only a handful deal with energy policy.

Money & Politics Column

Unions sapped, other lobbying strong

By Bill Lueders | August 5, 2013

Special interest groups in Wisconsin spent less trying to sway state law and policy in the first half of 2013 than in comparable past periods. But it’s still a whole lotta moolah: more than $17 million.

Money & Politics Column

Spending subdued in high court race

By Bill Lueders | March 26, 2013

This column’s prediction a few weeks back that “all signs point to another jaw-dropping spend-fest” seems not to be coming true. The spending is merely substantial, not overwhelming.

Money & Politics Column

High court race will likely get costly

By Bill Lueders | February 12, 2013

Roggensack’s foes, as well as her supporters, will likely respond to her perceived vulnerability by digging deep into their coffers. All signs point to another jaw-dropping spend-fest.

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Tracking pro-mining cash gets dicey

By Bill Lueders | February 6, 2013

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign reported that mining bill proponents have given more than $15 million since 2010 to Scott Walker, who was elected governor that year, and to current members of the state Legislature. Meanwhile, only about $25,000 has flowed from environmental groups registered against the bill.

Dale Schultz

Sen. Schultz expects better mining bill

By Bill Lueders | November 26, 2012

Now the GOP is assured of a 18-15 lead — enough to make Schultz as irrelevant as the Democratic minority. But the Republican from Richland Center is optimistic that the Senate will pass a bill that has his support.

Money & Politics Column

Filings track unions’ fall, mining bill fight

By Bill Lueders | August 20, 2012

During the first six months of this year, registered lobby groups spent $13.9 million trying to influence state government, pushing the total spent on lobbying for the session that began in January 2011 to $52.3 million.

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