IRG and WILL Sue to Obtain Public Records
Evan HafenbreadlNobody is above the law, not even Wisconsin’s Secretary of State The News: Today, the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG), represented by lawyers at the Wisconsin Institute for Law &…
Education Watch – Governor Evers K-12 Veto: Adults Over Children
From the Wisconsin State Journal: “Under the budget Evers signed, schools would be allowed to raise revenue by $325 per student per year until 2425. Given current public school enrollment…
Three Questions with: Rep. Nancy VanderMeer, Wisconsin State Representative, District 70
1.) What’s the biggest issue you’re hearing about from your constituents? AND if you were given the opportunity to enact one reform, what would it be? The biggest issue I’m…
Three Questions with: Rep. Karen Hurd, Wisconsin State Representative, District 68
1.) What’s the biggest issue you’re hearing about from your constituents? Roads. 2.) If you were given the opportunity to enact one reform, what would it be? Stop drawing lines.…
Oversight Watch: Shadow Agency Exposed by Center for Investigative Oversight
Additional context from IRG’s CIO Director Anthony LoCoco and Student Fellow Andrew Mazza: The United Nations Foundation and the Evers Administration are colluding to evade the legislative process and force…
Education Watch – Busting School Choice Myths: Green Bay Edition
From the Green Bay Area Public Schools board: “And if the state had reimbursed us anywhere near the level they’re doing for the voucher schools’ special education program, would be…
United Nations Foundation Funneling Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars to Evers Administration to Fund Radical Climate Agenda
Private grant money supports staff in the Office of Sustainability & Clean Energy Delafield, WI – Today, IRG’s Center for Investigative Oversight released a new report, “Shadow Agency: How the…
Education Watch – Choice Funding Gap Shrinks But Schools Need It Even Smaller
From the Legislative Fiscal Bureau: The K-8 voucher will rise from $8,399 to $9,874 per child. The 9-12 voucher will rise from $9,045 to $12,368. The special needs voucher will rise…
Three Questions with: Rep. Calvin Callahan, Wisconsin State Representative, District 35
1.) What’s the biggest issue you’re hearing about from your constituents? Traveling across the 35th Assembly District and throughout the state, something I hear a lot about is the state…
Education Watch – Wisconsin’s Colleges Are Not Training Teachers Well in Literacy
From the National Council on Teacher Quality: Only 3 of 15 Wisconsin university teaching programs received As in phonics-based literacy training. 6 received Ds or Fs. This is slightly better than…