The Associated Press summed it all up: " The Wisconsin Supreme Court adopted rules Wednesday allowing judges to hear cases involving th...

Minnesota. So close and yet so far. Both Wisconsin and Minnesota have sitting governors who are not running for reelection. Amazingly few he...

I got to be a fly on the wall at a discussion of Supreme Court elections last night. Two groups of about 10 or 12. One men, the other women....

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide a case - Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission - that started as a narrow dispute over whe...

As we continue to wait for the Democrats who control both Washington and Madison to actually do something about money's paralyzing grip ...

On the right side of our blog's main page above the links, you'll find a clock keeping the time that has passed since former Assemb...

Other than house-elves , politicians are about the only ones you'll ever hear refer to themselves in the third person. It's an annoy...

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As state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman set out to fight off charges of judicial misconduct , either he felt there was not suitable ...

When Washington and Madison politics threatens to drive you insane, there's a need for some comic relief. Leave it to Lake Geneva. The p...

The following is excerpted from the text of the speech I gave at Saturday's Fighting Bob Fest entitled "A Democracy Worthy of the ...

Wisconsin judges and district attorneys would no longer have to provide information to the public about the property they own under changes ...

Dear Chief Justice, As you and your colleagues on the Supreme Court deliberate in the Citizens United case , I have two questions for you. ...

The Democracy Campaign issued a most unusual report today, showing that campaign fundraising by Wisconsin legislators in the first half of ...

Not many have noticed, but the U.S. Supreme Court is contemplating the mother of all acts of judicial activism. What started as a narrow cas...

The Democracy Campaign is a founding member of the Midwest Democracy Network , a regional alliance of groups in five Great Lakes states devo...

A review of campaign finance reports filed so far shows widespread adherence to a rule banning campaign fundraising by members of the Assemb...

Is a recession in the political economy right around the corner? Bill Kraus thinks so . He might end up being right. Bill's a seasoned p...

The tale of missing travel receipts that was told over the weekend by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a familiar ring to it. What has e...