Podcasts about government accountability board

Jack Heck of Common Cause Wisconsin joins Mark to discuss the pressing issues. Jay provides a deep dive into the corrupting influence of special interest money and the impact of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision. They explore the history of campaign finance reform in Wisconsin, the dismantling of the Government Accountability Board, and the urgent need to overturn Citizens United to restore transparency and democracy. Listeners will gain a comprehensive understanding of how dark money shapes political outcomes and what steps can be taken to combat this growing problem. Jay also highlights the bipartisan efforts to limit money in politics and the importance of public financing for campaigns.

A governemnt accountability board voted for a hearing on possible misconduct by South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and a Spearfish roundtable discussion highlighting Senator Mike Rounds got intense.

Between 2010 and 2013, a team of Wisconsin state officials assembled by the Milwaukee County District Attorney, and later involving the state’s Government Accountability Board, targeted the activities of certain groups who had supported Governor Scott Walker’s policy agenda. The probes seized millions of emails, bank records, hard copy documents, and other materials through a combination of electronic search warrants, subpoenas, and raids that used controversial tactics. Litigation in the Wisconsin state courts froze the John Doe investigations in early 2014. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ultimately terminated the investigations in the summer of 2015. In reaction, the Wisconsin legislature passed sweeping reforms of its campaign finance and criminal laws, eliminating the Government Accountability Board, changing John Doe rules, and fixing secrecy laws so that they restrained the prosecutors, not the targets. But there were new developments eight weeks ago: Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel issued a report following an investigation he initiated when, in September 2016, the British Guardian published approximately 1,400 pages of seized witness emails and draft court filings prepared by the prosecution team. Schimel found that a trove of evidence at the Government Accountability Board offices may have been leaked, and promised to institute contempt proceedings against prosecutors and other state officials. As a result, new individuals have learned that their materials were seized and reviewed during the original investigation. Some existing litigation may be impacted, and new litigation may occur. Find out what’s next.Featuring:Mr. Edward D. Greims, Partner, Graves Garrett, LLC Teleforum calls are open to all dues paying members of the Federalist Society. To become a member, sign up here. As a member, you should receive email announcements of upcoming Teleforum calls which contain the conference call phone number. If you are not receiving those email announcements, please contact us at 202-822-8138.

Between 2010 and 2013, a team of Wisconsin state officials assembled by the Milwaukee County District Attorney, and later involving the state’s Government Accountability Board, targeted the activities of certain groups who had supported Governor Scott Walker’s policy agenda. The probes seized millions of emails, bank records, hard copy documents, and other materials through a combination of electronic search warrants, subpoenas, and raids that used controversial tactics. Litigation in the Wisconsin state courts froze the John Doe investigations in early 2014. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ultimately terminated the investigations in the summer of 2015. In reaction, the Wisconsin legislature passed sweeping reforms of its campaign finance and criminal laws, eliminating the Government Accountability Board, changing John Doe rules, and fixing secrecy laws so that they restrained the prosecutors, not the targets. But there were new developments eight weeks ago: Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel issued a report following an investigation he initiated when, in September 2016, the British Guardian published approximately 1,400 pages of seized witness emails and draft court filings prepared by the prosecution team. Schimel found that a trove of evidence at the Government Accountability Board offices may have been leaked, and promised to institute contempt proceedings against prosecutors and other state officials. As a result, new individuals have learned that their materials were seized and reviewed during the original investigation. Some existing litigation may be impacted, and new litigation may occur. Find out what’s next.Featuring:Mr. Edward D. Greims, Partner, Graves Garrett, LLC Teleforum calls are open to all dues paying members of the Federalist Society. To become a member, sign up here. As a member, you should receive email announcements of upcoming Teleforum calls which contain the conference call phone number. If you are not receiving those email announcements, please contact us at 202-822-8138.

For Republican members of the state Senate, the decision to reject the confirmations of Brian Bell and Michael Haas came down to a loss of faith in the two bureaucrats, who were both employees of the deeply partisan Government Accountability Board during the infamous John Doe investigations. Catch the MacIver News Minute on News/Talk 1130 WISN every Tuesday and Thursday at 8, 11, and 2. Listen to News/Talk 1130 WISN live: www.iheart.com/live/1130-wisn-4245/

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel talks about the Government Accountability Board and the push back on the Department of Justice report from the Ethics Commission and the Election Commission.

MacIver's Matt Kittle joins Vicki McKenna to update listeners on the now-infamous John Doe abuses. In his nostalgic lamentations over the defunct Government Accountability Board and the good ol' days when law enforcement could raid conservatives' homes in search of dubious campaign finance violations, Kevin Kennedy - former GAB head - himself might have committed a serious crime. Read the report here: http://bit.ly/2wehJYW More Vicki McKenna at News/Talk 1310 WIBA: wiba.iheart.com/onair/vicki-mckenna-29300/

(WORT)– The Republican majority is muscling two bills through the state Legislature, one that would do away with the Government Accountability Board and another that would rewrite Wisconsin’s campaign finance rules. As Bill Lueders reports in Isthmus, the proposals are controversial and allow for an unprecedented flow of money into elections, with little disclosure required […] The post Isthmus on WORT: GOP Prevails on GAB, Campaign Finance appeared first on WORT 89.9 FM.

We welcome Rep. Debra Kolste to talk about WEDC’s indefensible decision to give $2 million to John Deere to end 100 Janesville jobs for 80 jobs in Horicon. Tamarine Cornelius, an analyst with the Wisconsin Council of Children and Families to talk about new legislation to restrict local school districts ability to hold referendums to raise money for their schools. We also review the latest on efforts to take a machete to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Board and campaign finance laws. We also discuss Paul Ryan’s election as Speaker of the House of Representatives and the release of the 2016 health insurance rates on healthcare.gov.

We welcome Matt Rothschild, executive director at Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, to talk about this week’s rushed legislative action to dismantle the nonpartisan Government Accountability Board and allow unlimited corporate money into Wisconsin elections, leaving the state open to corruption. We review new St. Norbert polling that reveals huge levels of dissatisfaction with Gov. Walker and Wisconsin’s economy. We also discuss the political theater surrounding the conservative courting of Paul Ryan for Speaker and Sen. Ron Johnson’s failure to act on impending Medicare premium hikes.

We welcome Jay Heck, Executive Director of Common Cause Wisconsin, to discuss the Republican effort to ram through bills that end the nonpartisan Government Accountability Board, gut campaign finance laws and restrict voter registration. We talk about the surreal story that the CEO of WEDC toured a fake factory with fake equipment and GOP efforts to allow concealed carry in UW buildings. We also review the first Democratic presidential debate.

We welcome Tanya Atkinson, executive director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin to talk about the right wing’s latest attack in women's health in an effort to move our country back to the 1950’s. We are also joined by Jenni Dye, research director at One Wisconsin Now Institute to review her new research on 4 years of failure at WEDC. We discuss Gov. Walker and the GOP’s effort to end the non-partisan Government Accountability Board before the 2016 election and create a partisan organization. Citizen Action of Wisconsin organizer Anita Johnson joins us to talk about her voting rights education work being featured in Penzey Spices back-to-school catalog.