Category: Wisconsin

This editorial discusses a proposal in Wisconsin to ban political donations while the legislature works on the state budget. The business of raising campaign cash needs to be separate from the business of drafting a state budget. Otherwise the public rightfully suspects special-interest groups are buying votes, as if Wisconsin government is little more than […]

As noted recently, a number of states have restrictions on officeholders soliciting donations during the legislative session.   Wisconsin is considering such a ban. While lawmakers would not be able to seek contributions, they would be able to accept unsolicited donations. The ban only affects individuals, not the committees organized to elect Republicans or Democrats to […]

In Wisconsin, the prospects for new laws regulating issue advocacy are discussed in this report. Several times over the last decade, Wisconsin lawmakers have introduced legislation to change the rules for statewide election campaigns. Each time the proposals failed. Now, however, with Democrats slated in January to control the Legislature and the governor’s office for […]