Report Shows Driving Down In Wisconsin
Since the year 2000, Wisconsin has seen a 2% increase in those without a driver's license under age 30. (from 14 to 16 percent) A new report questions whether transportation spending is out of step...
View ArticleCampaign 2012 News Conference: WISPIRG, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign on...
A coalition of Wisconsin leaders and organizations is calling on Republican Governor Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Tom Barrett to pledge to the people of Wisconsin that they will take action,...
View ArticleParts of Affordable Health Care Law Already in Effect
The U.S. Supreme Court will rule Thursday whether all or parts of the Affordable Health Care Act the Obama Administration designed are constitutional. Several facets of the act have already been...
View ArticleSuper PACs, secret donors dominate 2012 campaign in WI
The Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG) has found that Super PACs and other groups, whose donors often remain anonymous, have already spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to...
View ArticleSecret Money Pours into Election
New report details secret money pouring into Wisconsin elections. Outside spending organizations reported $167.5 million in spending to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). “The most disturbing thing...
View ArticleFree checking still widely available, report says; some banks mum on fee info
Free checking can still be found at financial institutions in Wisconsin and nationwide, but consumers are more likely to see it at smaller banks and at credit unions than at some of the biggest banks,...
View ArticleWisconsin's Government Receives "F" for Financial Transparency Online
Wisconsin is one of five states that received an "F" Tuesday for how it makes government spending available online.
View ArticleEnvironmentalists, Municipal Leaders: Let's Fix Roads, Not Build New Ones
Some municipal leaders and environmentalists say Governor Scott Walker's proposed transportation budget is out of sync.
View ArticleState needs to build better transportation budget
The state needs a better transportation budget. . . . . One promising idea is a proposal from 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, WISPIRG and the state chapter of the Sierra Club to cut 10% from highway...
View ArticleWill Yum! Brands Commit to Better Antibiotic Stewardship Policies?
"Despite these successes, we need to re-double our efforts to counter new threats from superbugs that increasingly diminish the effectiveness of antibiotics. We will continue to ramp up our consumer...
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