Roseanne Kuemmel, a member of the Racine County Board of Canvassers responded to a comment made by a Democrat official that this is much ado about nothing: “We don’t feel that it’s nothing. I am very concerned seeing this stuff and we want to know why it is happening and prevent it from happening again…We’re very concerned with what we’ve seen during this recount. The sloppy handling of the ballots, it’s just atrocious.” Read More Racine Recount Recap
Part of the problem with Milwaukee’s high costs can be traced back to teacher benefits. MPS provides its teachers with one of the most expensive benefit packages in the state. It includes access not only to the state pension, but also a second pension backed by the City of Milwaukee. As a result, average teacher compensation in the city has climbed over $100,000 for the past three school years. It will be over $106,000 for 2012-2013. Read More Spending, Not Performance, High at MPS
Therefore, anyone who insinuates that the Right outspent the Left by 8 to 1 in this race, would be claiming conservatives spent more than $180 million on the race.
While we can document our findings, such claims from the Left are undocumented and baseless. Read More Tracking Big Labor’s Massive Investment in the Failed Wisconsin Recall
If these individuals already accessed a computer when they filed their unemployment claim, what prevented them from registering online with the state’s job database during the ten day grace period? Ultimately, the state backed down and extended the grace period to sixty days. However, if unemployed individuals are serious about finding a new job, ten days is more than enough time to complete a simple online application. We aren’t talking about isolated incidents of non-compliance here. Remember, a large proportion of new unemployment claimants failed to register even after their benefits were put on hold. Read More DWD Mistaken to Back Off Job Center Registration Requirement
By Joseph W. Handrick Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute Walker May Fall in Dane County (But It Won’t Hurt Too Bad) Bob Dole once proclaimed, “There’s going to be an election tomorrow — Someone’s going to win, someone’s… Read More Examining the Vote Totals from the Recall Primary
Kyle Olson looks at labor’s embrace of radical elements in Wisconsin Read More EAGNews: Anarchy 101
By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute Governor Scott Walker’s Waste, Fraud and Abuse Commission (WFAC) has issued their report and found a potential $445 million in savings for Wisconsin’s taxpayers annually. But as if to prove… Read More Democrats Turn Waste, Fraud and Abuse Commission into Partisan Issue
MacIver News Service | January 16, 2012 ZBB Energy, a Menomonee Falls based green energy company, is in a race to bring new green technologies to market as it finds itself in the center of the debate over whether government… Read More Tracking Return on Investment in the “Green Economy”
Some Progress Made on Closing Achievement Gap By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst The U.S. Department of Education released the urban results from the 2011 Nation’s Report Card Wednesday morning. In both reading and mathematics, Milwaukee continues… Read More Milwaukee Public Schools Rate Amongst Worst U.S. Urban Districts When it Comes to Reading
by Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst Wisconsin’s scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests are in, and while the results paint an optimistic picture for the state at face value, a persistent achievement gap and… Read More Nation’s Report Card Highlights Achievement Gap Between Student Groups in Wisconsin Schools