Brett Healy

Here’s the latest from the oft times unbelievable Wisconsin recall saga.  The State Board overseeing the election is only looking for duplicate signatures and obvious fake names on the recall petitions (thanks to a court order), and they are going

This is big news for those who support education reform, school choice, educating kids, etc. [youtube VNMp1nT1OLw] Students attending private schools in Milwaukee with publically funded vouchers showed stronger gains in achievement than their public school counterparts, according to the latest release from

What is this mailer all about? That’s the latest question circulating in the political hotbed of Wisconsin. From our breaking news story at the MacIver News Service: Over the weekend, a strange pamphlet began appearing in mailboxes across Wisconsin. It looks

The independent effort to verify the signatures on the petitions seeking the recall of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is looking for a last minute infusion of volunteers. With help, they say, they can then begin to analyze the data for signs of

Did Wisconsin’s Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs cut a secret  access deal with one of Madison’s most infamous protesters? That’s the question being asked after one of our reporters caught an interesting conversation at the Wisconsin Capitol. [youtube NLJm7zgWqnU] [Madison,

Imagine the police ignoring evidence of a crime because the right person didn’t call 911. Welcome to the the latest episode of Wisconsin Recall Election Follies. Wisconsin’s Elections ‘Watchdogs’ The latest: [Madison, Wisc…] Citizens not affiliated with either the recall organizations or

It’s not quite an online database, but it’s a start. After reneging on their promise to post pdfs of the Scott Walker recall petitions online, the misnamed Wisconsin Government Accountability Board has relented. The signatures are now online, here. Earlier

Here’s an idea from the misnamed Wisconsin Government Accountability Board: Let’s make the attempt to recall Governor Scott Walker even nuttier. On Monday morning the Wisconsin ‘Elections Watchdogs’ alerted media that the Walker recall petitions would be available sometime later

A confident, perhaps a bit defiant, Governor Scott Walker on Wednesday delivered his annual State of the State address as a threat of a recall looms. [Madison, Wisc…] Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker delivered his annual State of the State address

What started out as an idea on Facebook mushroomed into a full scale political rally on Saturday as more than 3,000 people braved frigid temps to attend a ‘Celebrate Walker’ rally in support of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. The event

University of Wisconsin Professor Joel Rogers wants to build a lefty alternative to the ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. He recently hit up some of his students for help with the project, while they were waiting for their grades

This Big Labor supporter had a fever and the only prescription was more cowbell. The Appleton Post Crescent reports: Two misdemeanor charges have been filed against an Appleton woman accused of hitting a police officer as he tried to restrain

Watch this brave and honest public employee at the end of this video. [youtube RmvC-91lTME] The MacIver Institute and The Americans for Prosperity Foundation sponsored an It’s Working! town hall meeting on Saturday, January 7, 2012 in Southeast Wisconsin. Participants

The Big-Labor backed Walker Recall coalition says they’ve turned in a million signatures today, well in excess of the 540,000 necessary to trigger a recall later this year. Our report: [youtube 8wMVpGgw-ms] We’ll continue to bring you the latest on

Another tale of OPM addiction. OPM. Other People’s Money. The problems with ‘green job’ creation and the incompetence of the federal government are both evident when analyzing how a “stimulus” program failed to produce jobs in Wisconsin. Other than a

This report by a Wisconsin Tea Party group is absolutely shocking. MacIver News Service | January 11, 2012 | [Milwaukee, Wisc] A shocking new report by a Wisconsin Tea Party group raises serious questions about the diligence of poll workers

Hitler and Mickey Mouse have been put on notice. Yesterday afternoon, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker won a favorable ruling in Waukesha County Circuit Court. Court rules that the GAB is obligated to honor the rules under statutes and presents further

So, it turns out Wisconsin’s election watchdogs are choosing to do the bare minimum when it comes to making it easier to detect duplicate and fraudulent signatures on the recall petitions. Color me shocked. GAB’s Refusal to Create Recall Database

As you may have noticed, PolitiFact tried to take the MacIver News Service to task over our reporting of a recent meeting of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB). Specifically, they rated as “Mostly False” our report on the recall

As seen at a busy Wisconsin intersection on December 17, 2011. Leave your suggested caption in the comments section.

More from the Mickey Mouse Club known as the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. [Madison, Wisc…] The same employee who admitted the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board would deem all recall signatures valid, even if they were signed Mickey Mouse or Adolf

Far be it from me to call the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board a Mickey Mouse operation. [youtube tELtKMPKAq4] Big Labor Gets Big Boost by Goofy Wisconsin GAB Decision Madison, Wisc…] The Government Accountability Board needs over $600,000 to verify the

This should not shock anyone who has been following the ongoing effort to recall Governor Scott Walker. [youtube TbC3GHRl-jI] As I mentioned earlier, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board will not be on the look out for duplicate or fraudulent signatures.

Tea Party leaders in Wisconsin are happy with what they are calling an overwhelming response to their efforts to verify the signatures on the Governor Scott Walker Recall petitions. In one day, more than 1,000 volunteers from across Wisconsin and

Who said the Tea Party was dead? The MacIver News Service reports today: We the People of the Republic and The Wisconsin Grandsons of Liberty, two of Wisconsin’s most prominent ‘Tea Party’ groups, are organizing an effort to check the

Every day, a new low. [youtube o9bQNcCf8No] Wisconsin governor Scott Walker says he’s used to pro-government labor union protesters showing up at every one of his public appearances. So it was no surprise that a few dozen were on hand

In Wisconsin, where Big Labor is circulating petitions to trigger the recall of Republican Governor Scott Walker, the state agency that monitors and administers elections is known as the G.A.B. The ‘A’ is supposed to stand for accountability. But, in

Welcome to Wisconsin. Home of recallmania. As the unions strike back against the governor who forced them to ask permission to collect dues from public employees, controversy over the ongoing recall process is emerging. One liberal organization is saying people

Last month I introduced you to the It’s Working educational effort. The clip below is our second 60-second television commercial that is airing across the state of Wisconsin. Together with the Americans for Prosperity Foundation – Wisconsin, the MacIver Institute

The Wisconsin Medical Examining Board says there is “no way to determine what kind of evaluation was actually made.” The MacIver Institute has compiled the video that shows exactly what type of evaluation was going on. [youtube JqAQpEV9S-8 No Evidence

This wrist slap won’t even require a bandage. [youtube e3Ve3RwWE-U] The State of Wisconsin Medical Examining Board has found fault with medical record keeping of the doctors who participated in the sick note scam first exposed by the MacIver News

Will Wednesday be a a day of reckoning for several doctors who handed out fake sick notes to government workers who protested Wiscosnin Governor Scott Walker’s labor reforms earlier this year? The MacIver News Service reports: [Madison, Wisc…] We’ll soon