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[youtube GcTTlNkXLno] Sunday was an historic day in the state of Wisconsin. Governor Scott K. Walker put pen to paper and signed his first two-year budget. It erases a defict of more than $3 billion dollars, ushers in significant education

[youtube EJ8y-97BUL8] Warning! The video above contains graphic language and is not suitable for children. As we move closer to the inevitable passage of the state budget…and as the collective bargaining law dispute becomes resolved either via the Supreme Court

[youtube kM-LQtOdMpE] This past weekend the walls, doors, public art and walkways outside the state chamber of commerce in Madison, Wisconsin were vandalized. Today, the offices were the staging area for the liberals’ stunt of the day. A throng of

[youtube T63azre2u6s ] ‘How to cure the deficit? Tax, Tax, Tax the Rich!” So goes a popular chant on the streets of Madison, Wisconsin and other capital cities across the country. Memo to liberals: Been there, done that. Take a

[youtube ot-iiRn24H8&] Who thought it was a good idea to build a tent city on the concrete sidewalks of Wisconsin’s second largest city during 90 degree weather? And, quite frankly, what is the point?

No, this is not a Weinergate post. Public school teachers in Milwaukee want taxpayers to pay for their erections. The latest: In March, it was announced with much fanfare that the Milwaukee teachers’ union was dropping it’s controversial Viagra lawsuit

[youtube AMWjY3Cwsxk] Just to make sure everyone understands: It is apparently perfectly fine for Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin to disrupt legislative proceedings by wearing orange t shirts, yelling ‘Shame! Shame!,’ threatening that colleagues are ‘f#&%^!@ dead,’ and running away to

[youtube d_ZpRF-m4MQ] In February, when protests in Madison turned into a three week occupation of the State Capitol, state officials imposed new security measures to protect the staff and lawmakers working in the building. Since then, there have been sing

[youtube hoJih1Wmg3g] If someone wrote this as fiction, they’d be laughed at. As the liberal special interests adjust noisily to being out of power in Wisconsin, events have now gone beyond parody. The latest from the “You can’t make this

[youtube YsLbvpGf2rY] Eight weeks after the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, Joanne Kloppenburg finally conceded defeat in her bid to unseat Justice David Prosser. “David Prosser has won this election and I have congratulated him,” Kloppenburg said Tuesday in a press

Judge Maryann Sumi Strikes again. [youtube 2ElriaAb8tU] The judge who had been blocking implementation of Wisconsin’s public employee collective bargaining reforms has now struck down the law altogether, saying legislative Republicans failed to give proper notice before acting on the

[Madison, Wisc…] At a hearing Monday morning, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board certified the recall petitions for Senators Olsen, Kapanke, and Hopper. Some insiders consider these three Senators to be the most vulnerable in a recall election. At the hearing

[youtube PETV9TJpwUA] The controversial and expensive recount in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election is complete. As expected, the results of the race remain the same, with incumbent Supreme Court Justice David Prosser defeating his liberal challenger. By more than 7,000

Just when you think things can’t get any more ridiculous in Madison, Wisconsin… As we all know by now, in February of this year thousands of public school teachers in Madison, Wisconsin called in sick in order to attend protests

The Recall Dave Hansen Committee went to court Monday seeking an injunction against the state Democratic Party. People who had signed the petition said they were receiving harassing phone calls from the party. The judge sided with the Democratic Party

We’re getting a clearer picture of the costs associated with the month-long protests at and concurrent occupation of the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison. The price tag is staggering. [youtube http://youtu.be/XnKckGHgeu4] Meanwhile, left wing interest groups continue to fight the

This video explains how quickly we’ve reached the latest debt ceiling and why a debate is taking place right now regarding what to do next. [youtube ub89wCDezqY]

Even the most avid circus goers tire of the big top, apparently. Saturday, various labor and left wing organizations attempted to hold another massive protest at the Wisconsin State Capitol. [youtube UX_Q0a4pUyU] The lackluster May Day rallies in Milwaukee and

Congressman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI 01) point by point rebuttal of President Barack Obama’s criticisms of the House GOP’s Path to Prosperity budget plan.

Did Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette lie to the Associated Press, the MacIver Institute, the public, or some combination of the three? On February 11, Wisconsin Scott Walker introduced his budget repair bill, which aimed to close a

Wisconsin’s MacIver Institute has won an award for their reporting of the labor unrest at the State Capitol. MacIver beat out international competition to win the Grand Prize in the ‘Lights Camera, Liberty’ contest, which was presented at The Atlas

The cast of characters at Milwaukee’s May Day events included radical marxists and socialists organizations, Richard Trumka the head of the AFL-CIO and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. Their chief target: the man who defeated Barret five months ago, Wisconsin Governor

At issue, how to bring the federal budget into balance, reform Medicare and still provide a medical safety net to America’s seniors. Hovering over the topic: the 2012 election. Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan and President Barack Obama obviously have dramatically

On Wednesday, Milwaukee County began recounting over 200 thousand votes cast in the Supreme Court race at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex in Franklin. The process started off shaky with Kloppenburg observers being allowed to enter the corral with the

The case of the fake sick notes continues to be shrouded in secrecy. The doctors who wrote fake sick notes to government workers who were hoping to have their protest-related by absences deemed medically excused may face disciplinary actions from

Wisconsin is home to the Circus World Museum (it is in Baraboo where the Ringling Bros. Circus was founded). Now it appears as if it will be home to yet another political circus that could drag into the summer months.

So, just how important is transparency to Judge Maryann Sumi in Wisconsin? Taxpayers trying to follow the curious case of the Madison teachers’ job action that closed down the district’s 48 schools for four days in February will get an

From using Nazi references to adorning the American Flag with political bumper stickers and using it as a poncho, the full extremism of the left was on display in Madison, Wisconsin this weekend. Rejecting any attempts at conveying a ‘New

As Madison Teachers union head John Matthews was asserting his members were legitimately sick at the start of the protests at the state capitol, new evidence suggests he was organizing a sick-out that shut down Madison Public Schools for four

A misdialed union voicemail message, emails obtained through an open records request and official court documents reveal new details about the Madison teachers’ work stoppage that closed the district’s public schools for four days. The Madison Metropolitan School District called

Could it really only be 100 days? Indeed, it has been just over three months since Republican Scott Walker took the oath of office as the Governor of Wisconsin. Now known across the country as the maverick who had the

With all wards reporting, the unofficial results indicate that Deputy Attorney General Joanne Kloppenburg leads Supreme Court Justice David Prosser by a margin of 204 votes, a margin so narrow the Associated Press declined to declare a winner in the

Three Dane County Democratic lawmakers want to charge a free market think tank more than $7,500 to comply with open record requests for correspondence regarding one legislative initiative. In a letter to several state lawmakers, dated March 24th, The MacIver

We just received this shocking email from the Wisconsin Department of Justice Spokesperson Bill Cosh. The DCI to which he refers is the Department of Justice’s Department of Criminal Investigation. Beginning on February 21, 2011 DCI was asked to investigate

Our MacIver News Service is digging into the costs associated with the recent rukus in Madison. For at least one public employee, the turmoil was quite profitable. State Capitol Police Overtime Pay Tops $200k for Month of Unrest One State

Just how radical have some Wisconsin Democrats become? Just how far into the morass of leftist rhetoric have they plunged? They’ve managed to impress of one of the leaders of the Communist Party USA. The heated rhetoric and aggressive attitude