Bill Lueders

Category: Wisconsin

  • Raising speed limit lowers revenue

    A recent 5 mph bump in the speed limit along 800 miles of state highways appears to have decreased revenue from tickets issued by the Wisconsin State Patrol. >>more

  • 10 Fun Facts about Scott Walker

    A yearbook photo of Walker as a high school senior in Delavan, Wisconsin, bears the caption, “Scott K. Walker – the Desperado.”  >>more

     

     

  • The Amazing Scott Walker

    I let Scott Walker get away with it. Not just this one time but as a rule. He is a master of obfuscation and I, as a member of the press, was unwilling to be too impolite.  >>more

     

     

  • Supremes: Destroy records of John Doe probe

    Last week’s Supreme Court ruling to end the John Doe saga took the audacious step of ordering the destruction of prosecution files. >>more

     

  • Open government fight not over

    When I heard the news, I was in a car heading to Milwaukee for a family event. Fortunately, I was not driving.

    It was July 2, late afternoon, on the cusp of a holiday weekend. The reporter who called began reading changes to the state’s open records law included in an omnibus motion just unveiled by the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee.

    I almost couldn’t believe it. >>more

  • Fight lawmakers’ shocking attack on open government

    On July 2, the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee unleashed a shocking assault on the state’s long and proud tradition of open government. It happened at night, on the eve of a holiday weekend, just a few hours after the proposal was first unveiled. No one has taken credit for it. Committee co-chair Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, literally walked away from a reporter asking whose idea it was. >>more
    This is an emergency “Your Right to Know” column sent out from the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council for July after the initial July column had already been sent out.

  • Big, Bold and Bad: The New Wisconsin Way

    Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says that, to win the Presidency, Republicans need to embrace “big, bold ideas” of the sort for which he has become known. Beyond appealing to his party’s base, this message seems to be inspiring his state’s GOP-controlled legislature. >> More