Jan 31, 2023 | Press Release, Wisconsin Voices Blog
IRG Releases Transparency Tool for $1.49B in Federal K-12 COVID Relief Calls on legislature to conduct oversight of spending plans Delafield, WI. – Today, the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) released an interactive database for taxpayers to see how Wisconsin...
Jan 27, 2023 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
Additional context from IRG’s Director of State Budget and Government Reform, Alex Ignatowski: What happened? The Director of the Office of Educational Opportunity (OEO), Vanessa Moran, was fired last week. The OEO is a statewide charter school authorizer. Although...
Jan 27, 2023 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
From Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: “LEAs are not required to provide equitable services to private schools with ESSER III. Congress provided [$73,506,205 in] additional funding to the Emergency Assistance for Non-Public Schools (EANS) program,...
Jan 27, 2023 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
1. What’s the biggest issue you’re hearing about from your constituents? Generally my constituents are concerned about efficient government and keeping taxes as low as they can be, but with the understanding that government does need tax revenue to work...
Jan 20, 2023 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
From Wisconsin Right Now: “Leaders in the education reform movement in Wisconsin are raising concern over the UW System’s sudden and unexplained termination of highly-regarded Office of Educational Opportunity Director Vanessa Moran, who has approved a larger number...
Jan 20, 2023 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
1. What is the number one challenge facing Wisconsin today and why? I’m really concerned about the drug overdose epidemic being driven by fentanyl. It’s not a Wisconsin-specific problem by any means. But it continues to get so much worse, and I’m worried it may have...
