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Nobody is above the law, not even Wisconsin’s Secretary of State
The News: Today, the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG), represented by lawyers at the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), filed a lawsuit in Waukesha County Circuit Court.
WILL and IRG demand that the Secretary of State, Sarah Godlewski, fulfill a ...
The following article featuring IRG's Alex Ignatowski ran in Center Square Wisconsin on Friday, August 11.(The Center Square) – Business and policy groups believe Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers used a recent veto to protect government bureaucracy, leaving many waiting on professional licenses from the state in limbo.
The bill would have required ...
Delafield, WI - Coming on the heels of several groundbreaking reports from IRG’s Center for Investigative Oversight - including discovering United Nations Foundation funding of Governor Evers’ climate change agenda and unconstitutional hiring practices by UW-Madison - today, the CIO is releasing a new manual, the “Open Meetings Primer” to ...
2023-25 State Budget reduces borrowing and results in significant cash reserves
Delafield, WI – Today the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) released Wisconsin's Finances: Debt and Borrowing. In the 2023-2025 budget, the Legislature chose to pay down existing debt obligations and reduce new borrowing compared to previous budgets. ...
The following article featuring IRG's Alex Ignatowski ran in Center Square Wisconsin on Wednesday, August 4. (The Center Square) – A new report puts Wisconsin’s state debt load as the second-highest among the state’s neighbors.
The Institute for Reforming Government on Thursday released its look into Wisconsin’s debt and finances.
“As of June ...
The following article featuring a recent report by IRG's Center for Investigative Oversight originally run in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
MADISON – More than a year after Gov. Tony Evers created a new office focused on environmental policy, questions remain over what the office does and if any employees are ...