Category: News

Walker Looks to Expand Family Care

MacIver News Service | December 28, 2011 [Madison, Wisc...] Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said Wednesday he will ask lawmakers to lift enrollment caps for Family Care and expand the program to all counties in the state. The...

ABC’s Debate Series Topic: There’s Too Much Government in My Life

Earlier this month Wisconsin’s First District Congressman and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan joined columnist George Will for an hour-long debate with Rep. Barney Frank and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. The...

GAB’s Refusal to Create Recall Database a Choice, Not Based on State Law

State Legal Counsel: GAB Not Prohibited from Creating Online Database of Recall Petition Signatories MacIver News Service | December 20, 2011 [Madison, Wisc…]  The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board could be doing more...

Audit Finds State Backed off on MA Fraud Investigations Under Doyle Administration

MacIver News Service | December 20, 2011 [Madison, Wisc…] A legislative audit of the State’s Medcaid program found that under the final term of the Doyle Administration there was a clear reduction in fraud investigation...

Milwaukee’s Charter Schools Serve Wide Range of Low-Income Students

Analysis of data busts myths that Charters cherry pick to avoid enrolling the poor By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst Last week, we addressed the population of students that Milwaukee’s 2R...

State Legislative Audit Suggests That Special Needs Enrollment in Voucher Schools More Than in Open Enrollment

By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst Recently, debate has swirled around the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) thanks to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and...

Nonpartisan? When headline refers to Republican Senator as ‘Crazy,’ GAB Staffer Tweets “OMG! Headline winner…”

MacIver News Service | December 16, 2011 GAB's Buerger [Madison, Wisc...] The same employee who admitted the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board would deem all recall signatures valid, even if they were signed Mickey...

Goofy process? GAB Says Mickey Mouse, Hitler Signatures Would Be Deemed Valid, Only Tossed if Challenged

MacIver News Service | December 13, 2011 [Madison, Wisc...] The Government Accountability Board needs more than $600,000 to verify the anticipated 1.5 million recall petition signatures against the governor and several state...

Milwaukee’s Charter Schools Enroll Large Number of City’s Poorest Children

By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst One myth that seems to surround charter schools in Milwaukee is that they are able to pick the cream of the crop when it comes to their student body. Most...

Freed from Union Contracts, School Districts Able to Shed Costly Sick Leave Conversion Programs

MacIver News Service | December 8, 2011 While many school districts across Wisconsin have taken steps to protect themselves against unpredictable sick leave policy expenses, others have been hit hard this past year by an...