Jack Kelly

2 weeks ago | wisconsinwatch.org | Jack Kelly

Reading Time: 2 minutes A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is pushing a fix to a 2022 Wisconsin Supreme Court decision that hampered the public’s ability to obtain attorney fees in certain public records lawsuits against public officials — but the top Assembly Republican remains noncommittal about the bill. The case, Friends of Frame Park v. City of Waukesha, involved a public records dispute between the city and a citizen group.

4 weeks ago | wisconsinwatch.org | Jack Kelly |Margaret Shreiner

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee used its first working meeting on the state’s next two-year budget to scrap Gov. Tony Evers’ recommended spending plan — but it offered clues to which of the public’s priorities remain in the mix and which are DOA.

1 month ago | wisconsinwatch.org | Jack Kelly

Reading Time: 2 minutes A Democratic bill seeks to bring down house prices in Wisconsin by blocking hedge funds from buying single-family homes in the state. “We know that there’s an access and affordability crisis in housing right now,” lead bill sponsor Sen. Sarah Keyeski, D-Lodi, told Wisconsin Watch in an interview, calling it a nationwide problem.

1 month ago | wisconsinwatch.org | Jack Kelly

Reading Time: 4 minutes Want to understand the levers of power in Wisconsin? Our statehouse team writes a weekly preview of what’s on the agenda in state politics and why it matters. It’s called Forward. Here’s an example of what you could see in your inbox every Monday by subscribing here. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested on Friday for allegedly helping a man living in the United States without legal status evade federal immigration authorities.

1 month ago | forbes.es | Jack Kelly

La economía estadounidense es una montaña rusa. Las acciones y los bonos han sufrido un duro golpe. Los nuevos aranceles están sacudiendo los mercados y los despidos son noticia. Tanto a los ricos como al resto de la población les interesa saber cuál es su situación financiera en vista del caos. Dado que el mercado bursátil se ha visto afectado y se han despedido numerosos empleados federales, ¿ha cambiado el patrimonio neto necesario para figurar entre los más ricos del país en lo que va de año?