Walker administration encouraged conducting official state business through private channels

There was a time when Wisconsin state government was held up as a model of clean, transparent government, but sadly that time has passed. Under Gov. Scott Walker, who saw three of his closest aides as County Executive convicted of crimes related to their misconduct in office (on Walker’s behalf),…

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Scott Walker’s “foxes in the henhouse” cabinet choices

Governor-elect Scott Walker named his cabinet appointees yesterday, and putting aside his “everything old is new again” approach in choosing three cabinet secretaries straight out of the Tommy Thompson era, Walker adopted a “foxes in the henhouse” approach by appointing home builder Cathy Stepp as head of the Department of…

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