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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS




Title Author Year Publication
The Year of the Ostrich
In 2006, Wisconsin Buried Its Head
Charles J. Sykes 2007 WI Interest
Vol. 16 No 1
Who Elected Jim Doyle?
And Preserved Conservative Constitutional Ideas
James H. Miller 2007 WI Interest
Vol. 16 No 1
2006 Could Prove to be a Watershed Election for Democrats Jeff Mayers 2007 WI Interest
Vol. 16 No 1
Behind the Curtain: The Obsolescence of Government George Lightbourn 2007 WI Interest
Vol. 16 No 1
The Mounting Cost of Deferred Responsibility in Government
The Future Impact in Wisconsin
George Lightbourn 2007 Report
Vol. 20 No 2
Overreaching on Gay Marriage
Amendment Vote May Backfire on GOP This Fall
Charles J. Sykes 2006 WI Interest
Vol. 15 No 3
Something's Got to Give
Local Government and the Next Governor
Dennnis A. Shook 2006 WI Interest
Vol. 15 No 3
The Bankruptcy of Government
The Decline and Fall of Milwaukee County
George Lightbourn 2006 WI Interest
Vol. 15 No 2
Motivating Republicans in 2006   Jeff Mayers 2006 WI Interest
Vol. 15 No 2
The Death of TPA:
And the End of the Republican Revolution
Charles J. Sykes 2006 WI Interest
Vol. 15 No 2
Has Wisconsin Lost Its Ethics? Bill Lueders 2006 WI Interest
Vol. 15 No 2
A Political Melodrama:
The Race for Wisconsin Attorney General
Jeff Mayers 2006 WI Interest
Vol. 15 No 1
Wisconsin's Activist Court Charles J. Sykes 2005 WI Interest
Vol. 14 No 3
A Tale of Two Mayors: Does Style Get Things Done? Mark Kass 2005 WI Interest
Vol. 14 No 3
Gubernatorial Creative Writing: Changing the Legislature's Mind Jeff Mayers 2005 WI Interest
Vol. 14 No 3
Co-Governors" Vie for Republicans' Hearts and Minds Jeff Mayers 2005 WI Interest
Vol. 14 No 2
Does Wisconsin Have a Constitution?
Because You Wouldn't Know it by Looking
Charles J. Sykes 2005 WI Interest
Vol. 14 No 2
Keeping the Felon Vote Jessica McBride 2005 WI Interest
Vol. 14 No 2
The Park East Runaround:
Why Nothing is Happening There
Mark Kass 2005 WI Interest
Vol. 14 No 2
Financial Delusion:
The $1.9 Billion Deficit in Wisconsin's "Balanced" Budget
George Lightbourn 2005 Report
Vol. 18 No 2
Sewer Politics:
Cleaning up Cronyism at MMSD
Kass, Mark 2005 WI Interest
Vol. 14 No 1
Putting the Lid On:
How Wisconsin Can Cap Its Spending
Chandler, Richard 2005 WI Interest
Vol. 14 No 1
Trusting the Public:
The Case for a Taxpayers Bill of Rights
Sykes, Charles J. 2005 WI Interest
Vol. 14 No 1
Swing State:
Wisconsin Stays in Play Through '08
Mayers, Jeff 2005 WI Interest
Vol. 14 No 1
It's Time for Transportation Finance Reform in Wisconsin Soucie, Kevin 2004 WI Interest
Vol. 13 No 3
Revenue Forecasting and the State Budget in Wisconsin Niederjohn, Scott 2004 WI Interest
Vol. 13 No 3
The Trouble with TABOR Mayers, Jeff 2004 WI Interest
Vol. 13 No 3
Limiting Government Spending in Wisconsin Chandler, Richard 2004 Report
Vol. 17 No 5
The $64 Billion Dollar Question:
Wisconsin's Looming Infrastructure Costs
Millard, Pete 2004 WI Interest
Vol. 13 No 2
A Losing Bet?
Filling Wisconsin's Budget with Casino Revenue
Fonder, Melanie 2004 WI Interest
Vol. 13 No 2
Lobbying: Wisconsin's Growth Industry Mayers, Jeff 2004 WI Interest
Vol. 13 No 2
The Fall of Marvin Pratt:
It Wasn't About Race. It Was About Taking the Heat.
Kass, Mark 2004 WI Interest
Vol. 13 No 2
State Revenue Forecasting in Wisconsin Niederjohn, Scott 2004 Report
Vol. 17 No 3
John Norquist's Legacy Hagedorn, John M. 2004 WI Interest
Vol. 13 No. 1
Wisconsin's Recall Fever:
Simmering Long Before Gray Davis Could Rise Again
Mayers, Jeff 2004 WI Interest
Vol. 13 No. 1
Has the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Become Irrelevant? Niederjohn, M. Scott 2004 WI Interest
Vol. 13 No. 1
After the Freeze:
Wisconsin's Taxpayer Bill of Rights
Sykes, Charles J. 2004 WI Interest
Vol. 13 No. 1
Changing the Guard in Wisconsin Mayers, Jeff 2003 WI Interest
Vol. 12 No. 1
Challenging Russ Feingold in 2004:
Likely Republican Contenders
McDade, Philip J. 2003 WI Interest
Vol. 12 No. 1
Anno Mirabilis: 2002 Sykes, Charles J. 2003 WI Interest
Vol. 12 No. 1
The Iron Triangle Sykes, Charles J. 2003 WI Interest
Vol. 12 No. 1
The Future of Government Consolidation in Milwaukee County Hein, Susan S. 2003 WI Interest
Vol. 12 No. 1
Could Campaign Finance Reform Happen Here? Lueders, Bill 2003 WI Interest
Vol. 12 No. 2
Tribal Gaming in Wisconsin:
An Emerging Political and Economic Force
Mayers, Jeff 2003 WI Interest
Vol. 12 No. 2
Was Tom Loftus a Felon? Sykes, Charles J. 2003 WI Interest
Vol. 12 No. 2
Consolidating Dane County Law Enforcement Agencies:
An Examination of Potential Cost Savings
Winters, Dennis K. 2002 Report
Vol. 15 No. 3
Cooperation Not Consolidation:
The Answer for Milwaukee Governance
White, Sammis B. 2002 Report
Vol. 15 No. 8
Coup In The Court:
It's Time to Fix Wisconsin's Federal Judicial-Selection Process
Hartmann, Michael E. 2002 WI Interest
Vol. 11 No. 1
Before and After:
How September 11 Changed Wisconsin Politics
Mayers, Jeff 2002 WI Interest
Vol. 11 No. 1
The Twilight Zoning Laws:
The Impending Judicial Death of Zoning Variances in Wisconsin
Hruz, Thomas 2002 WI Interest
Vol. 11 No. 2
Revolution in Milwaukee:
How Angry Taxpayers Surprised the Pundits and Toppled the Power Elite
Sykes, Charles J. 2002 WI Interest
Vol. 11 No. 2
Concealed Weapons:
Why Are They Still Illegal in Wisconsin
Hein, Susan S. 2002 WI Interest
Vol. 11 No. 2
Union Powerhouse Practices Political Pragmatism Mayers, Jeff 2002 WI Interest
Vol. 11 No. 2
Congressional Redistricting in Wisconsin McDade, Philip J. 2002 WI Interest
Vol. 11 No. 2
Wisconsin's Next Governor:
Fiscal Crisis - No Popular Solutions
Mayers, Jeff 2002 WI Interest
Vol. 11 No. 3
The 2000 Vote for President Goldstein, Kenneth M. 2001 WI Interest
Vol. 10 No. 1
The Fight For Wisconsin's Educational "Bully Pulpit" Mayers, Jeff 2001 WI Interest
Vol. 10 No. 1
Milwaukee's Power Shortage Sykes, Charles J. 2001 WI Interest
Vol. 10 No. 1
A Vote Against Fraud:
Defending Reasonable Measures To Protect The Voting Process in Wisconsin
Hruz, Thomas 2001 WI Interest
Vol. 10 No. 2
What Now For The Dems?
They're All Revved Up With Nowhere To Go
Lueders, Bill 2001 WI Interest
Vol. 10 No. 2
The Future of Wisconsin Republicans Mayers, Jeff 2001 WI Interest
Vol. 10 No. 2
Paint It Black:
What Spencer's Ascension Means for Assembly Democrats -- And The State of Wisconsin
Lueders, Bill 2001 WI Interest
Vol. 10 No. 3
The Devil's Advocate:
WMC, Brady Williamson, and Issue Ads
Lueders, Bill 2000 WI Interest
Vol. 9 No. 1
Wisconsin's New "New Democrats" And Why Wisconsin Liberals Hate Them Flaherty, Michael J. 2000 WI Interest
Vol. 9 No. 2
Painting a Different Picture:
Why a City of Milwaukee Lawsuit Against the Paint Industry Should Fail
Hruz, Thomas 2000 WI Interest
Vol. 9 No. 2
The Wisconsin Inquisition Sykes, Charles J. 2000 WI Interest
Vol. 9 No. 2
Ethics and Rhetoric in Wisconsin Judicial Elections Sykes, Diane S. 2000 WI Interest
Vol. 9 No. 2
How Wisconsin Politicians Blew the Gas Price Issue Brannon, J. Issac 2000 WI Interest
Vol. 9 No. 3
Governor Scott McCallum?
Eight Post-Election Scenarios At the Wisconsin Statehouse
Mayers, Jeff 2000 WI Interest
Vol. 9 No. 3
The Rise (And Fall) Of Third Parties Sykes, Charles J. 2000 WI Interest
Vol. 9 No. 3
Up in Smoke:
The Tobacco Settlement in Wisconsin
Still, Thomas W. 1999 WI Interest
Vol. 8 No. 2
It's the Old Guard Versus the New School at WEAC Still, Thomas W. 1998 WI Interest
Vol. 7 No. 1
The Folly of "Fully" Funding Publicly Financing State Supreme Court Campaigns Hartmann, Michael E. 1998 WI Interest
Vol. 7 No. 1
Politics 98 Mayers, Jeff 1998 WI Interest
Vol. 7 No. 1
Fifteen Errors: More than a Dozen Mistakes Republicans are Making This Year Sykes, Charles J. 1998 WI Interest
Vol. 7 No. 1
Post Election Analysis:
Lessons Learned?
Flaherty, Michael J. 1998 WI Interest
Vol. 7 No. 2
Armchair Quarterbacking and Sloppy Arm Tackling Jensen, Scott R. 1998 WI Interest
Vol. 7 No. 2
Lessons Learned II Sykes, Charles J. 1998 WI Interest
Vol. 7 No. 2
Ripples in Wisconsin's Political Pond Still, Thomas W. 1997 WI Interest
Vol. 6 No. 1
The Right to Be Let Alone:
Why Conservatives Should Care About the Right to Privacy
Sykes, Charles J. 1997 WI Interest
Vol. 6 No. 1
A Case of Censorship: Wisconsin Gags Political Speech Sykes, Charles J. 1997 WI Interest
Vol. 6 No. 2
The Dueholm Doctrine Revisited Still, Thomas W. 1996 WI Interest
Vol. 5 No. 1
1996, A.T. Still, Thomas W. 1995 WI Interest
Vol. 4 No. 1
Private Property Rights Welch, Robert T. 1995 WI Interest
Vol. 4 No. 1
The End of the Two Party Era? Black, Gordon S. 1995 WI Interest
Vol. 4 No. 2
The Discontented Voter Black, Gordon S. and Black, Benjamin D. 1994 WI Interest
Vol. 3 No. 1
The Legacy of the "Wisconsin Idea" Joyce, Michael S. 1994 WI Interest
Vol. 3 No. 2
The Effect of Federal Mandates on Wisconsin State Government Munro, Douglas 1993 Report
Vol. 6 No. 8
Fickle, Thy Name is Wisconsin Still, Thomas W. 1993 WI Interest
Vol. 2 No. 1
The New "Wisconsin Idea" Thompson, Tommy 1993 WI Interest
Vol. 2 No. 1
Legislative Lessons Ulichny, Barbara 1993 WI Interest
Vol. 2 No. 1
Tommy's Lessons Jensen, Scott R. 1993 WI Interest
Vol. 2 No. 2
Party Politics and Ideology LaVelle, Michael 1993 WI Interest
Vol. 2 No. 2
Mad(dest) City Still, Thomas W. 1992 WI Interest
Vol. 1 No. 1
Married to the Legislature Korris, Steven J. 1992 WI Interest
Vol. 1 No. 2

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