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“I mean, how do we sit here and watch other states like New York, Colorado, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi have additional money for reading tutors or additional money for marching bands or additional money for robotics” — and refuse any for Wisconsin.”

Wisconsin eventually will opt in to donor bonanza for schools, business leader predicts - Badger Institute Badger Institute : “There’s never been a federal program that’s been as generous as this that the state didn’t opt in,” said Kooyenga.

Some of Wisconsin’s recent failures of accountability share a common feature:

Power has increasingly shifted away from the Legislature and toward governors, agencies, courts and other institutions that operate further from direct democratic control.

Restoring accountability in Wisconsin government - Badger Institute Badger Institute : Wisconsin’ recent failures of accountability share a common feature: Power has increasingly shifted away from the Legislature and toward governors, agencies, courts and other institutions that operate further from direct democratic control.