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PolitiFact Wisconsin previously checked Walker’s claim that Act 10 has “saved the taxpayers some $3 billion." We rated that quote, from summer 2014, Mostly True.
Walker, Vos criticize Act 10 court decision Walker responded to the decision on X, calling it "brazen political activism." "This makes the April 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race that much more ...
2011 Wisconsin Act 10, also known as the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill or the Wisconsin Budget Adjustment Act, [1] [2] is a controversial law enacted by the 100th Wisconsin Legislature which significantly limited the rights and compensation of state and local government employees in Wisconsin. It was the signature act of Republican governor ...
Public employee unions filed a lawsuit challenging the Act 10 law that severely curbed unions' influence and sparked massive protests.
Indiana Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Cox was fired after suggesting that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker use live ammunition against pro-union protesters involved in the 2011 Wisconsin protests. Later, a Deputy Prosecutor in Johnson County, Indiana , Carlos Lam , suggested that Governor Walker should mount a " false flag " operation that ...
This session was the start of eight years of unified Republican control of the governor's office and both chambers of the legislature. In this session, new governor Scott Walker pushed through the controversial 2011 Wisconsin Act 10, referred to at the time as the "Budget Repair Bill". The most controversial provision of the law was the ...
He was elected to his first 10-year term without opposition in 2001. His re-election in 2011 came at a time of intense partisan attention on the Court, following the election of Republican Governor Scott Walker and litigation around his signature law, 2011 Wisconsin Act 10.
The Scott Walker-era law severely curbed unions' influence, sparked massive protests and reshaped Wisconsin's political climate for years to come. Dane County judge to issue ruling in case ...