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Chris Reader

@chrismreader

Working for a better Wisconsin through common sense policy reforms. Husband. Dad. Occasional coach. EVP at Institute for Reforming Government and IRG Action.

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Wisconsinites want a state budget that controls spending. Our April poll found 70% want spending tied to inflation+population growth.

Wisconsinites want a state budget that controls spending. Our April poll found 70% want spending tied to inflation+population growth.
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🚨ACT 20 READING UPDATE🚨 The Supreme Court ruled against the Governor and DPI. Funding can fix reading the way it is supposed to be fixed! Breaking the agreement did not make sense in the first place, so can we PLEASE just copy Mississippi and Massachusetts already? See below.

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As the state budget work continues in Madison, a reminder that voters want state spending controlled or cut. They do NOT want increases in state spending. From our April poll:

As the state budget work continues in Madison, a reminder that voters want state spending controlled or cut. They do NOT want increases in state spending. From our April poll:
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"The latest MU Law Poll found that 72% of respondents favor cutting public university funding or keeping it the same. A recent poll by the Institute for Reforming Government found that 59% of voters favor freezing or cutting overall state spending." Sen. Rob Hutton Institute for Reforming Government

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Thank you State Policy Network for recognizing the work. Voting is open to #SPN25 attendees until July 10! Vote for the Communications Excellence Awards: spn.org/spn-communicat… Vote for the Bob Williams Awards: spn.org/bob-williams-a…

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A 2011 reform from Scott Walker requires an Earmark Transparency Report before votes are cast on the state budget. Here's the report for the budget just adopted by JFC: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/raw/path/Publi…

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LFB reports the total spending of the Wisconsin state budget deal at $111 billion. That's a more than 12% increase. With a $1.2 billion structural deficit. Yikes.

LFB reports the total spending of the Wisconsin state budget deal at $111 billion. That's a more than 12% increase. With a $1.2 billion structural deficit. Yikes.
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“Whatever this arrangement is, it is not constitutional. The People never consented to be ruled by bureaucratic overlords. I dissent.” wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/Dis…

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Georgia joins the growing list of states working to eliminate their state income tax, led by Lt Gov (and candidate for Gov) Burt Jones. We need that type of focus in Wisconsin. wrdw.com/2025/07/17/lie…

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🎙️TUNE IN: IRG's Jake Curtis is about to join the Jay Weber show to discuss #IRGCourtWatch's new report breaking down the Wisconsin Supreme Court's 2024-2025 term! newstalk1130.iheart.com

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LIVE @ 12PM ON WISEYE.ORG/LIVE Institute for Reforming Government Courtwatch: Wisconsin Supreme Court 2025 Webinar - Jake Curtis & Alesha Guenther WATCH: wiseye.org/?p=31768 INFO: wiseye.org/schedule #WisconsinEye #Wisconsin #wipolitics #SCOWIS

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If you care about the power of the courts in Wisconsin, check out this great report by Jake Curtis Daniel Suhr and the Institute for Reforming Government legal team, and watch Jake and Alesha Guenther discuss it on WisconsinEye reforminggovernment.org/irg-court-watc…