January 20, 2016 AM620 WTMJ Milwaukee [Milwaukee, Wisc…] Nick Novak joined Erik Bilstad on AM620 WTMJ in Milwaukee to discuss the annual Skill Competition hosted by Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin. The event featured ABC’s top apprentices from across the state competing in a variety of construction trades, with the winners going to the[…]
October 22, 2015 The Daily Beast | by Betsy Woodruff A politician whose name is synonymous with campaign finance reform has some questions to answer about his own accounts. After five years out of office former Senator Russ Feingold, who co-authored the campaign finance regulations everyone complains about, is mounting a comeback—and his chances look[…]
October 18, 2015 AM560 WIND Chicago [Chicago, Ill…] Nick Novak, Director of Communications at The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, joined Diana Rickert of the Illinois Policy Institute and Pat Hughes on AM560 to discuss a recent video published by the MacIver Institute. The video highlights Captain America’s new enemy…conservatives opposed to illegal[…]
September 4, 2015 AM620 WTMJ Milwaukee [Milwaukee, Wisc…] Nick Novak, Director of Communications at The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, joined Charlie Sykes and Collin Roth on the Right Wisconsin Week in Review on 620AM WTMJ to discuss the state of the 2016 presidential campaign, Scott Walker, Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board and more.[…]
August 28, 2015 AM620 WTMJ Milwaukee [Milwaukee, Wisc…] Nick Novak joined Collin Roth, RightWisconsin Managing Editor, and Brian Sikma, Media Trackers Communications Director, on AM620 WTMJ as they filled in for Charlie Sykes to discuss the MacIver Institute’s new video series: Raising Up Wisconsin. The series looks into success stories of everyday Wisconsinites that started[…]
August 19, 2015 CBS58 Milwaukee [Madison, Wisc…] It’s a law that dates back to 1939, and it says businesses cannot sell anything below a price where it would lose money. People who think this law is out of date say the real losers are the consumers. Some legislators have tried to get rid of this decades[…]
August 12, 2015 The New York Times | by Trip Gabriel Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin approved $250 million in public financing for a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team on Wednesday, a deal exposing him to charges of corporate welfare as he seeks the Republican nomination as a fiscal conservative. Mr. Walker[…]
August 11, 2015 Bloomberg News | by Time Jones and John McCormick Governor Scott Walker’s fiscal conservatism will collide with the reality of sports-team subsidies when he commits Wisconsin taxpayers to pay $400 million for a new basketball arena. At Wednesday’s signing, the Republican presidential candidate’s message of being a tightfisted taxpayer champion will be[…]
July 15, 2015 Fox6 News Milwaukee [Madison, Wisc…] The Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday, July 15th passed Senate Bill 209 — a funding plan for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena in downtown Milwaukee. The vote was 21-10 to approve $250 million in public funding for the arena. The bipartisan agreement came with some last-minute changes — changes not[…]
June 17, 2015 Today’s TMJ4 – Milwaukee’s NBC Affiliate [Milwaukee, Wisc…] A storm is brewing over the proposed Bucks arena. Today, some local groups announced their support for the deal that would use public money to finance half the cost of a new building. Together the four organizations — the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors, Associated[…]