Is the Predatory Lending Consumer Act effective in decreasing payday loans?
Rep. Gordon Hintz claimed that changes to the Predatory Lending Consumer Act in Wisconsin boosted the number of unregulated ‘installment’ loans. We check it out.
Newly elected Sen. Todd Young did support a student loan plan, but does it make college more expensive, as his former opponent Evan Bayh claimed?
Former Democratic Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh claimed his former opponent, Republican Rep. Todd Young, made college more expensive when he voted to index student loan rates to 10-year Treasury note yields.
Wimberger’s claim on impacts of state’s voter ID law false
Eric Wimberger said in September that Wisconsin’s voter ID law does not disproportionately affect one demographic over another. But one expert at the University of Wisconsin disagrees.
State representative misrepresents transportation budget figures
Rep. Dave Considine, D-Baraboo, said at least 25 of the state’s transportation budget goes just to pay interest on previous loans. Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Legislative Fiscal Bureau numbers tell a different story.
Romaine Quinn never voted to cut K-12 education
Romaine Quinn claimed he never voted to cut K-12 education. He voted yes on the 2015-17 budget, but has never outright voted to slash funding for K-12.
District leaders in Onalaska feel state aid is lagging
Even though Onalaska has seen increases in state aid over the last six years, they have struggled to support school costs.
Just how much has the UW System lost since 2011?
The University of Wisconsin System has faced budget cuts, even higher than what those against the cuts say.
Though missing context, Ron Johnson right on minimum wage
When asked whether raising the minimum wage could help solve income inequality, Johnson said it would result in job losses. The Observatory finds this mostly true.
The debt trail for Wisconsin college graduates
Julie Lassa, the Democratic incumbent for District 24 State Assembly of Wisconsin, claimed that typical Wisconsin students graduate with student loans payments of $388 per month for almost 19 years.
A public opinion expert wanted to teach his students about presidential election forecasting, so he made his own
As of November 4, this model predicts that the most likely (modal) outcome of this election as 316 electoral votes for Clinton, with the Democratic candidate receiving 270 or more electoral votes in 88.3% of the 10,000 simulations.