You may have heard a judge wants to take us back to the bad, old days. Last December, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Jacob Frost ruled that Act 10 is unconstitutional.
If you lived in Wisconsin in 2011, you undoubtedly remember one of the most dramatic moments of our Wisconsin political history when former Gov. Scott Walker introduced a budget repair bill, commonly known as Act 10, a bold idea to address a projected $3.6 billion state budget deficit.
It required public employees to contribute more toward their pensions and health insurance, while limiting their ability to collectively bargain. No surprise, it was a lightning rod that divided Wisconsinites and captured the attention of the rest of the country.