Scroll down to view a previously unpublished list of forfeitures paid to the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board from 2009 to 2011 for campaign finance, ethics and lobbying violations. For more information about what statutes the board enforces, go to gab.wi.gov.

GAB staff assembled this data in January 2012 in response to an open-records request from the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.

Warning: GAB was not entirely consistent about the “Year” field, according to Reid Magney, GAB spokesman. In most cases, staffers entered the year the investigation was closed. In some cases it may denote when the investigation was opened.
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2009-2011 Ethics, lobbying and campaign finance violators

by Kate Golden, Wisconsin Watch
March 19, 2012

<h1>2009-2011 Ethics, lobbying and campaign finance violators</h1> <p class="byline">by Kate Golden, Wisconsin Watch <br />March 19, 2012</p> <p>Scroll down to view a previously unpublished list of forfeitures paid to the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board from 2009 to 2011 for campaign finance, ethics and lobbying violations. For more information about what statutes the board enforces, go to gab.wi.gov.</p> <p>GAB staff assembled this data in January 2012 in response to an open-records request from the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. </p> <p>Warning: GAB was not entirely consistent about the “Year” field, according to Reid Magney, GAB spokesman. In most cases, staffers entered the year the investigation was closed. In some cases it may denote when the investigation was opened.<br /> %CODEgchart%</p> <p><em>The nonprofit Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (<a href="www.WisconsinWatch.org">www.WisconsinWatch.org</a>) collaborates with Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Television, other news media and the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. All works created, published, posted or disseminated by the Center do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of UW-Madison or any of its affiliates.</em></p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/2012/03/2009-2011-ethics-lobbying-and-campaign-finance-violators/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://wisconsinwatch.org">Wisconsin Watch</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-WCIJ_IconOnly_FullColor_RGB-1.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://wisconsinwatch.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=12313&ga=UA-17896820-1" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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