Tom Kamenick

Two Eau Claire TIF Cases Dismissed

Courts unwilling to enforce statutory limitations on controversial financing schemes The News: Courts dismissed two separate challenges to Eau Claire TIF (tax incremental finance) districts this week, showing an unwillingness to hold cities to the strict requirements state statutes place on ...

DPI Hands Over Documents in Open Records Lawsuit

Hearing cancelled, WILL attorneys reviewing the documents The News: As a result of WILL’s open records lawsuit, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has turned over documents pertaining to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). There is no longer a hearing before Dane County ...

Wausau Daily Herald | Lawyer: Constitution protects Karger

Tom Kamenick, deputy counsel and litigation manager at the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, recently wrote a letter to the editor published in the Wausau Daily Herald, titled "Lawyer: Constitution protects Karger" .   EDITOR: “Shut up” politics has gotten out of control. In ...