Today Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D) signed the Impartial Justice Bill into law providing voluntary public financing of elections for state Supreme Court candidates.

After the passage of the Impartial Justice bill in Wisconsin, an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel calls for publicly financed elections of legislative races.

Yesterday the Wisconsin Legislature passed the Impartial Justice Bill, which would provide public financing for state Supreme Court races. Gov. Jim Doyle (D) is expected to sign the bill.

This week the Wisconsin Legislature will take up the Impartial Justice Bill, which would encourage state Supreme Court candidates to run publicly financed elections.

A number of Wisconsin state Supreme Court Justices have come out in support of judicial public financing.

Wisconsin's Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton (D-Wisc.) is calling for the prompt passage of the Impartial Justice Bill, which would set aside public funding for state Supreme Court races.