Money & Politics: New study tracks independent spending

By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism In four critical Wisconsin state Senate races last year, groups making independent campaign expenditures actually spent more than the candidates themselves. That jaw-dropping finding is from a report released this month by the National Institute on Money in State Politics, a Montana-based nonprofit group. The report, “Independent Spending in Wisconsin, 2010,” is part of a state-by-state…