With the total number of law enforcement officers in Wisconsin sitting near record lows, the bill aims to ease staffing shortages with grants to help pay for the training of new hires. But it faces an ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a GOP-backed challenge to a decades-old campaign finance law that limits how much ...

In a rarity in recent years, the state budget received just enough support from legislative Democrats. In exchange, they got modest investments in the UW System, public schools and child care.

Ted Gregory senior editor Ted is a former general assignment reporter at the Chicago Tribune who, as part of a team of six reporters, won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. He also ...

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The Democratic Party of Wisconsin has raised nearly $57 million this election, and is showering its candidates with cash. The state Republican Party has raised only about $29 million. Here are the ...

Dane County Circuit Court Judge Susan Crawford, the political left’s candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2025, has reported raising more than $5 million in her campaign so far, thanks in part to ...

By Molly Libergall, THE BADGER PROJECT A loophole in Wisconsin campaign finance law allows individuals to make unlimited donations to political parties, and also allows political parties to make ...

The fundraising in the race for 8th Senate District has blown past the previous record for most expensive race in the history of the Wisconsin State Legislature. But the campaign cash in the 8th ...

The Badger Project filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Justice Thursday after it again refused to release a list of all certified law enforcement officers in the state. The suit was ...