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Nov 4, 2024 · The Badger Project on November 4, 2024 • ( Leave a comment ) 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 billionaires behind much of that haul.
U.S. House seat in NE Wisconsin appears out of reach for …
2 days ago · From left, Republican businessman Tony Wied defeated Democrat and OB-GYN physician Kristin Lyerly to win the 8th Congressional District seat in northeastern Wisconsin. By Peter Cameron, THE BADGER PROJECT. The dominoes seemed in place for, it not a Democratic win, at least a close race. The 8th Congressional District was …
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Nov 3, 2024 · The Badger Project is a nonpartisan, citizen-supported journalism nonprofit in Wisconsin that investigates government, politics and related matters. With the decline of local newspapers across the state, this project aims to try and fill at least a small portion of that gap. Elected officials work for the people and do the people’s business.
FINAL REPORT: Most expensive race in history of Wis Legislature …
Nov 4, 2024 · THE MOST EXPENSIVE RACES IN THE HISTORY OF THE WISCONSIN STATE LEGISLATURE. The attorney from Whitefish Bay has only raised about $700,000 from donors outside the state party. Her father, the prominent Milwaukee-area attorney Robert L. Habush, has given nearly $800,000 to the state Democratic Party in this election cycle.
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6 days ago · 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 contributed to the Tribune’s 2001 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism. In addition, Gregory is the author of the true-crime odyssey, “Mary Jane’s Ghost,” and ...
'Wisconsin does not, and should not, have secret police' - The …
May 24, 2024 · Officers from at least one neighboring state have been moving to jobs in Wisconsin. After Illinois passed some law enforcement reform measures in 2021, some police started transferring to agencies in “more conservative states,” including Wisconsin, Kenny Winslow, executive director of the Illinois Association of …
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Oct 14, 2024 · Trump, Ted Cruz, Uihleins wade into crowded NE Wisconsin congressional race. The Badger Project on July 29, 2024 • ( Leave a comment ) Popular U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher’s resignation has opened up the 8th District that includes Green Bay. A Democrat leads fundraising, but a larger pool of donations is split between three Republicans.
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Nov 2, 2024 · The Badger Project on September 18, 2024 • ( Leave a comment ) Using a loophole in campaign finance law left open by Republicans, the co-founder of LinkedIn and investor in huge tech companies has donated heavily to the state Democratic Party in recent years. Restoring IRS funding means more fairness in tax collection, experts say.
Verizon is purchasing Frontier. How will that affect customers in ...
Oct 10, 2024 · Farewell, Frontier internet and phone service. Last month, Verizon Communications announced plans to buy the, to put it mildly, widely-disliked company and its thousands of miles of copper and fiber optic telecommunication lines last month for $20 billion. Frontier Communications has more than 130,000 customers in Wisconsin, many of them rural ...