Full-Time Lite
The Wisconsin State Legislature meets in full just a few days per year, but is considered – and paid like – a full-time legislative body. What’s up with that?
Million Dollar Race for $53k Job
After state law change, campaign cash doubled in 2018 race for Fox Valley state Senate seat By Howard Hardee Campaign donations surpassed $1 million in the…
How to pay for Wisconsin road repair
With the state budget under debate, state politicians are arguing over how best to fix our crumbling infrastructure.
How to avoid campaign donation limits in Wisconsin
To read our full investigation on how and why this happens in Wisconsin, and to see a list of the wealthy donors pouring money into state…
The Biggest Donors to Political Parties in Wisconsin in 2018
By MOLLY LIEBERGALL The matriarch of the billionaire Chicago Cubs-owning family, an heir to the Schlitz Beer fortune, and the wealthiest self-made woman in America were…
Million Dollar Checks
Court decisions, law change create rivers of cash from ultrarich donors to candidates, as long as they flow through the party By PETER CAMERON and MOLLY…
After Loosening of Campaign Finance Laws, Cash Poured into Race for NW WI State Senate Seat
Democrat Incumbent Survived Huge Wave of Independent Spending By PETER CAMERON Campaign donations tripled in the race for state Sen. Janet Bewley’s seat last year compared…
VIDEO: Bernie Sanders rally in Madison on April 13, 2019
Footage of the Bernie Sanders rally in James Madison Park in Madison, WI on Friday, April 13. Film by our man Michael Froemling.
Six out of Seven: Wisconsin Supreme Court has highest percentage of high court female justices in the country
Historic all-woman bench possible if elections next week and next year break that way By PETER CAMERON Six of Wisconsin’s seven Supreme Court justices are women,…