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Milwaukee-area cop who quit job after sexting with victim still in policing
Christopher Cheek quit the Grafton Police Department after exchanging sexual messages with a victim in a pending criminal case. His chief says the interactions were consensual.
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Seeking more info about internal sexual harassment claims, The Badger Project sues Wausau PD
After an open records request, the department released heavily-redacted documents from an internal investigation of a former lieutenant accused of misconduct.
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Record number of retirements in Wisconsin State Legislature this year
More than a quarter of incumbents not running for their seats in 2022, a number not seen since World War II
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“Housing First” cut homelessness in Milwaukee. Can it work across the state?
As Wisconsin faces affordable housing shortage, campaigning Evers puts $200 million in federal funds toward the problem
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GOP redistricting separated Fitzgerald brothers – who live 13 miles apart – into different congressional districts. Democrats put them back together again.
It’s a subtle but potentially significant result of the fierce redistricting battle that wrapped in April with a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision giving the GOP significant political victories.
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The Badger Project wins gold at Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism Awards
Investigative story on police officers awarded gold for best public service story in the online category.
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INTERACTIVE MAP: See how Wisconsin’s congressional districts changed in the redistricting process, down to the municipality
Ryan Weichelt, a professor of geography at UW-Eau Claire who specializes in redistricting, built this interactive map that shows the changes.