Category: Investigations
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SIX OUT OF SEVEN: Wisconsin Supreme Court has highest percentage of female high court justices in the U.S.
Six of Wisconsin’s seven Supreme Court justices will soon be women again, once more giving the state the highest ratio of female high court judges in the country, an investigation by The Badger Project found.
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‘Everyone has to have it’: Broadband gap leaves rural Wisconsin behind during coronavirus crisis
Already, Wisconsin lags behind the national average in broadband coverage. An estimated 43% of Wisconsin’s rural residents lack access to high-speed internet, compared to about 31% of rural residents nationwide, according to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin’s Full-Time (Lite) Legislature
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?
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A Million Dollar Race for a $53k Job in the Fox Valley
After change to state law, campaign donations doubled in a 2018 race for Fox Valley state Senate seat.
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The Biggest Donors to Wisconsin Political Parties in 2018
The matriarch of the Chicago Cubs-owning family, an heir to the Schlitz Beer fortune, and the richest self-made woman in the U.S.
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MILLION DOLLAR CHECKS: Court decisions, new law divert big cash from rich donors to candidates in Wisconsin
Court decisions, law change create rivers of cash from ultrarich donors to candidates, as long as they flow through the party
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After Loosening of Campaign Finance Laws, Cash Poured into 2018 Race for NW Wisconsin State Senate Seat
Democrat incumbent survived huge wave of independent spending
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SIX OUT OF SEVEN: Wisconsin Supreme Court has highest percentage of high court female justices in the country
A historic all-woman bench is possible if elections next week and next year break that way. By Peter Cameron, THE BADGER PROJECT Six of Wisconsin’s seven Supreme Court justices are women, giving the state the highest ratio of female high court judges in the U.S., an investigation by The Badger Project has found. And, if two upcoming key elections break…
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Record cash raised in SW Wisconsin race for Sen. Marklein’s seat
Big name spenders include DeVos, Steyer, Koch, Jobs in rural district
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Six members of Wisconsin State Assembly have declared bankruptcy
Thousands of dollars in debts to a Las Vegas resort and casino. Hundreds of thousands in back taxes owed to the state of Wisconsin. And huge credit card debt.
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No college degree fraud found in Wisconsin State Legislature …but we couldn’t check everybody
By Peter Cameron, THE BADGER PROJECT Lying about receiving a degree you never earned is pretty easy. For the most part, so is verifying it. In a 2015 survey of employers by the company CareerBuilder, 28 percent reported having caught a job seeker lying about an academic degree on their resume. Some politicians aren’t above exaggerating or outright lying about earning academic…
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Wisconsin state Rep. Kooyenga pleaded no contest in 2000 to punching teen
Dale Kooyenga tackled and punched a 17-year-old boy in 2000 during a dispute outside a summer party in Sheboygan. Now a 39-year-old Republican state representative from Brookfield, Kooyenga was 21 at the time police filed a criminal charge of disorderly conduct against him.
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Milwaukee state legislator pleaded guilty to 2nd drunk driving charge in 2014
Fields told police he had “a lot” to drink, according to the report, and officers found an open bottle of vodka in the van. He was later found to have a blood-alcohol level of .305, well over the legal limit of .08.