Category: News Blog
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The Badger Project files lawsuit against La Crosse Police Department over public records
The Badger Project is suing the La Crosse Police Department for refusing to release public records regarding a former officer who resigned in lieu of resignation in 2019.
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State legislator cites The Badger Project’s investigation in reintroducing legislation to minimize wandering officers
Report found 200 current officers in the state were fired or forced from previous jobs in law enforcement; “Unacceptable” says Milwaukee Democrat Supreme Moore Omokunde
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Tiffany one of only 14 members of Congress to vote against federal holiday status for Juneteenth
Every other House member from Wisconsin – Republican and Democrat – voted in favor
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Law enforcement wages and benefits across Wisconsin
The total number of law enforcement officers and the total number of police academy graduates in Wisconsin are both at a ten-year low. Recruiting and retaining officers has become more difficult, making it an employee’s market.
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Wisconsin legislators give selves a ‘bizarre’ loophole in public records law
In Wisconsin, public officials generally must retain all public records, which includes emails. But state legislators have no legal obligation to do so.
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Help on the way for rural Wisconsinites struggling with lousy internet? Maybe.
Governor asks legislature for $200 million for broadband expansion and aid; feds sending billions in help at some point
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Ten checks the state of Wisconsin uses to prevent and catch voter fraud
Since Election Day, no evidence of widespread voter fraud has emerged in Wisconsin — or any other state.
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Wisconsin Rep. Gallagher joins other Republicans to rebuff challenge to Biden
But one expert says the congressman from the Green Bay area is trying to have it “both ways.” By Peter Cameron, THE BADGER PROJECT Rejecting an attempt by some in their own party, Wisconsin Congressman Mike Gallagher and six other Republican House members said in a statement released Sunday that Congress has no authority in
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FOXCONN FROM THE AIR
The Badger Project has teamed with an aerial photographer to bring you images of the Foxconn site in Mount Pleasant as it develops.
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Tiffany sole Wisconsin rep to ask SCOTUS to flip election results in swing states
Election experts and politicians from both parties slammed the suit — aimed at Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — as a cynical attempt to disregard the will of voters.
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The 2020 Election is Over. Wisconsin Turns to Redistricting.
An end-around the governor? A recall of state Supreme Court justices? Primary challenges? How far will the parties go to defend, or break, Wisconsin’s gerrymandered districts?
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Photo Gallery of Pro-Trump Rally at Wisconsin Capitol
About 100 pro-Trump protestors gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Saturday.
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ELECTION DAY PHOTO GALLERY: Voters from Both Sides of Wisconsin
Portraits of voters from Milwaukee, Madison and Eau Claire.
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Citizens United is infamous. But an obscure case years later made Wisconsin politics a ‘plaything of the super rich.’
Before 2015, the amount any single person could have given in annual political donations in Wisconsin was $10,000. What changed? A monumental U.S. Supreme Court decision you’ve probably never heard of: McCutcheon v. FEC.
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The Badger Project Podcast: Police-related deaths, the”bad cop” registry & use of force
We recently did a story on policing in Wisconsin, focusing on the laws currently on the books and policies on things like cop-related deaths, a “bad cop” registry and use of force. Our managing editor Peter Cameron discusses that story and more in our first podcast.
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Low-key cops and a white shaggy dog: How Marathon County transformed its response to residents in crisis
Emergency detentions are down and people in crisis are getting care— all while saving taxpayers millions
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Per day Covid-19 tests numbers and positive test rate in Wisconsin
An interactive model illustrating the total number of tests per day, positive tests per day and the positive test rate per day.
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COVID Deaths in Wisconsin vs. the other Midwestern States
An interactive model on the number of deaths attributed to the pandemic.