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.
Law enforcement wages and benefits across Wisconsin
Total police officers, academy graduates in Wisconsin at 10-year low
Police chiefs lament difficulty in filling positions; cities innovate to try to reduce violence, stress
Wisconsin legislators give selves a ‘bizarre’ loophole in the state’s Open 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.
CARTOON: Wisconsin state legislators and the Open Records Law
According to the state’s Open Records Law, every public official in Wisconsin must keep their records should anyone from the public want to see them. Except for state legislators.
Gerrymandering defeats massive campaign cash in Wisconsin?
Democrats spent millions trying to hold and win back seats in the state legislature in 2020. They barely made a dent. Is modern gerrymandering unbeatable?
Stevens Point state legislator appears to have violated campaign finance laws
State Sen. Patrick Testin accepted donations over the legal maximum from several donors
Record campaign spending for state Sen. Testin’s district that includes Stevens Point
Nearly $1.9 million raised and spent for a $53,000-a-year-job
Political donations continue to accelerate after campaign finance laws relaxed in 2015
Record campaign spending in suburban Milwaukee legislative race for Sen. Alberta Darlin’s seat
More than $2.2 million raised and spent in Milwaukee suburbs for $53,000-a-year job
Political donations continue to accelerate after campaign finance laws relaxed in 2015
Milwaukee area state Sen. Darling appears to break campaign finance law again
The longtime state legislator accepted donations over the legal maximum from several donors, as did her opponent.
The most expensive race in the history of the Wisconsin State Legislature
Record $2.2 million raised and spent in Green Bay area for $53,000-a-year job
Political donations continue to accelerate after campaign finance laws relaxed in 2015
Record campaign cash in the only competitive US House seat in Wisconsin
Moderate Democrat Ron Kind spent millions to retain the seat he’s held for 25 years, even as millions flowed in to defeat him
$2 million raised and spent for a $53,000-a year job in western Wisconsin
La Crosse-area politician sets record for most campaign cash in state legislative election
Political donations continue to accelerate after campaign finance laws relaxed in 2015
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
CARTOON: Ron Johnson fueling his political career?
Since the week of the election, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) has repeatedly stated that many voters don’t trust the election results, then cites that distrust to call for investigations into the election.
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.
As semester ends in Wisconsin, COVID-19 fears shrink — while concerns of academic slide grow – Part 3 of 3
Schools are not the superspreader sites that many feared, but research indicates U.S. students fell behind in math during the pandemic
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 […]
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.
