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.
The Biggest Donors to Wisconsin Political Parties in 2018
MILLION DOLLAR CHECKS: Court decisions, law change divert rivers of campaign cash from ultrarich donors to political candidates in Wisconsin
Court decisions, law change create rivers of cash from ultrarich donors to candidates, as long as they flow through the party
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
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.
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 […]
Record cash raised in SW Wisconsin State Senate race for Howard Marklein’s seat
Big name spenders include DeVos, Steyer, Koch, Jobs in rural district
Toll the FIBs?
To repair our shoddy roads, why not tax Illinois tourists on the way in?
Here’s why not.
CARTOON: Restoring the Balance of Power
We are restoring the balance of power!
Number of seats up for election: 116. Number of incumbents who lost: 1*.
The Moderation Political Party of One
In this time of nasty partisanship, the candidate from The Moderation Party is realistic about his chances of winning a seat in the Wisconsin State Assembly next month.
CARTOON: The Blue Wave vs. The Red Wall
Blue Wave or Red Wall?
Six members of Wisconsin State Assembly have declared personal 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.
CARTOON: The Pre-Election Child Tax Credit
Election season is coming up eh?
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 […]
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.
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.
