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Bipartisan push for legislator to lobbyist cool-off period fails again, but may return

By The Badger Project on March 2, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Richland Co Sheriff’s Office stakeouts uncovered deputy’s on-duty liaisons

By The Badger Project on February 24, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Wisconsin Dems’ bill would automatically register eligible citizens to vote at DMV

By The Badger Project on February 23, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Waushara Co sheriff reaches deal to repay county half of $22k in K9 funds he took

By The Badger Project on February 17, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Top donors to Chris Taylor, the Left’s candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court

By The Badger Project on February 12, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Top donors to Maria Lazar, the Right’s candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court

By The Badger Project on February 12, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

UW-Madison suspending in-person classes; 2 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Dane County

By The Badger Project on March 11, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Fearing coronavirus, UW-Milwaukee moving majority of classes online

By The Badger Project on March 10, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

The highest-paid public employees in Wisconsin are Badger coaches, but…

By The Badger Project on February 14, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

…they’re not paid with (much) public money

Fire Greg Gard? Come on, people.

By The Badger Project on January 14, 2020 • ( 3 Comments )

Those calling for Wisconsin Men’s Basketball Coach Greg Gard to be replaced need history and context. I’ve got some right here.

The rock ‘n’ roll congressman priest from Wisconsin who was benched by the pope

By The Badger Project on December 19, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

A largely-forgotten public figure today, Cornell is a reminder — particularly relevant in the current toxic, dysfunctional political climate — that principled service and congeniality have value.

Redistricting in Wisconsin: Where We’re At

By The Badger Project on October 7, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

In one of the most-evenly divided states in the country, none of the 2018 elections for the state’s seven U.S. congressional seats were decided by less than double figures.

Wisconsin’s Full-Time (Lite) Legislature

By The Badger Project on September 16, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

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?

A Million Dollar Race for a $53k Job in the Fox Valley

By The Badger Project on July 22, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

After change to state law, campaign donations doubled in a 2018 race for Fox Valley state Senate seat.

CARTOON: The pen, the scalpel or the cleaver: Which will he choose?

By The Badger Project on June 30, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Hmmm…

CARTOON: How to pay for Wisconsin road repair

By The Badger Project on June 27, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Taxes? Fees?

CARTOON: How to avoid campaign donation limits in Wisconsin

By The Badger Project on June 25, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

It’s pretty easy…

The Biggest Donors to Wisconsin Political Parties in 2018

By The Badger Project on June 25, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

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.

MILLION DOLLAR CHECKS: Court decisions, law change divert rivers of campaign cash from ultrarich donors to political candidates in Wisconsin

By The Badger Project on June 25, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

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

By The Badger Project on May 2, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Democrat incumbent survived huge wave of independent spending

VIDEO: Bernie Sanders rally in Madison on April 13, 2019

By The Badger Project on April 17, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

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

By The Badger Project on March 29, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

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

By The Badger Project on February 28, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Big name spenders include DeVos, Steyer, Koch, Jobs in rural district

Toll the FIBs?

By The Badger Project on January 14, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

To repair our shoddy roads, why not tax Illinois tourists on the way in?
Here’s why not.

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