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Monroe Co Sheriff unretires to oppose ex-employee he says is unqualified
Sheriff Wes Revels is running a write-in campaign to defeat his former jail sergeant Mike Krause, who won the primary. Krause declared himself independent of the U.S. in 2008.
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Verizon is purchasing Frontier. How will that affect customers in Wisconsin?
The troubled internet and phone company has more than 130,000 customers in Wisconsin, many of them rural.
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$1.8 mil & counting: WI Legislature’s most expensive race is in Milwaukee burbs
Wisconsin’s 8th State Senate District is one of the most competitive races this year, experts say. Using their fundraising edge, state Democrats are sending huge sums to their candidate there.
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The Milwaukee Teachers Union, a sitting state senator, and Scott Walker – The Top Campaign Finance Violators in Wisconsin
When politicians and PACs break campaign finance law, regulators enforce penalties. The Badger Project requested every settlement in the history of the regulatory body, the Wisconsin Ethics Commission.
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The Top Donors to Rep. Mark Pocan, Democrat of Wisconsin, in the 2024 election cycle (so far)
Donations from labor unions make up a huge portion of his campaign funds. The heavily favored Democratic incumbent representing south-central Wisconsin is vastly outraising his Republican challenger.
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A LinkedIn founder, the U.S.’s richest self-made woman & Soros: Top donors to Wisconsin parties in 2024 (so far)
See the list of the ultrawealthy using a loophole in state campaign finance law allowing them to bypass legal limits and steer huge sums of cash to political candidates.
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The Silicon Valley billionaire giving millions to Wisconsin Democrats
Using a loophole in state law left open by Republicans, the co-founder of LinkedIn and major tech investor has donated heavily to the state Democratic Party in recent years.