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WEBSep 11, 2024 · Popular U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher’s resignation has opened up the 8th District that includes Green Bay. A Democrat leads fundraising, but a larger pool of donations is split between three Republicans. With bipartisan wind at its back, Biden Admin’s aggressive antitrust action could bring lower prices, better products, experts say.
The Silicon Valley billionaire giving millions to Wisconsin Democrats
WEB1 day ago · Especially in America’s Dairyland. Since 2020, Hoffman has given the Wisconsin Democratic Party nearly $9 million, according to the Follow the Money database, which collects campaign finance reports from states. Only Richard Uihlein, the Republican billionaire megadonor and founder of shipping supply company ULINE, has given more to ...
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WEBSep 11, 2024 · Ted is a former general assignment reporter at the Chicago Tribune who, as part of a team of six reporters, won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. He also contributed to the Tribune’s 2001 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism. In addition, Gregory is the author of the true-crime odyssey, “Mary Jane’s Ghost,” and ...
ABOUT US - The Badger Project
WEBAug 1, 2023 · The Badger Project is a nonpartisan, citizen-supported journalism nonprofit in Wisconsin that investigates government, politics and related matters. With the decline of local newspapers across the state, this project aims to try and fill at least a small portion of that gap. Elected officials work for the people and do the people’s business.
Four officers fired, forced out from policing back on job in NW ...
WEBOct 17, 2023 · But others lost their jobs for more negative reasons. The Badger Project looked at the state DOJ’s database and found four officers working in northwestern Wisconsin who had been fired or forced out from another law enforcement agency. A fifth officer was forced out from a police department in …
The Dem challenger won more primary votes than Rep. Steil. Can …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Janesville), left, is facing the first serious challenger in his career. Pete Barca, right, a veteran Democratic politician from Kenosha, held the seat in the 1st Congressional District for one term in the mid-1990s and served many years as Minority Leader in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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Final-Five Voting has bipartisan support across the country. But …
WEBJan 18, 2024 · Final-Five Voting does not yet exist anywhere in the U.S. Alaska’s Final-Four is the closest iteration. And election experts note that state laws requiring waiting periods before the tabulation of absentee ballots – not ranked-choice voting – are the main reason for vote-counting delays in some states, like Alaska.
“Housing First” cut homelessness in Milwaukee. Can it work across …
WEBMay 31, 2022 · In the Milwaukee metro area, a renter would need to make about $19 per hour to afford the rent and utilities on a fair market-priced, two-bedroom apartment on a 40-hour workweek, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, a nonprofit aimed at decreasing homelessness for low-income people. In …
Milwaukee homicides falling after record peaks during pandemic.
WEBApr 19, 2024 · By Hallie Claflin, THE BADGER PROJECT After three years of record homicides in Milwaukee, killings dropped last year and continue to fall this year. But the numbers still aren’t as low as before the pandemic.