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5 天之前 · The Top Donors to Rep. Tom Tiffany, Republican of NW Wisconsin, in the 2024 election cycle (so far) By The Badger Project onSeptember 16, 2024•( Leave a comment ) Several right-wing billionaire megadonors — like the Uihleins, Diane Hendricks of ABC Supply and the co-founder of Kwik Trip — made big donations to the Republican incumbent.
ABOUT US - The Badger Project
2023年8月1日 · 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.
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3 天之前 · 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 ...
'Wisconsin does not, and should not, have secret police' - The …
2024年5月24日 · Officers from at least one neighboring state have been moving to jobs in Wisconsin. After Illinois passed some law enforcement reform measures in 2021, some police started transferring to agencies in “more conservative states,” including Wisconsin, Kenny Winslow, executive director of the Illinois Association of …
Final-Five Voting has bipartisan support across the country. But …
2024年1月18日 · 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.
Public money is pouring in for rural broadband. Will it go where …
2021年10月29日 · In response, the federal and state government are showering rural broadband projects with cash. Since the start of the pandemic, Congress has passed three huge spending bills — The CARES Act in March 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act in December and ARPA in March of this year — each including millions that can be used for broadband expansion.
The Badger Project wins gold at Milwaukee Press Club Excellence …
2022年5月9日 · Using open records requests, Cameron found that nearly 200 law enforcement officers currently employed in the state were fired or forced out from previous jobs in law enforcement.
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“Housing First” cut homelessness in Milwaukee. Can it work across …
2022年5月31日 · 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 Madison, that number is over $23 per hour.
The Badger Project wins bronze at Milwaukee Press Club …
2024年5月28日 · The Badger Project won third place in the Milwaukee Press Club’s Online division for Best Investigative Story or Series division earlier this month. The series of stories, Oath Keepers in Wisconsin, revealed active law enforcement officers in Wisconsin who had joined the radical Oath Keepers organization. The Badger Project’s managing ...